Counsel of Theatre City held on September 14th 1990.  established the award of Theatre City which will be assigned to the best achievements of the Festival.

The Counsel recommended that the award, for this year, be given to STEFAN MILENKOVIĆ for best concert

and ŽARKO LAUŠEVIĆ for acting accompishment in  Kanjoš Macedonović.

The award ceremony was held on October 9th 1990. in Budva.

In 1994. Festival „Theatre City“ established Award for drama achievements „Theatre City“ and Award for literary achievements „Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša“.

Award winners of „Theatre City“

  • 1994. Dejan Mijač, director
  • 1995. Jagoš Marković, director
  • 1996. Vojislav Brajović, actor
  • 1997. Nikita Milivojević, director
  • 1998. Miodrag Tabački, scene design
  • 1999. Anita Mančić, actress
  • 2000. Branimir Popović, actor
  • 2001. Svetozar Cvetković, actor
  • 2002. not awarded
  • 2003. changing the concept of award, jury-counsel of experts assigned equally this award in 4 categories – for acting achievement: Petar Božović; for artistic challenge: Suzana Pajević-Živković; for music achievement: Roman Simović; for mediterranean spirit: Predrag Matvejević,
  • 2004. Tomaž Pandur, director
  • 2005. Dragan Mićanović, actor
  • 2006. Radmila Vojvodić, director
  • 2007. Vida Ognjenović, director
  • 2008. Sonja Vukićević, ballet dancer and choreographer
  • 2009. Nebojša Glogovac i Mihailo Janketić, actors
  • 2010. Feliks Pašić, posthumously, i Angelina Atlagić, costume designer
  • 2011. Branko Cvejić, actor
  • 2012. Zoran Erić, composer
  • 2013. Jasna Đuričić, actress
  • 2014. Miodrag Krivokapić, actor
  • 2015. Varja Đukić, actress
  • 2016. Igor Đorđević, actor
  • 2017/18. Igor Vuk Torbica, director
  • 2019/20. Boris Liješević, director

Award winners of „S. M. Ljubiša“

  • 1994. Milorad Pavić
  • 1995. Matija Bećković
  • 1996. Dušan Kovačević
  • 1997. Ljubomir Simović
  • 1998. Đerđ Konrad
  • 1999. Vida Ognjenović
  • 2000. Ronald Harvud
  • 2001. Jovan Hristić
  • 2002. Svetlana Velmar Janković
  • 2003. it was not awarded, but the award “For Mediterranean Spirit” was given to Predragu Matvejeviću
  • 2004. Jurij Poljakov
  • 2005. Dubravka Ugrešić
  • 2006. Čedo Vuković
  • 2007. Zoran Živković
  • 2008. Božo Koprivica
  • 2009. Dragan Radulović
  • 2010. Svetislav Basara
  • 2011. David Albahari
  • 2012. Mirko Kovač
  • 2013. Miljenko Jergović
  • 2014. Amir Or
  • 2015. Zuvdija Hodžić
  • 2016. Milisav Savić
  • 2017/18. Drago Jančar
  • 2019/20. Radoslav Petković

Award for Distinct Contribution to the Festival

2016.

  • Branislava Liješević

2022.

  • Bojan Suđić