The Bosnian drama I Know Your Soul, which celebrated its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2023, has been nominated in all eight categories of the prestigious Heart of Sarajevo Award for Drama TV Series at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival.

I Know Your Soul is nominated in the category Best Drama Series, while leading actress Jasna Đuričić is up for Best Leading Actress, Ermin Bravo for Best Leading Actor, Jelena Kordić Kuret for Best Supporting Actress, and Mirvad Kurić for Best Supporting Actor. Additionally, up-and-coming actor Lazar Dragojević has made it into the shortlist of the Rising Star category.

The series is further highlighted by a nomination for Best Screenplay, penned by award-winning director and writer Jasmila Žbanić, and co-writer Elma Tataragić. Director Nermin Hamzagić is nominated in the category Best Director.

The six-hour drama I Know Your Soul is directed, written, and produced by multi-awarded Jasmila Žbanić, who also takes on the role of showrunner. The drama series stars European Film Award-winning actress Jasna Đuričić, who plays Nevena Murtezic, a prosecutor in the process of divorce and single mother to a teenage son. The case of an adolescent’s suicide triggers an avalanche of events in her professional and private life, as she finds it increasingly difficult to balance her son Dino (Lazar Dragojević) and a job that is under constant public and political pressure.

I Know Your Soul is produced by Deblokada and BH Content Lab for BH Telecom. Beta Film holds international distribution rights.