The Sarajevo International Film Festival has unveiled the nominees for its second annual TV awards with 17 series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia represented across the nominees.The local series up for awards are: Advokado, Besa 2, Block 27, Black Wedding, Strange Kind of Loves, Dolina rož, Awake, Lenin’s Park, Crazy, Confused, Normal, Underneath 2, Mrkomir I, Bad Blood, The Last Socialist Artefact, United Brothers, Killers of My Father 5, The Silence and Time of Evil.This year, the award categories have expanded to include drama series and comedy and winners will be honored with the fest’s lauded Heart of Sarajevo award, a prize usually given to the festival’s competition winner.The Sarajevo Film Festival established the awards for TV series last year, with the aim of promoting and showcasing the highest quality regional television series in the past 12 months to promote their international placement.
More than 400 film professionals from the region will judge the awards.The Sarajevo Film Festival is taking place from August 12-19.Here’s the full list of nominees:BEST DRAMA SERIESAwake (Kljun)Bad Blood (Nečista Kr)Besa 2 Black Wedding (Crna Svadba)Block 27 (Bloc 27)Lenin’s Park (Leninov Park)The Last Socialist Artefact (Područje Bez Signala)The Silence (Šutnja)BEST LEADING ACTRESS – DRAMA SERIESJelena Đokić (Black Wedding)Tihana Lazović (The Last Socialist Artefact)Kseniia Mishyna (The Silence)Nika Rozman (Lenin’s Park)Hana Selimović (Besa 2)Jovana Stojiljković (The Last Socialist Artefact)Nada Šargin (Time Of Evil)Ivana Vuković (Awake)BEST LEADING ACTOR – DRAMA SERIESArben Bajraktar (Besa 2)Izudin Bajrović (The Last Socialist Artefact)Rene Bitorajac (The
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