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CineLink
CineLink is the industry section of the Sarajevo Film Festival. Its activities are spread trough out the year and are designed to meet the current needs and expectations of Southeast Europe’s film industry in reshaping.
It includes:
• Project Development Workshops
• Co-production Market
• CineLink Awards
• Industry Screenings
• Conferences
• Industry Office Services
Project Development Workshops
Series of workshops concentrating on script development, financing and marketing that producers and authors of selected feature-fiction projects undertake before presenting their projects at the CineLink Market. The workshops take place in Sarajevoin June.
Co-production Market
Taking place during the last three days of Sarajevo Film Festival, every August CineLink Co-production Market presents the best of feature fiction projects in preparation by both emerging and already acclaimed authors from Southeast Europe.
Market is based on the CineMart model, using prescheduled ‘’one to one’’ meetings in order to link the projects with potential partners. It attracts over 300 delegates from all film industry sectors, allowing the authors and producers to close the entire structure of their projects at one place.
CineLink Awards
Three projects from CineLink selection are each awarded with 10 000 EUR in cash, plus 2 500 EUR in services of our sponsors. One of the producers receives a prestigious EAVE scholarship, allowing him/her further development of the project on the highest possible level.
Industry Screenings
Screenings of Competition and Regional Programs films reserved for film professionals, offering attendance lists to the films producers or sales agents.
Conferences
Concentrated on key issues in the audio-visual sector of today, such as sustainable financing, digitalization, funding schemes, regionalization, sales etc, CineLink aims to push things forward by hosting conferences dedicated to the cause.
Industry Office Services
These services include:
• Industry Info Hours (designated one hour slots for promotion of different service-offering businesses and events)
• Consulting
• Video Library
• Personal mail boxes
• Sales and rights availability lists
• Organization of private screenings
• Advertisement and self promotion
