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Festival In Focus: How Sarajevo’s Industry Strand Balances Its Support For Emerging & Established Balkan Talent
CineLink Industry Days, the industry strand of the Sarajevo Film Festival, has long been considered the leading hub for Southeast European film professionals to come together and, since it was established in 2003, the program has continued to be a generator of content for its own festival as well as other top tier international film festivals throughout the year.
Bulgarian helmer Ralitza Petrova, who won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2016 for her film Godless, which developed through the festival’s Works In Progress industry section, will return to this strand with her most recent feature Lust. Last year that prize was awarded to Tea Korolija, Maja Todorović and Srdan Šaper’s project Connections. This year two big focuses in the industry section, whether looking at co-productions or IPs or sustainability, are responsibility and enthusiasm.
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