Audience award
The Aleksandar Lifka Award, assigned to filmmakers for their outstanding contribution to European cinema, was established in 2000. The first laureates of the award were Hungarian director and screenwriter Miklos Janco and Serbian actress Milena Dravić.
The company of the European film greats so far consists of:
2000. Milena Dravić / Miklos Jancso (Hungary);
2001. Dušan Makavejev / Jiri Menzel (Czech Republic);
2002. Gordan Mihić / Lucian Pintilie (Romania);
2003. Mladomir Puriša Đorđević / Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland);
2004. Živorad Žika Mitorvić / Margarethe von Trotta (Germany);
2005. Eva Ras / Andzej Wajda (Poland);
2006. Velimir Bata Živojinović / Theo Angelopoulos (Geece);
2007. Ljubiša Samardžić / Istvan Szabo (Hungary);
2008. Goran Paskaljević / Ken Loach (Great Britain);
2009. Predrag Miki Manojlović / Ken Russell (Great Britain);
2010. Goran Marković / Constantin Costa Gavras (Greece/France);
2011. Srđan Karanović / Lordan Zafranović (Croatia);
2012. Zoran Simjanović / Jean-Marc Barr (France);
2013. Emir Kusturica / Nikita Mihalkov (Russia);
2014. Mirjana Mira Banjac / Claude Lelouch (France);
2015. Želimir Žilnik / Roy Andersson (Sweden);
2016. Slobodan Šijan / Ulrich Seidl (Austria);
2017. Slavko Štimac / Christopher Hampton (Great Britain);
2018. Rade Šerbedžija / Brian Cox (Scotland);
2019. Miljen Kljaković Kreka / Rajko Grlić (Croatia);
2020. Mirjana Karanović i Ildiko Enyedi (Hungary);
2021. Aleksandar Berček / Christian Petzold (Germany);
2022. Dušan Kovačević / Michel Hazanavicius (France)
2023. Bogdan Diklić / Andreass Dresen (Germany)
The International Jury of the Film Festival for the Official Selection awards the Golden Tower - for the best film and the Palić Tower - for the best director, and also awards the Special Jury Prize.
The FIPRESCI jury awards the prize for the best film of the Official Selection.
The second competition program is Parallels and Encounters, which is evaluated by the international critics jury that awards the best film from the Parallels and Encounters program.
2003.
Golden Tower - Year of Devil (Petr Zelenka)
Silver Tower - Nirgendwo in Africa (Caroline Link)
Bronze Tower - An Almost Ordinary Story (Milos Petricic)
2004.
Golden Tower – Control (Nimrod Antal)
Silver Tower - Take My Eyes (Icíar Bollaín)
Bronze Tower – Don’t move (Sergio Catelito)
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Here (Zrinko Ogresta)
2005.
Golden Tower – The Death of Mr. Lazarescul (Cristi Puiu)
Silver Tower - Uno (Axel Hennie)
Bronze Tower – Adam and Paul (Lenny Ambrahamson)
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Dealer (Benedek Fliegauf)
2006.
Golden Tower – Gravehopping (Jan Cvitkovic)
Palic Tower - Michael Glawogger for Slumming
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Lady Zee (Georgi Djulgerov)
2007.
Golden Tower – After the Wedding (Susanne Bier)
Palic Tower – Dror Shaul for Sweet Mud
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - the program was not held
2008.
Golden Tower – Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman)
Palic Tower – Andreas Drezen for Cloud 9
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Magnus (Kadri Kõusaar)
2009.
Golden Tower – The Happiest Girl in the World (Radu Jude)
Palic Tower – Pavel Bardin for Russia 88
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Zift (Javor Gardev)
2010.
Golden Tower – How I Ended This Summer (Alexei Popogrebsky)
Palic Tower – Benjamin Heisenberg for The Robber
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Street Days (Levan Koguashvili)
2011.
Golden Tower – Stopped on Track (Andreas Dresen)
Palic Tower – Jan Komasa for Suicide Room
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Majority (Seren Yüce)
2012.
