Produced by Dragana Jovovic and Jelena Radenkovic, the film will follow two friends who embark on an unplanned trip to the Montenegrin coast, where they uncover long-buried secrets. Tomovic’s debut feature premiered in Panorama at the 2021 Berlinale, before winning the best director prize at Sarajevo later that year. The awards were distributed during a ceremony at Sarajevo’s new Festival Garden on Thursday, August 22.
As a surprise, a special Eurimages Co-Production Development Award was given to Philip Sotnychenko’s Ukraine-Lithuania co-production , in what the festival said is a sign of its continued support for Ukraine. Set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the film is about a contemporary artist who tries to find understanding with his loved ones, despite his struggles with alcoholism. The Co-Production Market awards were selected by a jury of former Heretic producer Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Komplizen film producer Janine Jackowski and the Romanian Film Center’s Illinka Teodorescu.
The Female Voices CineLink Award, doubled in size to €20,000 this year, was given to Keti Machaviarani’s Greece-Georgia co-production , about a caregiver who faces losing her income as the man in her care approaches death. In the Work in Progress strand, Igor Jelinovic’s Croatia-Serbia co-production took the €25,000 award from sponsor Turkish National Radio Television. The film follows a woman’s secret move into a coveted family property on the island of Hvar, which fractures her relationship with her sister.
The €30,000 in-kind post-production award from sponsor Post Republic went to Banu Sivaci’s Turkish title , about a woman searching for her missing cat when returning to her village, who uncovers family secrets along the way. With founder and CEO Danielle Turkov and COO Amy Shepherd both attending the festival, UK-based film impact organisation Think-Film Impact Production gave its €20,000 in-kind award to Dmytro Hreshko’s Poland-Ukraine-Netherlands co-production , about the destruction of Ukraine’s natural beauty during the Russian full-scale invasion. The 22 edition of CineLink Industry Days distributed over €200,000 in prizes to projects from the southeast Europe and MENA regions, including €130,000 in finance and €73,500 in kind.
Earlier this week Czech event Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival gave out its . The 30 Sarajevo Film Festival draws to a close this evening (Friday, August 23).
Sarajevo CineLink 2024 winners Co-Production Market Eurimages Co-Production Development Award – (Ser) dir. Milica Tomovic; prods. Dragana Jovovic, Jelena Radenkovic Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award – (Ukr-Lith) dir.
Philip Sotnychenko; prod. Valeria Sochyvets Film Center Montenegro CineLink Award – (Gr-Slovenia-Fr) dir. Asimina Proedru; prod.
Maria Kontogianni Film Center Serbia CineLink Award – (Bos/Her-Ser) dir. Aida Begic; prod. Snezana van Houwelingen Artekino International Prize – (Ser) dir.
Matija Gluscevic; prod. Carna Vucinic Drama Awards Croatian Audiovisual Center Drama Award – (Bos/Her-Kos-Mont) cre. Filip Jokanovic; prods.
Jon Gojani, Sara Stijovic TV Drama Vision Pitch Award – (Rom-Cze) cre. Cristina Grosan; prod. Anda Ionescu Co-Production Market/Drama Award Female Voices CineLink Award – (Gr-Geo) dir.
Keti Machaviarani; prod. Anda Ionescu Work in Progress Turkish National Radio Television Award – (Cro-Ser) dir Igor Jelinovic; prod. Rea Rajcic Post Republic Award – (Tur) dir.
Banu Sivaci; prods. Yusuf Aslanyurek, Orkun Huylu Think-Film Impact Production Award – (Pol-Ukr-Neth) dir. Dmytro Hreshko; prods.
Polina Herman, Glib Lukianets Docu Rough Cut Boutique HBO Award – (Bul-US) dir-prod. Kristina Nikolova Cat&Docs Award – (Geo-Fr) dirs. Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel DOK Leipzig Preview Award – (Mol-Rom) dir.
Raisa Razmerita; prod. Ion Gnatiuc Avantpost Award – (Bul-US) dir-prod. Kristina Nikolova Movies That Matter Award - (Mol-Rom) dir.
Raisa Razmerita; prod. Ion Gnatiuc East Silver Caravan Award - (Bul-US) dir-prod. Kristina Nikolova.
