Winner of the New Talents Award 2026

The New Talents Competition jury is happy to give the New Talents Award to the film Sisters by Sara Ećimović.

“We decided to give the New Talents Award to a film which made us think and rethink, even the day after watching it. Not only because of the beautiful way it was shot and framed, but because it fascinated us through its layered and complex approach to the theme of a dysfunctional family. It is not only about showing, but especially about what not to show, we don’t see the suicide attempt, nor the social worker, which helps us to avoid clichés and over dramatisation. These choices show an incredible directing talent. The acting in its stillness, in its restraint, impressed us deeply!”