he seven fiction and two documentary projects will be presented online to industry professionals, with the aim of assisting completion and enhancing distribution possibilities.
The projects will compete for three awards: the Post Republic award (€50,000 in kind), the CineLink Iridium award (€20,000 in kind), and the Turkish National Radio Television award (€25,000 in cash).
The five-person jury selecting the winners consists of Vanja Kaludjercic, new festival director at International Film Festival Rotterdam; Tobias Pausinger, head of acquisitions and development at German sales company The Match Factory; Elise Jalladeau, general director of Thessaloniki International Film Festival; Petra Gober, producer at German postproduction house The Post Republic; and Esra Demir Kiran, journalist at Turkish National Radio Television.
“This year’s selection is one of the possible answers to the question how the film industry is responding to the pandemic,” said Amra Bakšić Čamo, head of CineLink. “We have received more than 70 projects in different production stages and even these numbers demonstrate that the regional cinema is alive and kicking.”
Earlier this week Sarajevo Film Festival switched to a fully-online event due to a spike in coronavirus cases in Bosnia. It had previously been one of the few major events attempting to hold a physical edition this summer.
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