# Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actor

The Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actor is an annual award, given by the Pula-based cinema circle at the Pula Film Festival, to honour the actors who gave outstanding performances in a supporting role. The Golden Arena is considered the Balkan equivalent of the Academy Award.

## As Yugoslav Film Awards

| Year | Winner | Film |
| 1955 | Stane Potokar | Trenutki odločitve |
| 1956 | Rade Marković, Jozo Laurenčić | Šolaja, Veliki i mali |
| 1957 | Rade Marković (2), Mihajlo Viktorović | pod nazivom: druga i treća nagrada za mušku ulogu |
| 1958 | Antun Vrdoljak, Milan Srdoč, Milorad Majić | H8, Četiri kilometra na sat |
| 1959 | Milan Milošević | Vlak bez voznog reda |
| 1960 | Branko Tatić | Deveti krug, Tri Ane |
| 1961 | not awarded | not awarded |
| 1962 | Bata Živojinović, Ljubiša Samardžić | For Drama Achievement |
| 1963 | Rade Marković (3) (Srebrna arena) | Radopolje |
| 1964 | Vojo Mirić (Srebrna arena) | Službeni položaj |
| 1965 | Janez Vrhovec (Srebrna arena) | Čovek nije tica |
| 1966 | Bekim Fehmiu (Srebrna arena) | Vreme ljubavi, Roj |
| 1967 | Bekim Fehmiu (2) (Srebrna arena) | Skupljači perja, Protest |
| 1968 | Branko Pleša (Srebrna arena) | Pre istine |
| 1969 | Danilo Stojković (Srebrna arena) | Zazidani |
| 1970 | Adam Čejvan (Srebrna arena) | Lisice |
| 1971 | Boris Dvornik (Srebrna arena) | U gori raste zelen bor, Opklada |
| 1972 | Vladimir Popović (Srebrna arena) | Živjeti za inat |
| 1973 | Ivica Vidović (Srebrna arena) | Kužiš stari moj |
| 1974 | Boris Buzančić (Srebrna arena), Abdurrahman Shala (epizodna uloga) | Užička republika, Derviš i smrt |
| 1975 | Nikola Simić (Srebrna arena), Ljubiša Samardžić (2)(epizodna uloga) | Hitler iz našeg sokaka, Crvena zemlja Doktor Mladen |
| 1976 | Miodrag Radovanović (Srebrna arena), Veljko Mandić (epizodna uloga) | Salaš u malom ritu, Vrhovi zelengore |
| 1977 | Zvonko Lepetić (Srebrna arena), Ljubiša Samardžić (3) (epizodna uloga) | Ludi dani, Specijalno vaspitanje |
| 1978 | Zoran Radmilović (Srebrna arena), Stevan Gardinovački (epizodna uloga) | Paviljon VI, Stići pre svitanja |
| 1979 | Abdurrahman Shala (2) (Srebrna arena) | Era e lisi |
| 1980 | Aleksandar Berček | Ko to tamo peva |
| 1981 | not awarded | not awarded |
| 1982 | Milan Štrljić | Savamala |
| 1983 | Zijah Sokolović | Zadah tela |
| 1984 | Fabijan Šovagović | Ambasador |
| 1985 | Božidar Bunjevac | Ovni in mamuti |
| 1986 | Duško Kustovski | Srećna nova '49 |
| 1987 | Petar Božović | Već viđeno |
| 1988 | Ljubiša Samardžić (4) | Kuća pored pruge |
| 1989 | Fabijan Šovagović (2) | Čovjek koji je volio sprovode |
| 1990 | Zaim Muzeferija | Stanica običnih vozova |

