Romanian film Three Kilometers to the End of the World , from director Emanuel Pârvu, won the Heart of Sarajevo prize on Friday for Best Feature Film at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival . The film focuses on the violent attack on a 17-year-old boy and and the aftermath in his home village in the Danube Delta wetlands region in Romania. “I can honestly say that I really want people, when they are leaving the cinema, to think about themselves,” Pârvu said.
“I think that was my goal when I was shooting it. I wanted to make a movie where, at the end, I wanted you not to be happy, not to be sad, but to think very, very much about yourself and your decisions regarding the ones you love.” Yorgos Zois was named Best Director for Arcadia , a Greek/Bulgarian/U.
S. production. Anab Ahmed Ibrahim was tapped for Best Actress for Village Next to Paradise , and Doru Bem was Best Actor for Holy Week .
The competition jury included Paul Schrader as president (director/screenwriter, USA); Sebastian Cavazza (actor, Slovenia); Una Gunjak (director/screewriter/editor, Bosina and Herzegovina); Juho Kuosmanen (director/screenwriter, Finland); and Noomi Rapace (actress/producer, Sweden) The Heart of Sarajevo prize for Best Documentary went to A Picture to Remember from director Olga Chernykh, and Absent , from Cem Demirer, was the top Short Film. RELATED: Alexander Payne Talks ‘Election’ Sequel & Teases Upcoming Western With ‘The Holdovers’ Scribe David Hemingson — Sarajevo Here .