Emanuel Parvu's 'Three Kilometres to the End of the World' Triumphs at Sarajevo Film Festival

Romanian filmmaker Emanuel Parvu's 'Three Kilometres to the End of the World' clinched the Best Feature Film award at Sarajevo Film Festival, after being a Palme d'Or contender at Cannes. Other notable winners include Yorgos Zois for 'Arcadia' and Anab Ahmed Ibrahim for 'The Village Next to Paradise'.

Romanian filmmaker Emanuel Parvu's 'Three Kilometres to the End of the World', a contender for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, has won the top award at the Sarajevo Film Festival, as reported by Variety. The film was honored with the Heart of Sarajevo prize for Best Feature Film.

The jury, led by U.S. writer-director Paul Schrader and including Swedish actor-producer Noomi Rapace, Finnish director-writer Juho Kuosmanen, Sarajevo-born director-writer-editor Una Gunjak, and Slovenian actor Sebastian Cavazza, awarded Parvu's third feature. 'Three Kilometres' follows a 17-year-old who becomes a victim of a homophobic attack in a small town in Romania's Danube Delta, exploring the incident's impact on his rural community from various perspectives.

Yorgos Zois won the Best Director award for his fantasy-drama 'Arcadia,' which debuted in the Encounters section of the Berlin Film Festival. The film portrays Katerina, a neurologist, and her husband Yannis, as they identify deceased victims of an accident in a coastal resort, compelling Katerina to confront her deepest fears.

Anab Ahmed Ibrahim received the Best Actress award for her role in Mo Harawe's 'The Village Next to Paradise', the first Somali film to premiere at Cannes' Un Certain Regard section. Ibrahim portrays a woman striving for independence after a marriage affected by infertility, in Harawe's poised debut.

Doru Bem earned Best Actor honors for his role in Andrei Cohn's 'Holy Week,' a historical drama set in a 19th-century Romanian village. Bem plays Leiba, a Jewish innkeeper in a community where hospitality thinly veils deep-seated racism and antisemitism.

(With inputs from agencies.)