Golden Tower – Beyond the Hill (Emin Alper)
Palic Tower – Ulrich Seidl for Paradise: Love
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - The Idiot (Rainer Sarnet)
2013.
Golden Tower – Borgman (Alex van Warmerdam)
Palic Tower – Tudor Giurgiu for Of Snails and Men
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Cold (Ugur Yucel)
2014.
Golden Tower – Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
Palic Tower – Dietrich Brüggemann for Stations of the Cross
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi) and Free range (Veiko Õunpuu)
2015.
Golden Tower – Rams (Grímur Hákonarson)
Palic Tower – Magnus von Horn for The Here After
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - The Gulls (Ella Manzheeva)
2016.
Golden Tower – Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade)
Palic Tower – Cristian Mungiu for Graduation
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Lily Lane (Benedek Fliegauf)
2017.
Golden Tower – Park (Sofia Exarchou)
Palic Tower – Helene Hegemann for Axolotl Overkill
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Quit Staring at My Plate (Hana Jusic)
2018.
Golden Tower – Girl (Lucas Dhont)
Palic Tower – Rasmus Closter Bro for Cutterhead
FIPRESCI Award for the best film of the Official Selection – At war (Stéphane Brizé)
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Blossom Valley (László Csuj)
2019.
Golden Tower – Les Misérables (Ladj Ly)
Palic Tower – Juris Kursietis for Oleg
FIPRESCI Award for the best film of the Official Selection – Les Misérables (Ladj Ly)
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - The Harvest (Misho Antadze)
2020.
Golden Tower – Hope (Maria Sødahl)
Palic Tower – Agnieszka Holland for Charlatan
FIPRESCI Award for the best film of the Official Selection – Sweat (Magnus Von Horn)
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Kill It, And Leave The Town (Marijus Wilczynski)
2021.
Golden Tower – The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier )
Palic Tower – Ferit Karahan for Brother’s Keeper
FIPRESCI Award for the best film of the Official Selection – The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier )
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Nun of Your Business (Ivana Marinic Kragic)
2022.
Golden Tower – R.M.N. (Cristian Mungiu)
Palic Tower – Dmytro Sucholytkyj - Sobtschuk for Pamfir
FIPRESCI Award for the best film of the Official Selection – Rimini (Ulrich Seidl)
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Butterfly Vision (Maksym Nakonechnyi)
2023.
Golden Tower – Afire (Christian Petzold)
Palic Tower – Adam Csaszi for Three Thousand Numbered Pieces
FIPRESCI Award for the best film of the Official Selection – Afire (Christian Petzold)
Best film from the Parallels and Encounters - Citizen Saint (Tinatin Kajrishvili)
Every year, as part of the Young Spirit of Europe program, a European filmmaker is awarded the Underground Spirit Award for outstanding work in the field of independent film and unique authorial poetics built outside the mainstream of the film industry. The Underground Spirit Award was established in 2008.
2008. F.J Ossang
2009. Uli M. Schueppel
2010. Želimir Žilnik
2011. Johannes Stjarne Nilsson and Ola Simonsson
2012. Jern Utkilen
2013. Igor and Ivan Buharov
2014. Edouard Salier
2015. Ion de Sosa, Chema Garcia Ibarra, Luis Lopez Carrasco, Miguel Llanso, Velasco Broca
2016. Karpo Aćimović Godina
2017. Bertrand Mandico
2018. Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
2019. Jean Charles Hue
2020. Sara Fgaier
2021. Ada Solomon
2022. István Borbás
2023. María Cañas
GORKI LIST audience award is assigned for the best film from the Official Selection, according to the evaluation of the Palić audience from 2016. According to their assessment, the audience is able to vote for the best film after film screenings on Summer Stage or via site on the GORKI LIST audience awards page.
2016. Kills On Wheels (Till Attila)
2017. On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi)
2018. Girl (Lukas Dhont)
2019. Les Miserables (Ladj Ly)
2020. The Name of the People (Darko Bajic)
2021. Bad Blood (Milutin Petrovic)
2022. Close (Lukas Dhont)
2023. The Old Oak (Ken Loach)
