Golden Arena for Best Actor

Golden Arena for
Best Actor
Awarded for "Performance by an actor in a leading role"
Country Yugoslavia (1955–1990)
Croatia (1992–present)
Presented by Pula Film Festival Jury
First awarded 1955
Currently held by Rade Šerbedžija (2010)
Official website Official Website
Main article: Pula Film Festival

The Golden Arena awards were established in 1955 as the Yugoslav national film awards, presented annually at the Pula Film Festival. From 1955 to 1990 the awards were given for highest achievements in Yugoslav cinema. In 1991 the festival was cancelled due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, only to resume in 1992 as the Croatian film awards festival. It has been held every year since (with the exception of the 1994 edition which was also cancelled).

Since each Pula Film Festival includes screenings of all the locally produced feature films made in the preceding 12 months (which is made possible due to the local film industry's relatively low output), everyone involved in making them is considered automatically qualified for the Golden Arena award. Therefore there are no Academy Award-style shortlists of nominees announced prior to the actual awarding ceremony, although some festival editions did award runner-up acting awards, called Silver Arena.

The awards are given by the jury of five or six members, usually consisting of prominent filmmakers and film critics. Some festival editions also had Best Actor winners as voted by audiences, but these are not considered Golden Arena awards. Also, in the 1950s and 1960s awards in the acting category were given for actors' whole body of work in the preceding year so some of the more prolific recipients are officially listed as having won the Golden Arena award for several films made that year.

List of winners

The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Actor at the Pula Film Festival.

Yugoslav competition (1955–1990)

Year Winner English title(s) Original title(s)
1955 Sever, StaneStane Sever Moments of Decision Trenutki odločitve
1956 Sotlar, BertBert Sotlar (shared)Don't Look Back, My Son Ne okreći se sine
1956 Tadić, LjubaLjuba Tadić (shared)Big and Small Veliki i mali
1957 SermentMladen Šerment Master of His Own Body Svoga tela gospodar
1958 Vuisić, PavlePavle Vuisić Tri koraka u prazno
1959 Prličko, PetrePetre Prličko Miss StoneMis Ston
1960 Vrdoljak, AntunAntun Vrdoljak Atomic War Bride Rat
1961 Baloh, MihaMiha Baloh Veselica
1962 Aleksić, MijaMija Aleksić Dr
1963 Perović, SlobodanSlobodan Perović Men Muškarci
1964 Tadić, LjubaLjuba Tadić The March to River Drina Marš na Drinu
1965 ZivojinovicBata Živojinović Three
The Enemy
Tri
Sovražnik
1966 Nalis, AntunAntun Nalis (shared)Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun Pogled u zjenicu sunca
1966 Bašić, ReljaRelja Bašić (shared) RondoRondo
1967 ZivojinovicBata Živojinović I Even Met Happy Gypsies
The Birch Tree
The Feast
Skupljači perja
Breza
Praznik
1968 Tadić, LjubaLjuba Tadić Before the Truth
Wolf of Prokletije
Pre istine
Vuk sa Prokletija
1969 Dvornik, BorisBoris Dvornik When You Hear the Bells
The Bridge
Kad čuješ zvona
Most
1970 ZigonStevo Žigon Oxygen Oxygen
1971 Damevski, DarkoDarko Damevski Black Seed Crno seme
1972 ZivojinovicBata Živojinović The Master and Margaret
Traces of a Black Haired Girl
Maestro i Margarita
Tragovi crne devojke
1973 Samardžić, LjubišaLjubiša Samardžić
Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
The Battle of Sutjeska
Bombaši
Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj
Sutjeska
1974 Bojanić, DragomirDragomir Bojanić The Wedding Svadba
1975 Tadić, LjubaLjuba Tadić Fear
 
Strah
Doktor Mladen
1976 Polič, RadkoRadko Polič Idealist Idealist
1977 Vuisić, PavlePavle Vuisić Manhunt
Beasts
The Written Off Return
Hajka
Beštije
Povratak otpisanih
1978 SerbedzijaRade Šerbedžija Bravo MaestroBravo maestro
1979 Dvornik, BorisBoris Dvornik The Return Povratak
1980 Samardžić, LjubišaLjubiša Samardžić Rad na određeno vreme
1981 Nikolić, DraganDragan Nikolić The Falcon Banović Strahinja
1982 Samardžić, LjubišaLjubiša Samardžić Savamala Savamala
1983 Manojlović, MikiMiki Manojlović Something In-BetweenNešto između
1984 Stojković, DaniloDanilo Stojković Balkan SpyBalkanski špijun
1985 Manojlović, MikiMiki Manojlović When Father Was Away on BusinessOtac na službenom putu
1986 SerbedzijaRade Šerbedžija Evening Bells Večernja zvona
1987 Laušević, ŽarkoŽarko Laušević Officer with a Rose Oficir s ružom
1988 Nadarević, MustafaMustafa Nadarević The Glembays Glembajevi
1989 Hočevar, JanezJanez Hočevar Cafe Astoria Kavana Astoria
1990 Lečić, BranislavBranislav Lečić Silent GunpowderGluvi barut

Croatian competition (1992–present)

Year Winner English film title Original film title
1991
Festival was cancelled.
1992 Lasta, SvenSven Lasta The Murmur of the Shell Školjka šumi
1993 Ivezić, IlijaIlija Ivezić The Golden YearsZlatne godine
1994
Award ceremony was cancelled.
1995 SovagovicFilip Šovagović Washed OutIsprani
1996 Medvešek, ReneRene Medvešek The Seventh Chronicle Sedma kronika
1997 Medvešek, SvenSven Medvešek Mondo Bobo Mondo Bobo
1998 SovagovicFilip Šovagović (2) TransatlanticTransatlantik
1999 Gregurević, IvoIvo Gregurević MadonnaBogorodica
2000 Ivezić, IlijaIlija Ivezić (2) Marshal Tito's Spirit Maršal
2001 SovagovicFilip Šovagović (3)Slow Surrender Polagana predaja
2002 Gregurević, IvoIvo Gregurević (2) Fine Dead GirlsFine mrtve djevojke
2003 CrnkovicZlatko Crnković HereTu
2004 Višnjić, GoranGoran Višnjić Long Dark NightDuga mračna noć
2005 Gregurević, IvoIvo Gregurević (3) What Iva RecordedŠto je Iva snimila 21. listopada 2003.
2006 Mikić, KrešimirKrešimir Mikić The Melon RoutePut lubenica
2007 Hadžihafizbegović, EmirEmir Hadžihafizbegović Armin Armin
2008 Liverić, AlenAlen Liverić No One's SonNičiji sin
2009 Bitorajac, ReneRene Bitorajac MetastasesMetastaze
2010 Šerbedžija, RadeRade Šerbedžija (3) 72 DaysSedamdeset i dva dana
2011 Zidar, DraškoDraško Zidar Kotlovina Kotlovina
2012 Bitorajac, ReneRene Bitorajac (2)Cannibal Vegetarian Ljudožder vegetarijanac
2013 Diklić, BogdanBogdan Diklić A Stranger Obrana i zaštita
2014 Gregurević, IvoIvo Gregurević (4)The Reaper Kosac

Multiple winners

The following actors have received multiple awards. The list is sorted by the number of total awards. Years in bold indicate wins in Yugoslav competition (1955–1990).

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