Katrin Cartlidge Foundation

The Katrin Cartlidge Foundation was charitable foundation established in memory of actress Katrin Cartlidge, who died suddenly and unexpectedly in 2002, at the age of 41. Through the foundation, and as referenced to the Sarajevo Film Festival, support was provided to emerging filmmakers.

Foundation History
The impact of the sudden death of actress Katrin Cartlidge saw the creation of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation by trustees Mike Leigh, Peter Gevisser, Simon McBurney, Chris Simon and Cat Villiers. Patrons include Lars von Trier and Cartlidge's sister Michelle. Established at the Sarajevo Film Festival, an annual bursary was awarded by "an elected curator, chosen by the (Foundation) Trustees were from a wide and eclectic number of Katrin Cartlidge’s friends and colleagues… (to) a new creative voice… While the new talent nominated each year was a filmmaker, the choices were as varied and extraordinary as Katrin’s own choice of filmmakers and friends from across the arts."

Annual Awards History

 * 2012: Orwa Nyrabia and Diana El Jeiroudi, for their contribution to independent film in Syria at the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Jeremy Irons


 * 2011: Hala Lotfy for The Strokes at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Charlotte Rampling


 * 2010: Ciné Institute, Haiti at the 16th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Annie Nocenti


 * 2009: Juanita Wilson for The Door at the 15th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Stellan Skarsgård


 * 2008: Faruk Šabanović at the 14th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Danis Tanović


 * 2007: Cary Fukunaga for Victoria Para Chino at the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: John Lyons


 * 2006: Eyas Salman and Gerd Schneider for The Edge Of Hope at the 12th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Simon McBurney and Juergen Teller


 * 2005: Amy Neil for Can't Stop Breathing at the 11th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Emily Watson


 * 2004: Greg Hall for The Plague at the 10th Sarajevo Film Festival
 * Curator: Mike Leigh – described the film as "Serious, funny, real, surreal, and totally anarchic. Very exciting twenty-first-century kind of cinema."