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20th CineLink Industry Days Awards

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, CineLink Industry Days presented 46 projects in different formats and development stages from Southeast Europe and MENA region.

We are proud to present the winners of the CineLink Awards:

CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS

Eurimages Co-Production Development Award jury:
Inke Van Loocke
, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Madants
Nino Kirtadze, Georgian National Film Center

EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT BLUE EYES
By Thanassis Neofotistos
Award in the amount of 20.000 €

EURIMAGES SPECIAL CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
By Marysia Nikitiuk
Award in the amount of 20.000 €

Film Center Serbia and Film Center Montenegro CineLink Award jury:
Gordan Matić
, Film Center Serbia
Aleksandra Božović, Film Center Montenegro
Behrooz Hashemian, Silkroad Production
Čedomir Kolar, A.S.A.P. Films

FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK AWARD
SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS
By Dina Duma
Award in the amount of 10.000 €

FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
HEAR THE YELLOW
By Banu Sivaci
Award in the amount of 10.000 €

ARTEKino International Prize jury:
Annamaria Lodato
, ARTE France Cinéma
Mathilde Hersant, ARTE France Cinéma
Georges Goldenstern, Cinéfondation

ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
PETTY THIEVES
By Mate Ugrin
Award in the amount of 6.000 €

Female Voices CineLink Award jury:
Nataša Bučar
, Film Center Slovenia
Boban Jevtić, Firefly
Tamara Tatishvili, Focal Medici

FEMALE VOICES CINELINK AWARD SPONSORED BY SLOVENIAN FILM CENTRE
SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS
By Dina Duma
Award in the amount of 10.000 €

EAVE + AWARD jury
Titus Kreyenberg, UNAFILM

EAVE + AWARD 
Oana Giurgiu

CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS

CineLink Work In Progress jury:
Vanja Kaluđerčić
, International Rotterdam Film Festival
Marcin Łuczaj, New Europe Film Sales
Esra Demirkiran, Turkish National Radio Television
Dennis Ruh, European Film Market
Deniz Erel, PostRepublic

TRT AWARD
BLAGA'S LESSONS
by Stephan Komandarev
Award in the amount of 25.000 €

POST REPUBLIC AWARD
HESITATION WOUND
by Selman Nacar
Award in the amount of 40.000 € in kind

JURY AWARD SPONSORED BY DEBEE STUDIO
FREEDOM
by Tudor Giurgiu
Award in the amount of 12.000 € in kind

CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS

Jury:
Henning Kamm
, REAL FILMA Berlin GmbH
Cia Edström, Goeteborg Film Festival
Ognjen Sviličić, Croatian writer, director

CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
RUMPUS
Dubravka Turić
Award in the amount of 15.000 €

TV DRAMA VISION PITCH AWARD 
BROTHERS
By Simon Farmakas

DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS

Docu Rough Cut Boutique jury:
Margje de Koning
, Movies That Matter
Hanka Kastelicova, HBO Europe
Eugen Kelemen, Avanpost
Catherine Le Clef, Cat&Docs
Marcel Maiga, DOK Leipzig

AVANPOST AWARD
FAIRY GARDEN
by Gergő Somogyvári
Award in the amount of 20.000 € in kind

CAT&DOCS AWARD
THE SOLDIER
by Aleksandar Nikolić
Award in the amount of 2.000 €

HBO MAX AWARD
FAIRY GARDEN
by Gergő Somogyvári
Award in the amount of 2.000 €

DOK LEIPZIG PREVIEW AWARD 
REQUIEM TO THE HOT DAYS OF SUMMER
by Giorgi Parkosadze

MOVIES THAT MATTER AWARD
MY MUSLIM HUSBAND
By Daniel Barnuti and Alexandra Lizeta Barnuti. 

 

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