Budva sports and arts film festival (BSAFF), an international festival of documentary and feature films with a sports theme, in its second edition awarded celebrated creators and athletes for their life's work.
The award-winning author, Miloš Todorović, director and founder of the festival where 43 sports-themed films will be shown this year, by authors from 16 countries of the world, including two from Montenegro, awarded legendary experts and athletes for their life's work:
Zoran Živković, Božidar Ivanović, Igor Vušurović, Bojana Popović and Marina Kovijanić.
Awards were presented to the participants of the Olympic Games from Budva, as well as to the participants of the Paralympic Games.
"I really want to thank Mr. Todorović for the Lifetime Achievement Award. It is an honor to be in the company of such sporting greats, our celebrated Olympians... The award is a sign that all that enormous effort, work and sacrifices pay off in the end. Karate is the sport that has changed my life, I love karate, and I know that the award has come into the right hands. I am proud of it, and grateful to the organizers of the festival that they recognized it. The celebrated Montenegrin karate woman certainly deserves it , Marina Kovijanić.
In addition to the world senior medal, she also won a handful of the biggest competitions of the Old Continent, and in the history of Montenegrin sports, Marina wrote her name by winning the first medal at the European Olympic Games in Baku.
It was the only medal of our Olympic team at the 1st European Games.
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