CineLink, the industry program of Sarajevo Film Festival, has completed the lineups for the Co-Production Market and CineLink Drama sections. It has also announced a new €10,000 ($11,400) award and a partnership with Cannes’ Critics’ Week.
The final selections comprise 16 feature film projects and eight drama series projects, with women directing or co-directing nine of the Co-Production Market titles.
Eleven projects were announced in May, and the official selection is now completed by the additional titles.
Completing the official selection are new projects by two acclaimed Bulgarian filmmakers, both returning to CineLink. Nadejda Koseva presents “Fleur de Mar,” following her previous feature “The Trap,” which was part of CineLink Work in Progress in 2022. Koseva is also known for her short films screened at the Berlinale and Sundance.
Ralitza Petrova returns with “Peace,” her third feature. Her debut, “Godless,” was developed through the CineLink Co-Production Market in 2015 and went on to win the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, while her second film, “Lust,” was developed at CineLink in 2021 and presented at CineLink Work in Progress in 2024, before premiering in the Berlinale Forum earlier this year.
