International awards

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Culture.si lists a selection of significant international awards. Please let us know about important awards we might have overlooked.

    2025
    Zavod SPOK, Urška Djukić
    film director

    Kaj ti je deklica? [Little Trouble Girls]

    FIPRESCI Award (Jury of Critics Award) for the best film (First Feature) in Perspectives section

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Film

    2025
    Matija Solce, Ljubljana Puppet Theater
    Director, Producer

    Seansa Bulgakov [Session Bulgakov]

    The Best Performance

    Veszprém, Hungary

    Category: Puppetry, Theatre

    2024
    Women Writers Route

    for Čez-mejno drzne [Bold and Borderless]

    Best Practice Award

    Budapest, Hungary

    Category: Literature

    2024
    A Atalanta, Klemen Dvornik
    film director

    Dvorišča ne damo! [Block 5]

    ECFA Award (Special Jury) Best Film

    Bellinzona, Switzerland

    Category: Film

    2024
    Lun Sevnik
    Screenwriter and film director

    Morje med nama [The Sea In Between]

    Best screenplay

    Poitiers, France

    Category: Film

    2024
    Rok Biček, Zwinger film, Lun Sevnik
    Film producer, film director

    Morje med nama [The Sea In Between]

    Best Short Film

    Stockholm, Sweden

    Category: Film

    2023
    Academic Choir Tone Tomšič (APZ Tone Tomšič)
    Folk Song First Prize

    Spittal_an_der_Drau, Austria

    Category: Music

    2023
    Ambrož Čopi and Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory Chamber Choir

    for conducting and singing

    Choir of the World Award

    Hong_Kong, China

    Category: Music

    2023
    Francis directed by Jernej Lorenci, produced by City Theatre Ptuj, Janez Škof
    Viminacium Maximus Prize and Golden Fibulae

    Požarevac, Serbia

    Category: Theatre

    2023
    Urška Djukić & Émilie Pigeard
    Film director, illustrator

    Babičino seksualno življenje [Granny's Sexual Life]

    Cesar

    Paris, France

    Category: Film

    2023
    Drago Jančar
    Writer

    In ljubezen tudi [And Love Itself / E l’amore anche ha bisogno di riposo]

    Latisana per il Nord-Est International Literary Prize

    Latisana, Italy

    Category: Literature

    2023
    Aleš Šteger
    Writer

    Gebrauchsanweisung fur Slowenien [User Manual for Slovenia]

    ITB 2023 in the category 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honour

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Literature

    2023
    Adria, Sito Design Slovenia
    Design

    Adria mobil

    German Design Award for Excellent Product Design, Passenger Vehicles

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Design

    2023
    Karmina Šilec
    Conductor and composer

    her contribution to music art

    Darinka Matić Marović Prize for Music Artists of the former Yugoslavia territory

    Kotor, Montenegro

    Category: Music

    2023
    Fabrizio Montecchi, Maša Avsec, Angele Nanetti, Enrica Carini
    director, lighting designer

    Moj dedek je bil češnjevo drevo [My Grandfather was a Cherry Tree]

    Award for the best direction, lighting design, adaptation of the text and for the visual design

    Karlovac, Croatia

    Category: Puppetry

    2023
    Jan Vrhovnik
    Film director, screenwriter, director of photography

    Edi [short-feature film]

    Young Directors Award (Passion project)

    Cannes, France

    Category: Film

    2023
    Nosorogi, Gregor Božič
    Film production, film director and screenwriter

    Sadni film [Tales of Fruits and Monsters]

    Providenza Award, Nebulae Award, DA Films – VOD Platform

    Marseille, France

    Category: Film

    2022
    Mitja Ličen & Danijel Hočevar & Laura Samani
    Director of Photography, Producer

    Telesce [Small Body (Piccolo Corpo)]

    European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

    Reykjavík/Berlin, Germany

    Category: Film

    2022
    Špela Čadež
    Animation author and director

    Steakhouse

    Short Films Competition Section Jury Award

    Annecy, France

    Category: Film

    2022
    Urška Djukić & Émilie Pigeard
    Film director, illustrator

    Babičino seksualno življenje [Granny's Sexual Life]

    European Short Film Award

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Film

    2022
    Ana Marwan
    author

    Krota / Wechselkröte

    Ingeborg Bachmann Award

    Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria

    Category: Literature

    2022
    Matevž Luzar
    Film director

    Orkester [Orchestra]

