Jasmila Zbanic’s I Know Your Soul wins big at Sarajevo TV Awards

I Know Your Soul, a six-part drama sequence from Oscar-nominated Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić (Quo Vadis, Aida?) took the highest TV honors at this 12 months’s Sarajevo Movie Pageant, profitable greatest drama sequence and almost sweeping the drama classes, taking greatest directing, greatest script, and many of the performing classes. Žbanić, along with co-writing the sequence, additionally produced and served as showrunner. Along with Quo Vadis, Aida?, Žbanić directed the Golden Bear-winning Grbavica (2006) and an episode of HBO’s Emmy-winning The Final of Us.

The sequence, which premiered on the Venice Movie Pageant final 12 months, follows Nervena, a prosecutor within the technique of a divorce elevating her teenage son as a single mom. Her investigation right into a teen suicide units off a sequence of occasions that remodel her private {and professional} life. Jasna Duričić, who performs Nervena, gained one of the best actress honor for her efficiency. Co-star Jelena Kordić Kuret took one of the best supporting actress in a drama honor, Mirvad Kurić gained greatest supporting actor, and Lazar Dragojević gained the rising star – drama award for the sequence. HBO Max picked up I Know Your Soul for Central and Jap Europe final 12 months.

Serbian actor Žarko Laušević, who died final November, gained a posthumous greatest actor in a drama sequence award for his efficiency within the World Struggle I drama Time of Demise.

Within the comedy classes, Bosnian sequence Smashing It and the Serbian sequence Radio Mileva break up the Coronary heart of Sarjaevo awards, every taking three trophies. Smashing It gained the Greatest comedy prize, greatest actor honors for Alen Muratović and greatest script for writers Elma Tataragić, Dušan Vranić, and Enes Zlatar. Radio Mileva’s Olga Odanović gained greatest actress within the class, Elmir Jukić took greatest directing in a comedy and Kris Gavrić took the rising star – comedy honor.

The Sarajevo pageant thought of sequence from throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia that premiered between April 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024. The winners had been picked by an expert jury made up of movie and TV professionals.

Full checklist of winners beneath:

Greatest Drama Collection

I Know Your Soul

Greatest Actress in a Drama Collection
Jasna Đuričić for I Know Your Soul

Greatest Actor in a Drama Collection
Žarko Laušević for Time of Demise

Greatest Supporting Function – Actress in a Drama Collection
Jelena Kordić Kuret for I Know Your Soul

Greatest Supporting function – Actor in a Drama Collection
Mirvad Kurić for I Know Your Soul

Rising star – Drama Collection
Lazar Dragojević for I Know Your Soul

Greatest Script – Drama Collection
Jasmila Žbanić and Elma Tataragić for I Know Your Soul

Greatest Directing – Drama Collection
Nermin Hamzagić for I Know Your Soul

Greatest Comedy
Smashing It

Greatest Actress in a Comedy Collection
Olga Odanović for Radio Mileva

Greatest Actor in a Comedy Collection
Alen Muratović for Smashing It

Rising Star – Comedy
Kris Gavrić for Radio Mileva

Greatest Script – Comedy
Elma Tataragić, Dušan Vranić, Enes Zlatar for Smashing It

Greatest directing – Comedy
Elmir Jukić for Radio Mileva