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| Everytime took the top prize Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival |
The Austrian psychological drama, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes earlier in the year, was praised for being a "mesmerically elastic and transcendental grief-soaked ghost story" by the jury, presided over UK star Emily Watson and featuring director Igor Bezinović, actress Sara Klimoska, European Film Academy CEO/director Matthijs Wouter Knol and Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari. The prize has a 16,000 euro purse.
To Hold A Mountain, directed by Biljana Tutorov won the Documentary Prize.
The Directing gong went to Ana Urushadze for Supporting Role, while the acting prizes were awarded to newcomer Eva Kostić for 17 and Adrian Văncică for You Don't Belong Here, which was fresh from winning Locarno's top prize last week.
Veteran Bosnian star Emir Hadžihafizbegović was also given an honorary Heart of Sarajevo for his lifetime of work.
The full list of winners is below:
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Narrative Feature Film - Everytime, dir. Sandra Wollner (Austria, Germany)
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director - Ana Urushadze, Supporting Role (Georgia, Estonia, Türkiye)
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress - Eva Kostić, 17 (North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor - Adrian Văncică, You Don’t Belong Here (Romania)
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Feature Film - To Hold A Mountain, dir. Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić (Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia)
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Documentary Film - Holy Defiance, dir. Karla Jelić (Croatia)
● Special Jury Award - The Ferry Flows, dir. Zhora Papoian (Ukraine, UK)
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Narrative Short Film - Nobody Said Anything , dir. Tamara Todorović (Serbia, France, Slovenia, Croatia)
● Special Mention - Porkatal, dir. Sis Gürdal (Türkiye, France, United Kingdom)
● Heart of Sarajevo for Best Student Short Film - Unwellnes, dir. Réka Pinczés (Hungary)
● Special Award for Promoting Gender Equality - 17, dir. Kosara Mitić, (North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)
● Special Mention - Don’t Ask Me If I Killed, dir. Helena Maksyom (Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine)
● Special Youth Perspectives Award - Skateboarding Is Not for Girls, dir. Dina Duma (North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia)
● Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award 2026 - Lana Daher, director (Lebanon)
