This year, 17 series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia entered in the competition for the Heart of Sarajevo awards for the TV series of the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, with a professional jury composed of more than 400 film professionals from the region.
Series nominated for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series are: “Advokado”, “Besa 2”, “Block 27”, “Black Wedding”, “Strange Kind of Loves”, “Dolina rož”, “Awake”, “Lenin’s Park”, “Crazy, Confused, Normal”, “Underneath 2”, “Mrkomir I”, “Bad Blood”, “The Last Socialist Artefact”, “United Brothers”, “Killers of My Father 5”, “The Silence”, “Time of Evil”.
Sarajevo Film Festival established the awards for TV series last year, with the aim of promoting and recognizing the highest quality regional television series shown in the past year and encouraging their international placement.
This year the award categories have been expanded. The Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series will be awarded in two categories: drama series and comedy.
In the drama series category, 8 awards will be given: Best Drama Series, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Rising Star, Best Director (per episode), and Best Script (per episode).
In the comedy category, 6 awards will be given: Best Comedy, Best Actress, Best Actor, Rising Star, Best Director (per episode), and for Best Script (per episode).
The award ceremony in the TV series category will be held at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, under the patronage of BH Telecom.
28th Sarajevo Film Festival is taking place from August 12th to August 19th this year.