    Film Direction Award in the Forward Future Section

    Beijing, China

    Category: Film

    2021
    Jasmina Cibic
    visual artist

    opus spanning performance, installation and film

    The Jarman Award 2021

    London, United_Kingdom

    Category: Film

    2021
    Carmina Slovenica
    Karmina Šilec, Stage and Music Direction / Concept

    THRENOS (for the Throat)

    Music Theatre Now 2021 Award

    Rotterdam, The_Netherlands

    Category: Music

    2021
    Maja Haderlap
    author

    literary opus

    Christine Lavant Prize

    Vienna, Austria

    Category: Literature

    2021
    Alexander Gadjiev
    pianist

    the best performance of a sonata

    2nd Place at the Chopin Competition and the Krystian Zimerman Prize

    Warsaw, Poland

    Category: Music

    2021
    Kozjanski Park Public Institute
    Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes


    Category: Heritage

    2021
    Mirjam Korbar and Peter Musevski
    actors

    Zastoj [Deadlock]

    Young Tree Award

    Mostar, Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

    Category: Film

    2021
    Škofja Loka Passion Play produced by Prešeren Theatre Kranj and City Theatre Ptuj, Doroteja Nadrah

    stage performance and the actress

    Viminacium Maximus Prize and Golden Fibulae

    Požarevac, Serbia

    Category: Theatre

    2021
    Marija Zidar
    film director

    Odpuščanje [Reconciliation]

    Best Documentary

    Tetovo, Macedonia

    Category: Film

    2021
    Branko Završan
    actor

    for the best acting [Giorgia Milocca]

    Vittorio Gassman Award

    Bologna, Italy

    Category: Film

    2021
    Anja Mugerli

    for Čebelja družina (roman) [Bee Family (a novel)]

    European Union Prize for Literature


    Category: Literature

    2021
    Katarina Rešek - KUKLA
    director, screenwriter, film score composer

    Sestre [Sisters]

    Grand Prix

    Clermont-Ferrant, France

    Category: Film

    2021
    Marija Zidar
    documentary film director

    Odpuščanje [Reconciliation]

    best female director

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    Category: Film

    2021
    Nataša Matjašec Rošker
    actress

    Immaculata [Immaculate]

    Adelaide Ristori Award for Best Actress

    Cividale_del_Friuli, Italy

    Category: Theatre

    2020
    Branko Završan
    film actor

    Il confine e un bosco

    Colosseo d’Argento

    Rome, Italy

    Category: Film

    2020
    Idrija Mercury Heritage Management Centre (Hg Smelting Plant – Heritage of Mercury)
    2nd Award for the Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism (Industrial Heritage)

    Brussels, Belgium

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2020
    Gregor Božič
    film director

    Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov [Stories from the Chestnut Woods]

    Critics’ Prize

    Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Category: Film

    2020
    Goran Vojnović
    author

    Jugoslavija, moja dežela, translated into Polish by Joanna Pomorska [Yugoslavia, My Fatherland]

    Angelus Central European Literature Award

    Wroclaw, Poland

    Category: Literature

    2020
    Ven Jemeršič
    film director

    Stoletje sanj [A Century of Dreams]

    Best Documentary Feature (International Competition)

    Lima, Peru

    Category: Film

    2020
    Katja Colja
    film director

    Igor in Rosa [Igor and Rosa]

    Best Foreign-Language Film Award

    Tarzana, USA

    Category: Film

    2020
    Gregor Božič
    film director

    Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov [Stories from the Chestnut Woods]

    Jury’s Prize (International Competition)

    Nara, Japan

    Category: Film

    2020
    Matjaž Ivanišin
    film director

    Oroslan

    Best Director Award (Independent Film section)

    Leskovac, Serbia

    Category: Film

    2020
    Jana Bauer
    author

    literary opus, including Groznovilca v Hudi hosti [Grozovilca in the Terrible Forest]

    Grand Prize (Young Adults and Children Literature)

    Skopje, North_Macedonia

    Category: Literature

    2020
    Metod Pevec
    film director

    Jaz sem Frenk [Everything Is Different]

    Golden Arena for Best Director, the Minority Co-Productions Section

    Pula, Croatia

    Category: Film

    2020
    Drago Jančar
    author

    life-time achievements [11 novels, including And Love Itself / Wenn die Liebe ruht]

    Austrian State Prize for European Literature

    Vienna, Austria

    Category: Literature

    2020
    Ema Kugler
    video artist and film director

    Človek s senco [Man with the Shadow]

    Best Experimental Film, Best Narrative Feature

    Los_Angeles, USA

    Category: Film

    2019
    Ema Kugler
    video artist and film director

    Človek s senco [Man with the Shadow]

