Igor Bezinovic’s Fiume O Morte! led the winners for the primary Adriatic Movie & TV Awards (AFAs), which befell at Porto Montenegro in Tivat, Montenegro from October 24-26.
The documentary took prizes for greatest movie, greatest director and greatest screenplay for Bezinovic.
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Fiume O Morte! is a co-production between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia – three nations bordering the Adriatic Sea. It sees the residents of the Croatian city of Rijeka – referred to as Fiume by Italians – reconstruct a weird story concerning the 16-month occupation of their metropolis in 1919 by Italian poet, dandy and conflict preacher Gabriele D’Annunzio.
Jara Sofija Ostan received one of the best main actress prize for her function in Urska Djukic’s Little Hassle Ladies, which additionally took one of the best debut movie prize.
Fiume O Morte! and Little Hassle Ladies are each worldwide characteristic Oscar entries for 2026, for Croatia and Slovenia respectively.
Two prizes went to Mladen Dordevic’s The Working Class Goes To Hell – greatest main actor for Leon Lucev, and the Rising Star award for Lidija Kordic.
Winners had been chosen by the 550 members of the Movie and TV Academy of the Adriatic area, which is presently within the means of being established.
The awards had been initiated earlier this yr by the founders of the Community of Festivals within the Adriatic Area: Sarajevo Movie Pageant, Auteur Movie Pageant Belgrade, and Zagreb Movie Pageant.
“We have a good time the creativity of this whole area and hope this can turn into an extra type of recognition for our administrators and actors,” mentioned Mirsad Purivatra, president of the AFA Committee. “The turnout for the awards ceremony exhibits that such recognition was really wanted.”
“This isn’t simply an award ceremony. It’s a house for ongoing dialogue, information change and intergenerational solidarity,” mentioned Sarajevo competition director Jovan Marjanovic. “A lot of the nominated movies are the results of co-productions between our nations, and that collaboration is exactly the energy of this mission,” added Zagreb Movie Pageant director Boris T. Matic; whereas Igor Stankovic, director of Auteur Movie Pageant Belgrade, mentioned that “by means of future co-productions and collaborations, a brand new period of joint filmmaking will emerge and that the AFA Awards would be the ones to safeguard and promote artistic freedom and the braveness of inventive expression.”
The ceremony has been positioned for the start of the worldwide awards season, with the purpose of launching titles from the Adriatic area onto the worldwide circuit.
Adriatic Movie & TV Awards 2025
Greatest movie – Fiume O Morte!, dir. Igor Bezinovic
Greatest main actress – Jara Sofija Ostan, Little Hassle Ladies
Greatest main actor – Leon Lucev, The Working Class Goes To Hell
Rising Star award – Lidija Kordic, The Working Class Goes To Hell
Greatest debut movie – Little Hassle Ladies, dir. Urska Djukic
Greatest TV collection – Operation Sabre, cre. Vladimir Tagic, Goran Stankovic
Greatest main actress in a TV collection – Milica Gojkovic, Operation Sabre
Greatest main actor in a TV collection – Dragan Micanovic, Operation Sabre
