Produced by Dragana Jovovic and Jelena Radenkovic, the film will follow two friends who embark on an unplanned trip to the Montenegrin coast, where they uncover long-buried secrets. Tomovic’s debut feature premiered in Panorama at the 2021 Berlinale, before winning the best director prize at Sarajevo later that year. The awards were distributed during a ceremony at Sarajevo’s new Festival Garden on Thursday, August 22.
As a surprise, a special Eurimages Co-Production Development Award was given to Philip Sotnychenko’s Ukraine-Lithuania co-production , in what the festival said is a sign of its continued support for Ukraine. Set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the film is about a contemporary artist who tries to find understanding with his loved ones, despite his struggles with alcoholism. The Co-Production Market awards were selected by a jury of former Heretic producer Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Komplizen film producer Janine Jackowski and the Romanian Film Center’s Illinka Teodorescu.
The Female Voices CineLink Award, doubled in size to €20,000 this year, was given to Keti Machaviarani’s Greece-Georgia co-production , about a caregiver who faces losing her income as the man in her care approaches death. In the Work in Progress strand, Igor Jelinovic’s Croatia-Serbia co-production took the €25,000 award from sponsor Turkish National Radio Television. The film follows a woman’s secret move into a coveted family property on the island o.