Sarajevo 2022: The Awards

Sarajevo 2022: The Awards

VERDICT: Croatian director and actor Juraj Lerotic was the big winner at Sarajevo, taking home both the Best Film and Best Actor prizes for his sensitive and devastating feature 'Safe Place'.

August 20th, 2022

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
SAFE PLACE
Croatia
Director: Juraj Lerotic

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Maryina Er Gorbach, KLONDIKE
Ukraine, Türkiye

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Vicky Krieps, CORSAGE
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Juraj Lerotic, SAFE PLACE
Croatia

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION
Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic
Director: Srdjan Keca

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
WE, … COMPOSITION
Kosovo, Germany
Director: Visar Jusufi

HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
BIGGER THAN TRAUMA
Croatia
Director: Vedrana Pribacic

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
FRAGILE MEMORY
Ukraine, Slovakia
Director: Igor Ivanko

SPECIAL JURY MENTION (for short documentary film)
BABAJANJA
Croatia
Director: Ante Zlatko Stolica

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM – Academy Award® qualifying
AMOK
Hungary, Romania
Director: Balázs Turai

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
5PM SEASIDE
Austria, Greece
Director: Valentin Stejskal

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
IT’S NOT COLD FOR MOSQUITOES
Croatia
Director: Josip Luki?, Klara Šovagovic

SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
AFTERSUN
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Charlotte Wells