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‘The Last Socialist Artefact’ Wins Big at Heart of Sarajevo TV Awards

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Christopher Vourlias Croatian miniseries “The Last Socialist Artefact” was the big winner at the Heart of Sarajevo TV Awards, which were handed out Sunday night during the Sarajevo Film Festival.The six-part limited series, which is adapted from Robert Perišić’s novel “No-Signal Area,” tells the story of two urban transplants who take over an abandoned turbine factory for a mysterious client in a remote, economically depressed Balkan town.

The show took home awards in five of the eight categories for drama series, including best series, best leading actor for Izudin Bajrović and best director for Dalibo Matanić.Created by Ankica Jurić Tilić and Dalibor Matanić, “The Last Socialist Artefact” is produced by Tilić for Zagreb-based Kinorama, in co-production with Serbia’s Sense Production, Slovenia’s Perfo Production and Finland’s Citizen Jane.

The series was part of the official selection at Series Mania last year, where it won the top prize in the International Panorama competition. “I’m so proud of this show,” Tilić told Variety after the ceremony. “The story is really strong and emotional, and I think it says a lot about the 21st century, about us losing the sense of being useful for the community, sharing, helping each other, listening to each other.

This is what I found interesting in the book, and this is why I optioned the book. I picked the writers and a fantastic director who is very capable of putting this emotion up front.”Tilić said she always envisioned “The Last Socialist Artefact” as a limited series with “no sequels, no second season.” “I think there are some stories that need to be told as TV series, not as film,” she added. “And I think it’s a great thing that Sarajevo is encouraging TV series.”In the.

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