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CineLink Unveils First Six Projects Selected for the Co-Production Market and Announced Second Call for Entries
Sarajevo Film Festival proudly presents first six projects selected for CineLink Co-Production Market... Second call for entries is open from 25th of March until 26th of April
We are proud to present first six projects selected for CineLink Co-Production market. First call was intended chiefly, but not exclusively, for projects from first and second time filmmakers who are participating in the preparatory workshop in Sarajevo. Six projects are selected for this phase and they will all be presented at the CineLink Co-Production Market during the Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2016.
Second call for entries is open from 25th of March until 26th of April (00:00 midnight) and it targets projects from established authors, in advanced stage of development and financing, looking for a good market access point in CineLink to further their conversion and placement effort. You can find application form for second call for entries here.
Sarajevo Film Festival and CineLink proudly presents first six projects of CineLink Selection 2016:
BUTTERFLIES
Turkey
Director: Tolga Karacelik
Producer: Cem Doruk
Production company: Karacelik Films
ELA AND HILMI
Turkey
Director: Ziya Demirel
Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoglu
Production company: Istos Film
THE HEROES WERE DANCING
Serbia
Director: Nikola Ljuca
Producer: Nataša Damnjanović
Production company: Dart Film
LOOKING FOR VENERA
Kosovo*
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
The CineLink Co-Production Market presents the most promising regional feature projects in a development and financing stage. The selection has traditionally been focused on Southeast Europe but is since a few years also open for projects from the Caucasus region. CineLink offers awards funds totalling more than 160.000 Euros in cash and services and boosts a impressive track record with previous projects going on to major international recognition - IF I WANT TO WHISTLE I WHISTLE by Florin Serban (Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear and Alfred Bauer Prize, Berlinale 2010), HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin (Silver Bear, Berlinale 2013), Mold by Ali Aydın (Lion of the Future, Venice 2012), WHITE SHADOW by Noaz Deshe (Lion of the Future, Venice 2013), THE LAMB by Kutluğ Ataman (CICAE Art Cinema Award, Berlin Panorama 2014), A Blast by Syllas Tzoumerkas, CURE by Andrea Štaka (both competing at Locarno 2014) and SON OF SAUL by Laszlo Nemes (Grand Prix at Cannes 2016 and Oscar for Best Foreign Film) just to name a few.
*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.