Students of the Academy of Arts Awarded at the Sarajevo Film Festival

Students of the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka, Sasa Karanovic and Sara Radusinovic, were awarded at the recently held Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF). 

Namely, they were awarded by the Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who this year, as part of the Sarajevo Film Festival, gave awards for the best student films in the previous year to students who are the future of our film industry.

Hence, the jury decided that the Best Bosnian and Herzegovinian Student Film Award and the Kisa Kes Award go to Sasa Karanovic from the Academy of Arts for the film ,,Costacurta (A Tale of Satankrajina)”.

„The decision for the winner of the main award was very simple and unanimous. We can clearly see that this is a complete director with a very authentic aesthetic, whose professional films we are looking forward to see. For a well-directed film that hypnotically draws viewers into its magical and odd world, the Best Bosnian and Herzegovinian Student Film Award and the Kisa Kes Award go to Sasa Karanovic from the Academy of Arts for the film ,,Costacurta (A Tale of Satankrajina)“, the jury announced. 

The Special Jury Award went to Sara Radusinovic from the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka for the film ,,I Am Not Here’’.

„For an energetic and ambitious portrait of an urban everyday life and treatment of the dilemma of a generation through all the nuances and concerns of its characters, as well as for a mature approach to directing, dedicated to communicating the idea with the audience without complacency and student pretentiousness, which makes the film strong and appealing, the Special Jury Award goes to Sara Radusinovic for the film ,,I Am Not Here“..., it was announced. 

The jury for these awards consisted of: the director Amra Mehic, director of the Kisa Kes Festival and director of the Istanbul International Independent Film Festival Arija Artioklar and the director Neven Samardzija.

The 25^th SFF was held between the 16^th and the 23^rd of August. It is a festival that has grown to become an international film festival with a special focus on the region of Southeast Europe, thanks to which films, talents and future projects from the region are brought to the attention of the international film public. The Sarajevo Film Festival serves as a common platform for the film business of the entire region, setting high standards in festival organization, film promotion and presentation in Southeast Europe.