Sarajevo Film Festival 2026 Awards Austria’s ‘Everytime’ Best Film — See All Winners
The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival concluded with Austria’s Everytime, directed by Sandra Wollner, winning the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Narrative Feature Film. The unanimous award, worth €16,000, recognised the film as a grief-centred ghost story, while the festival also honoured filmmakers and performers from across south-eastern Europe and beyond.
– Best Narrative Feature: Everytime — Sandra Wollner (Austria/Germany)
– Best Director: Ana Urushadze, Supporting Role (Georgia/Estonia/Türkiye)
– Best Actress: Eva Kostić, 17; Best Actor: Adrian Văncică, You Don’t Belong Here
– Best Documentary: To Hold a Mountain; Best Short Documentary: Holy Defiance
– Honorary Heart of Sarajevo: actor Emir Hadžihafizbegović
– Other awards included prizes for short films, student work, gender equality and youth perspectives.
- Austria’s Everytime won Sarajevo’s top film prize.
- The Best Film award carries €16,000.
- Winners represented countries across Europe and the Balkans.