The film was declared the winner of the Best Feature Film award, while the Best Director - Feature Film award also went to director Dino Mustafić, making "Pavilion" one of the central laureates of the festival edition WINNERS 03/2026. The Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival represents an international platform dedicated to contemporary auteur cinema, innovative narrative forms, and the development of independent filmmaking. The festival is organized by the collective Film Factory, which brings together film professionals of various profiles with the aim of supporting creativity, artistic freedom, and the sustainability of independent cinema. The festival's program activities take place at multiple locations across Amsterdam, gathering creators from around the world and affirming new film poetics and production models. The double festival recognition confirms the international reception of the film "Pavilion," which through an auteur approach explores contemporary social and existential themes, continuing its festival life before an international audience and the professional film community. The awards in Amsterdam represent a significant international success for the film and its creative team, further positioning "Pavilion" within the contemporary European festival scene. The film "Pavilion" stars: Rade Šerbedžija, Zijah Sokolović, Miralem Zubčević, Ksenija Pajić, Jasna Diklić, Branka Petrić, Meto Jovanovski, Vladimir Jurc Lali, Kaća Dorić, Muhamed Bahonjić, Ivo Barišić, Ermin Bravo, Alban Ukaj, Nikša Butijer, Vedrana Božinović, Mirjana Karanović, Ermin Sijamija, Aleksandar Seksan, Snežana Vidović, Selma Mehanović, Zlatan Školjić, Adis Mehanović, Siniša Vidović, Faketa Salihbegović-Avdagić, Ivica Šarić, Mugdim Avdagić, Sabina Kulenović, and Ana Novaković. The film "Pavilion," based on a screenplay by Viktor Ivančić and Emir Imamović Pirket, is a black comedy about a group of residents of the "Pavilion" nursing home who, after years of abuse and humiliation, decide to stage an armed rebellion. Armed with illegal means, they seize the home, take the staff hostage, and enter into conflict with the authorities. The film "Pavilion" premiered at the opening of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival and was produced as a co-production of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.
