Prize for Best Actress to Jasna Zalica and Best Actor to Emir Hadzihafizbegovic

The Stockholm International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year from 5^th until 16^th November. The film voted by a jury as the best in the competition section receives the Bronze Horse (Bronshästen).

The following was stated by the jury on the BiH movie named “These are the Rules”:

Motivation of the Jury, Jasna Zalica: Defying cliche, without exaggeration. Naked honesty. This actor embodies soulful restraint, leading us to feel for and with this character and her husband. Her work is a powerful testament to how a good story and an unflinching performance bring us close to the experience of an individual in an unfamiliar place and situation.

Motivation of the Jury, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic: The jury is celebrating the remarkably high calibre of acting in this year’s selection, a feast of powerful performances.  We want to highlight the work of an actor who artfully draws on life experience, with a strong, compassionate presence, using small gestures acutely, and developing palpable on-screen chemistry with his acting partner.

(Source: Stockholmfilmfestival)