| Heart of Sarajevo / | |
| Presenter: | Sarajevo Film Festival |
| Country: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Year: | 1995 |
The Heart of Sarajevo (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Srce Sarajeva / Срце Сарајева) is the highest prize awarded in all the competition categories at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
The official Heart of Sarajevo have been awarded since 2004, and the 10th anniversary of the Sarajevo Film Festival.Its design, as a visual identity for the festival, was chosen in 2004 from the shape that has been in informal circulation since the very beginning of the festival in the early 1990s, a heart designed by French fashion designer Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé a.k.a. Agnès B., a friend and patron of the Sarajevo Film Festival.[1]
| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Breaking the Waves |  Denmark | |
| 1997 | My Life in Pink | Ma Vie en Rose |  Belgium | |
| 1998 | I Stand Alone | Seul contre tous |  France | |
| 1999 | December 1–31 | Dezember, 1-31 |  Germany | |
| 2000 | Bleeder | Bleeder | Denmark | |
| 2001 | No Man's Land | Ničija zemlja |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2002 | Saturday | Sábado |  Argentina | |
| 2003 | Fuse | Gori vatra | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2004 | Mila from Mars | Mila ot Mars |  Bulgaria | |
| 2005 | Lady Zee | Leydi Zi | Bulgaria | |
| 2006 | Fraulein | Das Fräulein |  Switzerland | |
| 2007 | Takva |  Turkey | ||
| 2008 | Buick Riviera | Buick Riviera |  Croatia | |
| 2009 | Ordinary People | Obični ljudi |  Serbia | |
| 2010 | Tilva Roš | Tilva Roš | Serbia | |
| 2011 | Breathing | Atmen |  Austria | |
| 2012 | Everybody in Our Family | Toată lumea din familia noastră |  Romania | |
| 2013 | In Bloom | Grdzeli nateli dgheebi |  Georgia | |
| 2014 | Song of My Mother | Annemin Şarkısı | Turkey | |
| 2015 | Mustang | Mustang | Turkey | |
| 2016 | Album | Albüm | Turkey | |
| 2017 | Scary Mother | Sashishi deda | Georgia | |
| 2018 | Ága | Ága | Bulgaria | |
| 2019 | Take Me Somewhere Nice | Odvedi me na neko lijepo mjesto | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2020 | Exile | Exil | ||
| 2021 | Great Freedom | Große Freiheit | Austria | |
| 2022 | Safe Place | Sigurno mjesto | Croatia | |
| 2023 | Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Shashvi shashvi maq'vali | Georgia | |
| Year | Director | Film | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things | Romania | |
| 2018 | Lemonade | Romania | |
| 2019 | A Tale of Three Sisters | Turkey | |
| 2020 | The Island Within |  Azerbaijan | |
| 2021 | Celts | Serbia | |
| 2022 | Klondike |  Ukraine | |
| 2023 | La Palisiada | Ukraine | |
| Year | Actress | Film | Nationality of Actress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | A Wonderful Night in Split | Croatia | |
| 2005 | What Is a Man Without a Moustache? | Croatia | |
| 2006 | Fraulein | Croatia | |
| 2007 | Egg | Turkey | |
| 2008 | Turkey | ||
| 2009 | and | Dogtooth |  Greece |
| 2010 | Tuesday, After Christmas | Romania | |
| 2011 | Loverboy | Romania | |
| 2012 | Children of Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2013 | and Mariam Bokeria | In Bloom | Georgia |
| 2014 | Brides | Georgia | |
| 2015 | Mustang | Turkey | |
| 2016 | Godless | Bulgaria | |
| 2017 | Daybreak |  Albania | |
| 2018 | One Day |  Hungary | |
| 2019 | Rounds | Bulgaria | |
| 2020 | Mare | Croatia | |
| 2021 | The Hill Where Lionesses Roar | ||
| 2022 | Corsage |  Luxembourg | |
| 2023 | Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Georgia | |
| Year | Actress | Film | Nationality of Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | How I Killed a Saint | ||
| 2005 | Labour Equals Freedom |  Slovenia | |
| 2006 | All for Free | Croatia | |
| 2007 | It's Hard to Be Nice | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2008 | Buick Riviera | Croatia and Serbia | |
| 2009 | Ordinary People | Serbia | |
| 2010 | Tilva Roš | Serbia | |
| 2011 | Breathing | Austria | |
| 2012 | Redemption Street | Serbia | |
| 2013 | A Stranger | Serbia | |
| 2014 | Song of My Mother | Turkey | |
| 2015 | Chevalier | Greece | |
| 2016 | Dogs | Romania | |
| 2017 | Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things | Romania | |
| 2018 | The Load | Croatia | |
| 2019 | And Then We Danced | Georgia | |
| 2020 | Digger | Greece | |
| 2021 | Great Freedom | Austria | |
| 2022 | Safe Place | Croatia | |
| 2023 | Lost Country | Serbia | |
| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Copy Shop | Copy Shop | Austria | |
| 2002 | 10 Minutes | 10 minuta | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2003 | The Wallet | Le portefeuille | Belgium | |
| 2004 | Me, Myself and the Universe | Ich und das Universum | Germany | |