    Best Experimental Film

    Amsterdam, The_Netherlands

    Category: Film

    2019
    Štefan Vevar
    translator

    Austrian literature tranlations into Slovenian

    Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation

    Vienna, Austria

    Category: Literature

    2019
    Miha Mazzini
    author

    Izbrisana [Erased]

    Best Screenplay Award

    London, United_Kingdom

    Category: Film

    2019
    Kinodvor Cinema
    Best Programming Award 2019

    Paris, France

    Category: Film

    2019
    Milena Zupančič
    actress

    her contribution to the Slovenian and Yugoslavian film

    SEE Actress 2019 Award

    Paris, France

    Category: Film

    2019
    Gregor Božič and Marina Gumzi
    film director and film producer

    Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov [Stories from the Chestnut Woods]

    Best Film Award (The First Feature Section)

    Tallinn, Estonia

    Category: Film

    2019
    Ali: Fear eats your soul directed by Sebastijan Horvat at Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana
    Best Play Award, Audience Award, Politika Award for Directing

    Belgrade, Serbia

    Category: Theatre

    2019
    A.biro, STVAR Architects, Studio AKKA

    for Planica Nordic Center

    IOC IAKS Award Gold Winner

    Cologne, Germany

    Category: Architecture

    2019
    Ljubljanica River Exhibition

    for [The Ljubljanica River Phenomenon]

    UNESCO award for best practice in underwater cultural heritage protection

    Paris, France

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2019
    Špela Petrič
    new media artist

    'Confronting Vegetal Otherness – Skotopoiesis, Phytoteratology, Strange Encounters

    Award of Distinction (Artificial Intelligence and Life Art Category)

    Linz, Austria

    Category: New media art

    2019
    Andrej Goričar
    composer

    Mo(uve)ment musicaux

    SEM prize

    Italy

    Category: Music

    2019
    City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts
    ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture (2019 Award theme Democracy Needs Imagination)

    Amsterdam, The_Netherlands

    Category: Other

    2019
    Petra Strahovnik
    composer

    Prana (2018) for symphony orchestra

    IRC winner (selected by 27 radio music producers)

    San_Carlos_de_Bariloche, Argentina

    Category: Music

    2019
    Pavilion for the Presentation of Archaeological Remains in Celje
    Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage Award (Conservation)

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2018
    Kolja Saksida
    film director

    Koyaa

    Best Animated Series, Silver

    Xiamen, China

    Category: Film

    2018
    Dušan Kastelic
    film director, scriptwriter, producer

    Celica [The Box]

    Peter the Great Award

    St_Petersburg, Russia

    Category: Film

    2018
    Mateja Koležnik
    theatre director

    Ivanov

    Nestroy, Theatre Award of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    Category: Theatre

    2018
    Dušan Kastelic
    film director, scriptwriter, producer

    Celica [The Box]

    Best European Independent Film  

    Paris, France

    Category: Film

    2018
    Darko Štante, Temporama Film Society
    film director, film production

    Posledice [Consequences]

    Adolf Zukor Prize, Festival’s Grand Prize

    Hungary

    Category: Film

    2018
    Museum of Puppetry
    Children in Museums Special Commendation

    Valetta, Malta

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2018
    Ljubljanica River Exhibition
    European Heritage Days Grant Award (European Heritage Stories)

    Strasbourg, France

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2018
    Plečnik House
    Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage Award (Education, training and raising awareness)

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2018
    Florjan Lipuš
    author

    literary opus

    Grand Austrian State Prize 

    Vienna, Austria

    Category: Literature

    2018
    Maja Haderlap

    author

    Max Frisch Prize

    Zürich, Switzerland

    Category: Literature

    2018
    Maruša Majer
    actress

    Ivan

    Golden Arena for Best Actress, the Minority Co-Productions Section

    Pula, Croatia

    Category: Film

    2018
    Olmo Omerzu
    film director

    Všechno bude/Zimske muhe [Winter Flies]

    Best Director Award

    Karlovy_Vary, Czech_Republic

    Category: Film

    2018
    Andrej Makor
    composer

    [Silence for viola solo]

    2nd prize at the Composers' Competition

    London, UK

    Category: Music

    2017
    Dušan Kastelic
    film director, scriptwriter, producer

    Celica [The Box]

    Cortoons

    Gandia, Spain

    Category: Film

    2017
    Ven Jemeršič
    film director

    Stoletje sanj [A Century of Dreams]

