The ceremony for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series was held recently at the Hills Hotel in Sarajevo as part of the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival and the awards for TV series were given in two categories - drama series and comedies.

The series I Know Your Soul created by Jasmila Žbanić and Damir Ibrahimović won seven awards for TV series in the drama series category - for Best Drama Series, Best Actress in a Lead Role (Jasna Đurčić), Best Supporting Actress (Jelena Kordić Kuret), Best Supporting Actor (Mirvad Kurić), Best Newcomer (Lazar Dragojević), Best Screenplay (Jasmila Žbanić and Elma Tataragić) and Best Director (Nermin Hamzagić).

The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Lead Actor was posthumously awarded to Žarko Laušević (1960 - 2023), for the role of Živojin Mišić in the series Time of Death.

The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Comedy was won by the series The Prince of LA, created by Elma Tataragić, Dušan Vranić, Enes Zlatar and Amra Bakšić Čamo. The series won the Heart of Sarajevo in the comedy category for Best Lead Actor (Alen Muratović) and for Best Screenplay (Elma Tataragić, Dušan Vranić and Enes Zlatar).

The series Radio Mileva created by Nebojša Garić won 3 Hearts of Sarajevo in the comedy category - for Best Lead Actress (Olga Odanović), Best Newcomer (Kris Gavrić) and Best Director (Elmir Jukić).

An expert jury made up of over 500 film professionals from the region voted for the Heart of Sarajevo awards for TV series at the 30th SFF and this year 8 series were nominated in 14 categories. Drama series and comedies from BiH, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia that premiered in the period from April 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024, were all eligible to apply.

At the Heart of Sarajevo award ceremony for TV series, the honorary Hearts of Sarajevo awards were presented to Christof Papousek and Philippe Bober by the president of the Sarajevo Film Festival, Mirsad Purivatra.