| 2005 | Before Dawn | Hajnal | Hungary | |
| 2006 | Good Luck Nedim | Sretan put Nedime | Slovenia | |
| 2007 | Waves | Valuri | Romania | |
| 2008 | Tolerantia | Tolerantia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2009 | Party | Tulum | Croatia | |
| 2010 | Yellow Moon | Žuti mjesec | Croatia | |
| 2011 | Mezzanine | Mezanin | Croatia | |
| 2012 | The Return | Kthimi | ||
| 2013 | Shadow of a Cloud | O umbra de nor | Romania | |
| 2014 | The Chicken | Kokoška | Croatia | |
| 2015 | A Matter of Will | Biserna obala |  Montenegro | |
| 2016 | Transition | Tranzicija | Serbia | |
| 2017 | Into the Blue | U plavetnilo | Croatia | |
| 2018 | Breath | Dah | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2019 | The Last Image of Father | Poslednja slika o ocu | Serbia | |
| 2020 | Antiotpad | Antiotpad | Croatia | |
| 2021 | Everything Ahead | Sve što dolazi | Croatia | |
| 2022 | Amok | Amok | Hungary | |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | Hungary | |
| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Clean | Čistoća | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2018 | Last Call | Last Call | Hungary | |
| 2019 | Sherbet | Šerbet | Serbia | |
| 2020 | The Great Istanbul Depression | Büyük İstanbul Depresyonu | Turkey | |
| 2021 | Summer Planning | Planuri de vacanță | Romania | |
| 2022 | It's Not Cold For Mosquitoes | Nije zima za komarce | and Klara Šovagović | Croatia |
| 2023 | Falling | Falling | Hungary | |
| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Facing the Day | Što sa sobom preko dana | Croatia | |
| 2007 | Interrogation | Informativni razgovori | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2008 | Corridor No. 8 | Коридор No. 8 | Bulgaria | |
| 2009 | The Caviar Connection | Kavijar konekšn | Serbia | |
| 2010 | The Seamstresses | Shivackite | ||
| 2011 | A Cell Phone Movie | Mobitel | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2012 | Turn Off the Lights | Lumea in patratele | Serbia | |
| 2013 | Sickfuckpeople | Хворісукалюди | Ukraine | |
| 2014 | Naked Island | Goli | Croatia | |
| 2015 | Toto and His Sisters | Toto şi surorile lui | Romania | |
| 2016 | A Mere Breath | Doar o răsuflare | Romania | |
| 2017 | City of the Sun | Mzis qalaqi | Georgia | |
| 2018 | Srbenka | Srbenka | Croatia | |
| 2019 | When the Persimmons Grew | Xurmalar Yetişən Vaxt | Azerbaijan | |
| 2020 | Merry Christmas, Yiwu | Merry Christmas, Yiwu | Serbia | |
| 2021 | Landscapes of Resistance | Pejzaži otpora | Serbia | |
| 2022 | Museum of the Revolution | Muzej revolucije | Croatia | |
| 2023 | Bottlemen | Flašaroši | Serbia | |
| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | We, ... Composition | We, ... Composition | ||
| 2023 | Valerija | Valerija | Croatia | |
Since 2005, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo has been also awarded to individuals who have contributed to the development of the festival, as well as regional film in general, term which comprise filmmaking in broad area of Former Yugoslavia, Balkans, and Southeast Europe. In 2016, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for lifetime achievement was introduced. Its first recipient was Robert De Niro.[2] [3] [4]
| Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Director of Rome Film Festival | |
| 2006 | Former Minister of Culture and Sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2006 | Film director | |
| 2007 | Actor and film director | |
| 2008 | Film producer | |
| 2009 | Executive director of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung | |
| 2010 | Director of Berlin International Film Festival | |
| 2011 | Actress and film director | |
| 2011 | Film director | |
| 2011 | President of Atlantic Grupa | |
| 2012 | Film producer | |
| 2013 | Executive director of Eurimages | |
| 2013 | Film director | |
| 2014 | Actor | |
| 2014 | Film director | |
| 2014 | Fashion designer | |
| 2015 | Film director | |
| 2015 | Actor | |
| 2016 | Actor, film director and producer Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 2016 | Film director | |
| 2016 | Former Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Counselor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2017 | Actor and film producer | |
| 2017 | Film director and producer | |
| 2018 | Film director | |
| 2018 | Owner and founder of the ASA Prevent Group and founder of the Hastor Foundation | |
| 2019 | Film director | |
| 2019 | Actress | |
| 2019 | Film director | |
| 2019 | Actor | |
| 2020 | Film director | |
| 2020 | Actor | |
| 2021 | Film director | |
| 2022 | Actor | |
| 2022 | Film director | |
| 2022 | Film director | |
| 2022 | Film director | |
| 2023 | Film director | |
| 2023 | Film director and writer | |
| 2023 | Film director | |
| 2024 | Film director | |
| 2024 | Actor | |
| 2024 | Film director and writer | |
| 2024 | Actor | |