Eight films battled it out in competition at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, but Austrian director Sebastian Meise’s jury—including French director Lucile Hadžihalilović , Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Serbian actor Milan Marić and Israeli producer Katriel Schory—spread the love quite widely.By far the critics’ darling, Juraj Lerotić’s powerful suicide drama Safe Place was a popular choice for the big winner, with plaudits for Berlin/Sundance title Klondike and Cannes favorite Corsage.The winners were…Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature FilmSafe Place, dir: Juraj Lerotić (Croatia) Heart of Sarajevo for Best DirectorMaryina Er Gorbach, dir: Klondike (Ukraine/Turkey) Heart of Sarajevo for Best ActressVicky Krieps, Corsage (Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France) Heart of Sarajevo for Best ActorJuraj Lerotić, Safe Place (Croatia) Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary FilmMuseum of the Revolution, Srđan Keča (Serbia, Croatia/Czech Republic) Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Documentary FilmWe, … Composition, Visar Jusufi (Kosovo, Germany) Human Rights AwardBigger than Trauma, dir: Vedrana Pribačić (Croatia_ Special jury mention (For Documentary)Fragile Memory, dir: Igor Ivanko (Ukraine/Slovakia) Special Jury Mention (For Short Documentary Film)Babajanja, dir: Ante Zlatko Stolica (Croatia)
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