Emir Hadzihafizbegovic

Emir Hadžihafizbegović, a BiH actor, won the 2014 Best Actor Award in Horizons section of Venice Film Festival, for his role in These Are the Rules by Ognjen Svilčić. He has appeared in more than 80 theatre and TV roles, and worked with some of the best known directors from the former Yugoslavia: Emir Kusturica, Rajko Grlić, Jasmila Žbanić, Goran Marković, etc.

Hadžihafizbegović has received a Golden Arena for Best Actor at Pula Film Festival, and Best Actor Award at Durban International Film Festival. He teaches acting at Academy of Drama in Tuzla, and is a director of Kamerni Teatar 55 in Sarajevo.

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