The film Wind, Talk to Me by Stefan Đorđević has won three awards at the second AFA Awards in Tivat – for best film, best director and best debut film. The film was produced by Dragana Jovović and Belgrade company Non-Aligned Films, in co-production with the Slovenian companies SPOK Films and Staragara and the Croatian Restart. The film continued its streak of success on the regional festival scene. It had its world premiere in 2025 in the Tiger competition program of the International Film Festival in Rotterdam. In August of the same year, it won the Heart of Sarajevo for the best feature film at the Sarajevo Film Festival, and in November, the Golden Cart at the 23rd Zagreb Film Festival.
Other award winners included Serbian actor Andrija Kuzmanović was awarded for the best male role in the film Yugo Florida by Vladimir Tagić. Kuzmanović was awarded for the role of Zoran, an employee at a television channel that broadcasts reality programs, whose life changes when he learns that his father, with whom he has not been in contact for years, is terminally ill. Yugo Florida is the feature debut of Vladimir Tagić. The producer of the film is Marija Stojanović from the Belgrade company Sense Production, and the co-producer is the Croatian company Eclectica. Kuzmanović also won the Heart of Sarajevo for best actor for the role at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2025.
The award for the best leading actress was won by Noomi Rapace for her role in the film Mother by Teona Strugar Mitevska. The recognition for the rising star went to Arif Jakup for his role in the film DJ Ahmet by Georgi M. Unkovski, while Hana Jušić was awarded for the best screenplay for the film God Will Not Help.
In the television categories, The Hollow, whose creators are Amra Bakšić Čamo and Danis Tanović, was declared the best series. The awards for the best leading roles in the series went to Snežana Vidović and Feđa Štukan.
The award for outstanding success in cinema distribution, which was awarded for the first time this year, went to the The Wedding directed by Igor Šeregi, for the highest revenue achieved at the cinema box office.
The Adriatic Film & TV Awards (AFA) are awarded by the Film and TV Academy of the Adriatic Region, which was founded by the Sarajevo Film Festival, the Zagreb Film Festival and the Festival of Original Films from Belgrade. The nominations and winners were decided by more than 800 members of the Academy, film and television professionals.
The second AFA awards ceremony was held on October 24th in Porto Montenegro, in Tivat, as part of a two-day program.
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