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Why Sarajevo Remains ‘Place to Be’ for Industry Tastemakers Looking for Fresh Voices From Balkans and Beyond
The festival's influential industry arm, CineLink Industry Days, has become a key incubator for emerging talents from Southeast Europe.
Marković credits the event’s “curational approach” for ensuring that both the selection of projects for its influential CineLink Co-Production Market and the lineup of invited guests allows filmmakers, distributors, programmers and other industry tastemakers to make the most of their time in the Bosnian capital. This year’s lineup includes a number of CineLink alumni, including Philip Sotnychenko, who won the festival’s directing prize last year for “La Palisiada” and returns to the event with the Ukraine war drama “Times New Roman”; Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, directors of the Locarno competition title “ Cat in the Wall, ” presenting their third fiction feature, “Mather/Papan”; and homegrown talent Aida Begić, known for her Cannes Un Certain Regard prizewinner “ Children of Sarajevo,” who will pitch her latest feature, “Air in a Bottle.” With other sessions focused on creating safe spaces and improving representation and access in the global market, Marković says “responsibility” is the focal point of this year’s event, highlighting efforts “to make the industry a safer and more inclusive environment.”
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