### As Croatian Film Awards

| Year | Winner | Original title |
| 1991 | festival canceled | festival canceled |
| 1992 | Damir Lončar | Luka |
| 1999 | not awarded | not awarded |
| 1994 | not awarded | not awarded |
| 1995 | Mustafa Nadarević | Isprani |
| 1996 | Josip Genda | Sedma kronika |
| 1997 | Drago Krča | Božić u Beču |
| 1998 | Ivo Gregurević | Tri muškarca Melite Žganjer |
| 1999 | Ante Vican | Crvena prašina |
| 2000 | Dejan Aćimović | Je li jasno, prijatelju? |
| 2001 | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2002 | Ivica Vidović (2) | Fine mrtve djevojke |
| 2003 | Danko Ljuština | Konjanik |
| 2004 | Vili Matula | Sto minuta Slave |
| 2005 | Dragan Despot | Pušča bistra |
| 2006 | Emir Hadžihafizbegović | Karaula |
| 2007 | Borko Perić | Živi i mrtvi |
| 2008 | Leon Lučev | Nije kraj |
| 2009 | Nikša Butijer | Crnci |
| 2010 | Bogdan Diklić | Sedamdeset i dva dana |
| 2011 | Boris Buzančić (2) | Kotlovina |
| 2012 | Mate Gulin | Pismo Ćaći |
| 2013 | Nikša Butijer (2) | Svećenikova djeca |
| 2014 | Igor Kovač | Kosac |
| 2015 | Dado Ćosić | Zvizdan |
| 2016 | Goran Navojec | Sve najbolje [hr] |
| 2017 | Dejan Aćimović (2) | Ustav Republike Hrvatske |
| 2018 | Borko Perić (2) | Osmi povjerenik |
| 2019 | Borko Perić (3) | General |
| 2020 | Leon Lučev (2) | Fishing and Fisherman's Conversations |

### Performers with multiple awards - supporting roles

| Awards | Actor | Years |
| 4 | Ljubiša Samardžić | 1962, 1975, 1977, 1988 |
| 3 | Rade Marković | 1956, 1957, 1963 |
| 3 | Borko Perić | 2007, 2018, 2019 |
| 2 | Bekim Fehmiu | 1966, 1967 |
| 2 | Abdurrahman Shala | 1974, 1979 |
| 2 | Fabijan Šovagović | 1984, 1989 |
| 2 | Ivica Vidović | 1973, 2002 |
| 2 | Boris Buzančić | 1974, 2011 |
| 2 | Nikša Butijer | 2009, 2013 |
| 2 | Dejan Aćimović | 2000, 2017 |
| 2 | Leon Lučev | 2008, 2020 |

### Performers with multiple awards - both supporting and lead roles

| Awards | Actor | Years |
| 7 | Ljubiša Samardžić | 1962, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1988 |
| 5 | Ivo Gregurević | 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2014 |
| 4 | Ljuba Tadić | 1956, 1964, 1968, 1975 |
| 4 | Bata Živojinović | 1962, 1965, 1967, 1972 |
| 3 | Filip Šovagović | 1995, 1998, 2001 |
| 3 | Rade Šerbedžija | 1978, 1986, 2010 |
| 3 | Boris Dvornik | 1969, 1971, 1979 |
| 3 | Rade Marković | 1956, 1957, 1963 |
| 3 | Borko Perić | 2007, 2018, 2019 |
| 2 | Pavle Vuisić | 1958, 1977 |
| 2 | Miki Manojlović | 1983, 1985 |
| 2 | Ilija Ivezić | 1993, 2000 |
| 2 | Rene Bitorajac | 2009, 2012 |
| 2 | Antun Vrdoljak | 1958, 1960 |
| 2 | Mustafa Nadarević | 1988, 1995 |
| 2 | Emir Hadžihafizbegović | 2006, 2007 |
| 2 | Bogdan Diklić | 2010, 2013 |
| 2 | Bekim Fehmiu | 1966, 1967 |
| 2 | Abdurrahman Shala | 1974, 1979 |
| 2 | Fabijan Šovagović | 1984, 1989 |
| 2 | Ivica Vidović | 1973, 2002 |
| 2 | Boris Buzančić | 1974, 2011 |
| 2 | Nikša Butijer | 2009, 2013 |
| 2 | Dejan Aćimović | 2000, 2017 |
* Years in bold insight Best Actor winner