Heart of Sarajevo
The Heart of Sarajevo is the highest prize awarded in all the competition categories at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Heart of Sarajevo
The official Heart of Sarajevo have been awarded since 2004, and the 10th anniversary of the Sarajevo Film Festival.Its design, as a visual identity for the festival, was chosen in 2004 from the shape that has been in informal circulation since the very beginning of the festival in the early 1990s, a heart designed by French fashion designer Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé a.k.a. Agnès B., a friend and patron of the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Feature Film
| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Nationality of Director |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Breaking the Waves | ||
| 1997 | My Life in Pink | Ma Vie en Rose | ||
| 1998 | I Stand Alone | Seul contre tous | ||
| 1999 | December 1–31 | Dezember, 1-31 | ||
| 2000 | Bleeder | Bleeder | ||
| 2001 | No Man's Land | Ničija zemlja | ||
| 2002 | Saturday | Sábado | ||
| 2003 | Fuse | Gori vatra | ||
| 2004 | Mila from Mars | Mila ot Mars | ||
| 2005 | Lady Zee | Leydi Zi | ||
| 2006 | Fraulein | Das Fräulein | ||
| 2007 | Takva | |||
| 2008 | Buick Riviera | Buick Riviera | ||
| 2009 | Ordinary People | Obični ljudi | ||
| 2010 | Tilva Roš | Tilva Roš | ||
| 2011 | Breathing | Atmen | ||
| 2012 | Everybody in Our Family | Toată lumea din familia noastră | ||
| 2013 | In Bloom | Grdzeli nateli dgheebi | and Simon Groß | |
| 2014 | Song of My Mother | Annemin Şarkısı | ||
| 2015 | Mustang | Mustang | ||
| 2016 | Album | Albüm | ||
| 2017 | Scary Mother | Sashishi deda | ||
| 2018 | Ága | Ága | ||
| 2019 | Take Me Somewhere Nice | Odvedi me na neko lijepo mjesto |
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Director
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actress
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actor
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Film
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Student Film
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Documentary Film
Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award
Since 2005, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo has been also awarded to individuals who have contributed to the development of the festival, as well as regional film in general, term which comprise filmmaking in broad area of Former Yugoslavia, Balkans, and Southeast Europe. In 2016, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for lifetime achievement was introduced. Its first recipient was Robert De Niro.| Year | Winner | Note |
| 2005 | Director of Rome Film Festival | |
| 2006 | Former Minister of Culture and Sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2006 | Film director | |
| 2007 | Actor and film director | |
| 2008 | Film producer | |
| 2009 | Executive director of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung | |
| 2010 | Director of Berlin International Film Festival | |
| 2011 | Actress and film director | |
| 2011 | Film director | |
| 2011 | President of Atlantic Grupa | |
| 2012 | Film producer | |
| 2013 | Executive director of Eurimages | |
| 2013 | Film director | |
| 2014 | Actor | |
| 2014 | Film director | |
| 2014 | Fashion designer | |
| 2015 | Film director | |
| 2015 | Actor | |
| 2016 | Actor, film director and producer Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 2016 | Film director | |
| 2016 | Former Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Counselor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2017 | Actor and film producer | |
| 2017 | Film director and producer | |
| 2018 | Film director | |
| 2018 | Owner and founder of the ASA Prevent Group and founder of the Hastor Foundation | |
| 2019 | Film director | |
| 2019 | Actress | |
| 2019 | Film director | |
| 2019 | Actor |