    Best Feature Documentary ARFF Globe

    Berlin_Amsterdam_Paris_Barcelona

    Category: Film

    2017
    MENT Ljubljana

    for European Festival Awards

    Best Small Festival, Best Indoor Festival

    Groningen,_Eurosonic_Noorderslag_Showcase_Festival, The_Netherlands

    Category: Music

    2017
    Jernej Lorenci

    for theatre director

    Europe Prize New Theatrical Realities


    Category: Theatre

    2017
    Dušan Kastelic
    film director, scriptwriter, producer

    Celica [The Box]

    Melies d'Argent for the Best Film

    France

    Category: Film

    2017
    Javorca Church (Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit)
    European Heritage Label


    Category: Cultural heritage

    2017
    Tin Grabnar, Zala Dobovšek, Nina Šorak, Asja Kahrimanović Babnik

    for Drugje [Somewhere Else]

    Special Jury Prize for Puppetry and New Technologies

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2017
    Maja Smrekar
    new media artist

    K-9_topology

    Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica in Hybrid Art Section

    Linz, Austria

    Category: New media art

    2017
    Gašper Malej

    for translations from Italian (Dario Fo, Cesare Pavesi, Pasolini, etc)

    National Prize for Translation

    Rome, Italy

    Category: Literature

    2017
    Carmen Manet
    Eurovision Choir of the Year

    Riga, Latvia

    Category: Music

    2016
    Emil Kozole
    film director

    Nočno življenje [Nightlife]

    Best Director Award

    Karlovy_Vary, Czech_Republic

    Category: Film

    2016
    Matic Zorman

    for Waiting to Register

    People - First Prize Singles


    Category: Visual arts

    2016
    Matjaž Krivic

    for Digging for Future

    People - Second Prize Singles


    Category: Visual arts

    2016
    Srdjan Živulović
    Photography Staff of Reuters

    Migrants make their way on foot on the outskirts of Brezice, Slovenia

    Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography

    New_York, USA

    Category: Visual arts

    2016
    Vito Žuraj
    Claudio Abbado Kompositionspreis


    Category: Music

    2016
    Carmina Slovenica

    for When the Mountain changed its clothing

    Golden Mask Prize for The Best Foreign Production Presented in Russia in 2015

    Moscow, Russia

    Category: Music, Theatre

    2016
    Jasmin B. Frelih

    for Na/pol (roman) [In/Half (novel)]

    European Union Prize for Literature


    Category: Literature

    2016
    Marek Bečka, Mini Teater, Zala Dobovšek

    for Sneguljčica [Snow White]

    Prize for Adaptation and Dramaturgy

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2016
    Marek Bečka, Mini Teater, Zala Dobovšek

    for Sneguljčica [Snow White]

    Milan Čečuk Grand Prix for the Best Overall Production

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2016
    Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Žiga Lebar

    for Jutri je zabava [Tomorrow's Party]

    Prize for Puppet's Technology

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2016
    Maribor Puppet Theatre, Metka Jurc
    actress / animator

    Spake [Freaks]

    Prize for the role of Hans

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2016
    House for Children and Art Ljubljana, Zapik Theatre

    for [In the Land of Finger Puppets]

    Special Prize of the Jury for for the design and realisation of artistic, educational and interactive project-performance

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Arsmedia, Olmo Omerzu
    film director

    Družinski film [Family Film]

    Award for Best Artistic Conrtribution

    Tokyo, Japan

    Category: Film

    2015
    Jernej Lorenci
    theatre director

    Ilyad, co-produced by Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL) and Cankarjev dom,

    Audience Award

    Belgrade, Serbia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Gustav Film
    coproducer

    Zenit [The High Sun]

    Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard

    Cannes, France

    Category: Film

    2015
    Jan Cvitkovič, Perfo Production
    film director

    Šiška Deluxe

    Audience Award

    Cottbus, Germany

    Category: Film

    2015
    Vipolže Manor
    Cultural Heritage Protection Award

    Foligno, Italy

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2015
    Maribor Puppet Theatre, Miha Golob
    theatre director

    Mali modri in mali rumeni [Little Blue and Little Yellow]

    Prize for Direction and Prize for Technology

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Anže Zevnik, Maribor Puppet Theatre, Miha Bezeljak

    for Mali modri in mali rumeni [Little Blue and Little Yellow]

    Prize for Animation

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Maribor Puppet Theatre

    for Mali modri in mali rumeni [Little Blue and Little Yellow]

    Tibor Sekelj Prize for the production with the most humane message

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar
    composer

    Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]

    Prize for Music

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Fabrizio Montecchi, Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
    light designer

    Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]

    Prize for Lighting Design

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Asja Kahrimanović, Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Polonca Kores

    for Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]

    Prize for Animation

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Ljubljana Puppet Theatre

    for Račka, Smrt in tulipan [Duck, Death and Tulip]

    Milan Čečuk Grand Prix for the Best Overall Production

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Category: Theatre

    2015
    Vito Žuraj
    Composer

    Warm up

    IRC Recommended Work


    Category: Music

    2015
    Drago Jančar
    author

    for exceptional achievements strengthening European integration

    European Citizens' Prize

    Strassbourg, France

    Category:

    2015
    Matej Bonin
    composer

    Cancro (2015) for symphony orchestra

    IRC Winner in the category of composers under 30 years of age

    Tallin, Latvia

    Category: Music

    2015
    Vito Žuraj
    composer

    Runaround

    IRC Recommended Work

    Tallin, Latvia

    Category: Music

    2014
    Drago Jančar
    Author

    To noč sem jo videl [I Saw Her That Night / Cette nuit je l'ai vue]

    Prix du meilleur livre etranger for the best foreign book

    Paris, France

    Category: Literature

    2014
    Alojz Rebula

    author

    European Citizens' Prize

    Strassbourg, France

    Category:

    2014
    Franja Partisan Hospital
    European Heritage Label


    Category: Cultural heritage

    2013
    Rok Biček
    film director

    Razredni sovražnik [The Class Enemy]

    Best Film Award. FIPRESCI Award

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    Category: Film

    2013
    Gabriela Babnik

    for Sušna doba (roman) [Dry Season (a novel)]

    European Union Prize for Literature


    Category: Literature

    2013
    Boris Pahor

    author

    European Citizens' Prize

    Strassbourg, France

    Category:

    2013
    Igor Samobor
    actor

    Razredni sovražnik [The Class Enemy]

    Best Actor Award

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    Category: Film

    2013
    Evgen Angel Bavčar

    author, photographer

    European Citizens' Prize

    Strassbourg, France

    Category:

    2012
    Damjan Kozole

    film director

    Premio alla Carriera Lifetime Achievements

    Rome, Italy

    Category: Film

    2012

    for Renovation of the banks of the River Ljubljanica in the section flowing through the old city centre

    European Prize for Urban Public Space


    Category: Architecture

    2011
    Drago Jančar
    European Prize for Literature/Prix européen de littérature

    Strassbourg, France

    Category: Literature

    2011
    Maja Haderlap
    author

    Angel pozabe [The Angel of Oblivion / Engel des Vergessens / Im Kessel]

    Ingeborg Bachmann Award

    Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria

    Category: Literature

    2010
    Nataša Kramberger
    author

    Nebesa v robidah: roman v zgodbah [Heaven in a blackberry bush: novel in stories]

    European Union Prize for Literature


    Category: Literature

    2010
    Kinodvor Cinema
    Best Young Audience Activities

    Paris, France

    Category: Film

    2007
    Bevk Perović Arhitekti

    for Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Building in Ljubljana

    Emerging Architect Special Mention, Mies van der Rohe Award


    Category: Architecture

    2006
    Pocar Homestead in Triglav National Park
    Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage Diploma (Conservation)

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2006
    Vojteh Ravnikar
    architect

    achievements in the field of culture

    Herder Prize

    Vienna, Austria

    Category: Architecture

    2004
    Peter Musevski
    actor

    Delo osvobaja [Labour Equals Freedom]

    Heart of Sarajevo Best Actor Award

    Sarajevo, Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

    Category: Film

    2004
    Damjan Kozole, Vertigo
    film director, producer

    Delo osvobaja [Labour Equals Freedom]

    Golden Palm Best Film

    València, Spain

    Category: Film

    2003
    Sečovlje Salt-Pans Landscape Park in Piran
    Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage Diploma (Conservation)

    Berlin, Germany

    Category: Cultural heritage

    2003
    Drago Jančar
    author

    achievements in the field of culture

    Herder Prize

    Vienna, Austria

    Category: Literature

    2001
    Sašo Podgoršek, Arsmedia
    film director, film producer

    Sladke sanje [Sweet Dreams]

    Best Film Golden Palm

    València, Spain

    Category: Film

    2001
    Peter Musevski
    actor

    Kruh in mleko [Bread and Milk]

    Best Actor Award

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    Category: Film

    2001
    Jan Cvitkovič
    film director

    Kruh in mleko [Bread and Milk]

    Lion of the Future Award

    Venice, Italy

    Category: Film

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