Sarajevo. Awards.

"A Turkish film about fear overwhelming a true believer when he is caught up in religious corruption has been chosen as the best movie at the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival," reports Daria Sito-Sucic for Reuters. "The jury, headed by British actor Jeremy Irons, awarded A Man's Fear of God (Takva) by director Ozer Kiziltan with the 25,000 euros ($33,920) Heart of Sarajevo award at the closing ceremony on Saturday night." But Kiziltan, who evidently didn't expect to win anything, had already left town; co-producer Fatih Akin accepted the award.

Also: "Saadet Isil Aksoy was awarded the best actress for her role in Egg by Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu. Macedonian film I'm From Titov Veles by Teona Strugar-Mitevska won the special jury award."

More awards: Sasa Petrovic, best actor, for his performance in Srđan Vuletić's It's Hard to be Nice and a special mention for Maria Varga for her performance in Iszka's Journey.

Posted by dwhudson at August 26, 2007 7:02 AM