The BUNA Awards are determined by an international jury that selects and nominates the honorees in various categories. The nominations are announced together with the official festival program. Each BUNA award has a financial equivalent of 500 euros.
The Emerging Artist Award went to Martin Atanasov for the film A score for a bedsheet. The BUNA award was presented by H.E. Marie Dumoulin, Ambassador of France to Bulgaria, to Krasimira Butseva, who accepted it on the artist’s behalf in his absence.
Award winners: Martin Atanasov
The award named after this year’s festival theme, Innate INAT, went to Bosnian artist Mila Panić for her work Premise (I part of the joke): While other kids played with Legos. Combining glass neon and photography, the installation explores personal and collective memories of the war in Bosnia. It uses the structure and language of a joke to question how traumatic history is narrated, perceived and transformed into a cultural image. The award was presented by Mr Mario Smarkov, Regional Governor.
Award winners: Mila Panic
The Poetics of Resistance Award went to Borjana Ventzislavova for the video HANDS ONE AND TWO, LET’S SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO!. The award was presented by Ralitsa Gerasimova, Artistic Director and Co-founder of the BUNA Forum.
Award winners: Borjana Ventzislavova
