DANIS TANOVIC selects animator FARUK SABANOVIC as Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Bursary recipient 2008
Mon 4th Aug 08
Film director Danis Tanovic (TRIAGE, L'ENFER, NO MAN'S LAND) has selected Bosnian animator Faruk Sabanovic to receive the fifth Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Bursary. Faruk Sabanovic has made short films, advertisements and music videos. He has won the Grand Prize in the International Advertising Festival, Magdalena (Slovenia) and the Freedom Award at the International Peace Center (Sarajevo) in recognition of his humanitarian work. He was the writer and art director for Aida Begic's SNOW which won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Critics' Circle 2008. He is currently working on his 3D animated feature BIRDS LIKE US.
Faruk Sabanovic will be presented at the Sarajevo Film Festival on 19 August 2008.
