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22nd CineLink Industry Days Awards
The 22nd CineLink Industry Days took place at 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, where projects in different formats and stages of development from Southeast Europe and the MENA region were presented. In its 22nd edition, CineLink awarded prizes totaling €130,000 and €73,500 in kinds.
CINELINK AWARD WINNERS
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS
Eurimages Jury:
Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Janine Jackowski, Komplizen Film
Illinka Teodorescu, Romanian Film Center
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
BIG WOMEN
Director: Milica Tomović
Producers: Dragana Jovović, Jelena Radenković
Production Companies: Non-Aligned Films, Big Time Production
Country: Serbia
Award in the amount of €20,000
EURIMAGES SPECIAL CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
TIMES NEW ROMAN
Director: Philip Sotnychenko
Producer: Valeria Sochyvets
Production Company: Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema
Countries: Ukraine, Lithuania
Award in the amount of €20,000
Film Center Montenegro and Film Center Serbia CineLink Award Jury:
Ivan Karl, Film Center Serbia
Aleksandra Božović, Film Center Montenegro
Behrooz Hashemian, Silkroad Production
Čedomir Kolar, A.S.A.P. Films
Savina Neirotti, Torino Film Lab
FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
HYSTÉRA
Director: Asimina Proedrou
Producer: Maria Kontogianni
Production Company: Wild At Heart
Countries: Greece, Slovenia, France
Award in the amount of €10,000
FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK AWARD
AIR IN A BOTTLE
Director: Aida Begić
Producer: Snežana van Houwelingen
Production Companies: Film House Sarajevo, This and That Productions
Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Award in the amount of €10,000
ARTEKino International Prize Jury:
Mathilde Hersant, ARTE France Cinéma
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
UPTIGHT ASS
Director: Matija Gluščević
Producer: Čarna Vučinić
Production Company: Naked
Country: Serbia
Award in the amount of €6,000
CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS
Jury:
Cia Edström, Göteborg Film Festival
Neerja Narayanan, Multi-hyphenate Creative Producer/Studio Executive/Consultant/Writer
Ivana Miković, Firefly
CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
PRAY FOR US
Creator: Filip Jokanović
Producers: Jon Gojani, Sara Stijović
Production Company: Kot Productions
Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro
Award in the amount of €15,000
TV DRAMA VISION PITCH AWARD
ANGELMAKER
Creator: Cristina Groșan
Producer: Anda Ionescu
Production Company: Tangaj Production
Countries: Romania, Czech Republic
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET & CINELINK DRAMA
Female Voices CineLink Award Jury:
Nerina Kocjančić, Film Center Slovenia
Tamara Tatishvili, Hubert Bals
Thomas Micoulet, Haut Les Mains Productions
FEMALE VOICES CINELINK AWARD, SUPPORTED BY SLOVENIAN FILM CENTER AND UN WOMEN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
LULLABY
Director: Keti Machaviarani
Producer: Effie Skrobola
Production Company: View Master Films
Countries: Greece, Georgia
Award in the amount of €20,000
CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS
Jury:
Petra Kader-Göbel, The Post Republic
Esra Demirkiran, Turkish National Radio Television
Ava Cahen, Semaine de la Critique
Eleonora Pesci, Curzon Artificial Eye
Olivier Barbier, MK2 Films
TURKISH NATIONAL RADIO TELEVISION AWARD
HONEY BUNNY
Director: Igor Jelinović
Producer: Rea Rajčić
Production Companies: Eclectica, Baš-Čelik
Countries: Croatia, Serbia
Award in the amount of €25,000
POST REPUBLIC AWARD
HEAR THE YELLOW
Director: Banu Sıvacı
Producers: Yusuf Aslanyürek, Orkun Huylu
Production Companies: Anagraffilm, Huylu Film, Aslanyürek Film
Country: Türkiye
Award in the amount of €30,000 in kind
CINELINK IMPACT AWARD
Jury:
Faridah Gbadamosi, Tribeca Enterprises
Amy Shepherd, Think-Film Impact Production
Matthew Cherchio, XTR
THINK-FILM IMPACT PRODUCTION
DIVIA
Director: Dmytro Hreshko
Producers: Polina Herman, Glib Lukianets
Production Companies: Gogol Film, UP UA Studio
Countries: Poland, Ukraine, Netherlands
Award in the amount of €20,000 in kind
DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE
Jury:
Hanka Kastelicová, Warner Bros. Discovery/HBO
Eugen Kelemen, Avanpost
Marcel Maiga, DOK Leipzig
Catherine LeClef, CAT&Docs
Margje de Koning, Movies that Matter
Veronika Fidrmuc Dvořáčková, East Silver Caravan Award
HBO AWARD
IN HELL WITH IVO
Director/Producer: Kristina Nikolova
Production Company: LunaClipse Media
Countries: Bulgaria, USA
Award in the amount of €2,000
CAT&DOCS AWARD
KARTLI
Directors: Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel
Producer: Ketevan Kipiani
Production Company: Sakdoc Film
Countries: Georgia, France
Award in the amount of €2,000
DOK LEIPZIG PREVIEW AWARD
ELECTING MISS SANTA
Director: Raisa Razmerita
Producer: Ion Gnatiuc
Production Company: HaiDOC Productions
Countries: Republic of Moldova, Romania
Invitation to present a project at DOK Leipzig 2024
AVANTPOST AWARD
IN HELL WITH IVO
Director/Producer: Kristina Nikolova
Production Company: LunaClipse Media
Countries: Bulgaria, USA
Award in the amount of €20,000 in kind
MOVIES THAT MATTER AWARD
ELECTING MISS SANTA
Director: Raisa Razmerita
Producer: Ion Gnatiuc
Production Company: HaiDOC Productions
Countries: Republic of Moldova, Romania
Invitation to present a project at Movies that Matter Festival
EAST SILVER CARAVAN AWARD
IN HELL WITH IVO
Director/Producer: Kristina Nikolova
Production Company: LunaClipse Media
Countries: Bulgaria, USA
The Institute of Documentary Film (IDF), in kind distribution service worth €3,500
* This label does not prejudge the status of Kosovo and is in accordance with Resolution 1244 and the opinion of the ICJ on Kosovo's declaration of independence