The 21st edition of the CineLink Industry Days was held at the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, where projects in different formats and stages of development from Southeast Europe and the MENA region were presented.

The CineLink Awards ceremony took place at Villa Braun.

CINELINK AWARD WINNERS

CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS

Eurimages Co-Production Development Award jury:
Eleni Chandrinou, Greek National Representative Eurimages
Labina Mitevska, Sisters&Brother Mitevski
Oliver Neumann, FreibeuterFilm GmbH

EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
MY MOTHER, THE MONSTER
Director: Olivér Rudolf
Production company: KINO ALFA
COUNTRY: Hungary
Award in the amount of 20.000 €

Film Center Serbia and Film Center Montenegro CineLink Award jury:
Ivan Karl, Film Center Serbia
Sanja Jovanović, Film Center Montenegro
Behrooz Hashemian, Silkroad Production
Čedomir Kolar, A.S.A.P. Films

FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK AWARD
PRIMAVERA
Director: Dušan Kasalica
Production Company: Meander Film
Country: Montenegro
Award in the amount of 10.000 €

FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
A LONG EMBRACE
Director: Gabriel Tzafka
Production Company: Wild At Heart
Country: Greece
Award in the amount of 10.000 €

ARTEKino International Prize jury:
Mathilde Hersant, ARTE France Cinéma

ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
ANTONIVKA
DIRECTOR: Kateryna Gornostai
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Moon Man LLC
COUNTRY: Ukraine
Award in the amount of 6.000 €

CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET & CINELINK DRAMA  

Female Voices CineLink Award jury:
Nataša Bučar, Film Center Slovenia
Anamaria Antoci, Tangaj Productions
Tamara Tatishvili, Focal Medici

FEMALE VOICES CINELINK AWARD SPONSORED BY SLOVENIAN FILM CENTRE

CONNECTIONS
Creators: Tea Korolija, Maja Todorović, Srđan Šaper
Production companies: Adrenalin
Country: Serbia
Award in the amount of 10.000 €

CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS

Jury:
Srđan Vuletić, director
Cia Edström, Göteborg Film Festival
Danna Stern, In Transit Productions

CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
ADVENTURES OF A TURBO FOLK PRINCESS
Creators: Andrey Volkashin, Peter Vulchev
Production company: OXO Production
Countries: North Macedonia, Bulgaria
Award in the amount of 15.000 €

TV DRAMA VISION PITCH AWARD
AMAZONS OF ISTANBUL
Creators: Nisan Dağ, Müge Özen
Production company: Solis Film
Country: Turkey

CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS

CineLink Work In Progress jury:
Sébastien Chesneau, Cercamon
Petra Gobel, Post Republic
Esra Demirkiran, Turkish National Radio Television
Jim Kolmar, South by Southwest Film Festival
Jean-Marc Zekri, Quinzaines Des CinÉastes

TURKISH NATIONAL RADIO TELEVISION AWARD
AS IF YOU WERE NEVER HERE
Director: Eti Tsicko
Production companies: Lama Films, Intrigó Internazionale and 20 Steps
Countries: Israel, Italy, Georgia
Award in the amount of 25.000 €

POST REPUBLIC AWARD
ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE HEMME DIES
Director: Murat Fıratoğlu
Production company: Nefes Films
Country: Turkey
Award in the amount of 30.000 € in kind

CINELINK IMPACT AWARD
Jury:
Faridah Gbadamosi, Tribeca Enterprises
Amy Shepherd, Think-Film Impact Production
Rory Thost, Participant

THINK-FILM IMPACT AWARD
KANTO
Director: Ensar Altay
Production company: Fikirdöküm
Country: Turkey
Award in the amount of 20.000 € in kind

DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS

Docu Rough Cut Boutique jury:
Jury:
Tereza Keilova, HBO Europe
Eugen Kelemen, Avanpost
Catherine LeClef, CAT&Docs
Marcel Maiga, DOK Leipzig
Lejla Dedić, Al Jazeera Balkans
Sofia Tocar, Institute of Documentary Film

AVANPOST AWARD
ADELINA: SYMPHONY OF LONGING AND ESTRANGEMENT
Director: Rati Tsiteladze
Production company: ArtWay Film
Country: Georgia
Award in the amount of 20.000 € in kind

CAT&DOCS AWARD
YOUR LIFE WITHOUT ME
Director: Anna Rubi
Production company: Somnus Film
Countries: Hungary, Sweden
Award in the amount of 2.000 €

HBO MAX AWARD
ADELINA: SYMPHONY OF LONGING AND ESTRANGEMENT
Director: Rati Tsiteladze
Production company: ArtWay Film
Country: Georgia
Award in the amount of 2.000 €

AL JAZEERA BALKANS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL/ AJB DOC AWARD
PAVILLION 6
Director: Goran Dević
Production company: 15th Art Productions
Country: Croatia
Award in the amount of 2.000 €

EAST SILVER CARAVAN AWARD
YOUR LIFE WITHOUT ME
Director: Anna Rubi
Production company: Somnus Film
Countries: Hungary
Award in the amount of 3.500 € in kind

DOK LEIPZIG PREVIEW AWARD
PAVILLION 6
Director: Goran Dević
Production company: 15th Art Productions
Country: Croatia
Invitation to present a project at DOK Leipzig 2023

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