Nominations Announced for the 2025 Adriatic Film Awards (AFA)

The Film and TV Academy of the Adriatic Region has announced the nominations for the 2025 Adriatic Film Awards (AFA). Established this year by the founding members of the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region – Sarajevo Film Festival, Belgrade Author Film Festival, and Zagreb Film Festival – the Academy selects the nominees and winners of the AFAs. The awards celebrate the most significant films and television series from the region.

The Adriatic Film Awards build on the tradition of the Heart of Sarajevo for TV Series, expanding it with a new concept that also encompasses film achievements. In doing so, they establish a unique regional platform dedicated to promoting and recognizing outstanding works of film and television, as well as their creators.

Producers and rights holders of feature and documentary films, as well as TV series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Slovenia, and Serbia were eligible to apply.

The nominations were decided by a professional jury of film and television experts through electronic voting. The same jury will vote again to select the winners of the Adriatic Film Awards, which will be announced at a gala ceremony on October 25, 2025 in Porto Montenegro, Tivat, the event’s main partner.

* This designation, without prejudice to the status of Kosovo, is in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and the opinion of the ICJ on Kosovo’s declaration of independence.

Nominees for the AFA Awards 2025:

BEST FILM

• 78 DANA (Serbia)
• BLUM – GOSPODARI SVOJE BUDUĆNOSTI (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• FIUME O MORTE! (Croatia)
• KAJ TI JE DEKLICA (Slovenia)
• RADNIČKA KLASA IDE U PAKAO (Serbia)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Lana Barić – ŠLAGER
• Diana Kolenc – OPAZOVANJE
• Tamara Krcunović – RADNIČKA KLASA IDE U PAKAO
• Dina Mušanović – GYM
• Jara Sofija Ostan – KAJ TI JE DEKLICA

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Pavle Čemerikić – 78 DANA
• Filip Đurić – ZA DANAS TOLIKO
• Leon Lučev – RADNIČKA KLASA IDE U PAKAO
• Krešimir Mikić – ČAO BELA
• Bernard Tomić – PROSLAVA

RISING STAR

• Lidija Kordić – RADNIČKA KLASA IDE U PAKAO
• Domagoj Nižić – DRAŽEN
• Jara Sofija Ostan – KAJ TI JE DEKLICA
• Lazar Tasić – SABLJA
• Viktorija Vasiljević – 78 DANA

BEST DIRECTOR

• Igor Bezinović – FIUME O MORTE!
• Urška Djukić – KAJ TI JE DEKLICA
• Mladen Đorđević – RADNIČKA KLASA IDE U PAKAO
• Emilija Gašić – 78 DANA
• Jasmila Žbanić – BLUM – GOSPODARI SVOJE BUDUĆNOSTI

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Igor Bezinović – FIUME O MORTE!
• Urška Djukić, Maria Bohr – KAJ TI JE DEKLICA
• Mladen Đorđević – RADNIČKA KLASA IDE U PAKAO
• Emilija Gašić – 78 DANA
• Silvestar Kolbas – NAŠA DJECA

BEST DEBUT FILM

• Bruno Anković – PROSLAVA
• Čejen Černić Čanak – ZEČJI NASIP
• Urška Djukić – KAJ TI JE DEKLICA
• Emilija Gašić – 78 DANA

TV SERIES

BEST TV SERIES

• BIJELI PUT (Croatia)
• DNEVNIK VELIKOG PERICE (Croatia)
• NOBELOVAC (Serbia)
• SABLJA (Serbia)
• SRAM (Croatia)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A TV SERIES

• Selma Alispahić – NOBELOVAC
• Iva Babić – DNEVNIK VELIKOG PERICE
• Milica Gojković – SABLJA
• Gita Haydar – SRAM
• Nina Violić – BIJELI PUT

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A TV SERIES

• Živko Anočić – DNEVNIK VELIKOG PERICE
• Franjo Dijak – BIJELI PUT
• Gordan Kičić – MAMA I TATA SE IGRAJU RATA 3
• Dragan Mićanović – SABLJA
• Tihomir Stanić – NOBELOVAC