Sarajevo Fest CineLink Co-Prod Mart Announces New Selected Projects
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced nine projects selected for its CineLink Co-Production Market, which is the prime financing platform in the Balkans but also supports works from Eastern Europe, Greece, and Turkey.
The nine titles are a second batch of selected projects, all in advanced stages. They mix known names and newcomers.
The CineLink Industry Days, which will run Aug 18-20, provide total of than 100.000 Euros ($113,000) in cash and services with awards from European co-production entity Eurimages, Franco/German TV Arte, the Macedonian Film Agency and Berlin-based VFX Studios The Post Republic, among others.
Additional projects will be announced in coming weeks. The 22nd edition of Sarajevo will run August 12-20.
Past CineLink participant projects include this year’s foreign Oscar-winner “Son of Saul,” (pictured) by Hungarian Director Laszlo Nemes.
SELECTION FOR THE 2016 CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET:
“God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija” (Macedonia)
Director: Teona S. Mitevska
Scriptwriters: Elma Tataragic, Teona S. Mitevska
Producer: Labina Mitevska
Production company: Sisters And Brother Mitevski
“Illyricum” (Croatia)
Director: Simon Bogojevic Narath
Producers: Ira Cecic, Ankica Juric Tilic
Production company: Kinorama
“Religija Nocnih Setnji” (Serbia)
Director: Nikola Lezaic
Producer: Jelena Mitrovic, Nikola Lezaic
Production company: Bas Celik, Pr Qce
“Samo Zatvori Oci” (Croatia)
Director: Jur Pavlovic
Producers: Luka Venturin, Bonaj Kanjera
Production company: Sekvenca
“Dustcatcher” (Bulgaria, Germany, France)
Director: Pavel Vesnakov
Producers: Sebastian Weyland, Monica Balcheva, Knut Jager, Helene Cases
Production company: Moviemento Ltd. Heimathefen Film and Media GmbH
“Milf” (Austria)
Director: Dinko Draganovic, Sinisa Vidovic
Producers: Markus Fischer
Production company: Fischer Film
“Mare” (Croatia, Switzerland)
Director: Andrea Staka
Producers: Andrea Staka
Production company: Okofilm Productions
“Daisi Or Red Sunset” (Georgia)
Director: Dea Kulumbegshvili
Producers: Rati Oneli, Jim Stark
Production company: Ofa
“My Name is Damian” (Slovenia)
Director: Maja Weiss
Producer: Danijel Hocevar
Production company: Vertigo
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PROJECTS:
“Butterflies” (Turkey)
Director: Tolga Karacelik
Producer: Cem Doruk
Production company: Karacelik Films
“Ela and Hilmi” (Serbia)
Director: Ziya Demirel
Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoglu
Production company: Istos Film
“The Heroes Were Dancing” (Kosovo)
Director: Nikola Ljuca
Producer: Natasa Damnjanovic
Production company: Dart Film
“Looking For Venera”
Director: Norika Sefa
Porducer: Belina Jano
Production company: Animated Society
“Memories From The Future” (Greece)
Director: Konstantinos Antonopoulos
Producer: Fani Skartouli
Production company: Kipoi (The Gardens)
“Otto The Barbarian” (Romania)
Director: Ruxandra Maria Ghitescu
Producer: Iuliana Tarnovetchi
Production company: Alienfilm
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