23/04/2012 - Sarajevo Film Festival’s co-production market CineLink has announced its selection for this year’s edition

Cinelink's selection consists of 17 projects chosen from more than 80 submissions from the countries of south-eastern Europe. The projects are divided into two groups - eight go to the CineLink section and will participate in the Project Development Workshop organized in collaboration with the Binger Filmlab and Croatian Audiovisual Center, while the other nine productions in the CineLink Plus line-up will be presented directly at the CineLink Co-Production Market during the Sarajevo Film Festival (July 6-14).

CineLink Selection 2012

A Blast (Greece)
Writers: Syllas Tzoumerkas and Youla Boudali
Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas
Producer: Maria Drandaki

Brides (Georgia)
Writer/director/producer: Tinatin Kajrishvili

Cowboys (Croatia)
Writer/director: Tomislav Mršić
Producer: Suzana Pandek

A Good Wife (Serbia)
Writers/directors: Mirjana Karanović & Stevan Filipović
Producer: Snezana Penev

Lignite (Greece)
Writer: Effi Gavrilou
Director: Gregory Rentis
Producer: Maria Tsigka

Men Don't Cry (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Writer/director: Alen Drljević
Producer: Damir Ibrahimović

Panama (Serbia)
Writers: Pavle Vučković & Jelena Vuksanović
Director: Pavle Vučković
Producer: Tatjana Žeželj

The Miner (Slovenia)
Writer / Director: Hanna A. W. Slak
Producer: Dunja Klemenc

CineLink Plus Selection 2012

4 Blows (Romania)
Writer/director: Peter Kerek
Producer: Anca Puiu
Co-Producer: Alexander Wadouh

Climbing the Mountain (Hungary)
Writer/director: Gabriel Dettre
Producers: Viktor Huszar, Ferenc Pusztai

Dust Cloth [+see also:
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Director: Ahu Öztürk
Producers: Çiğdem Mater, Nesra Gürbüz

Father (Kosovo/Germany)
Writer/director: Visar Morina
Producers: Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Visar Krusha

Quiet People (Croatia)
Writer/director: Ognjen Sviličić
Producer: Damir Terešak

S.K. (Hungary)
Writers: Laszlo Nemes, Clara Royer
Director: Laszlo Nemes

Producers: Gabor Sipos, Gabor Rajna South Facing Wall (Turkey)
Writer/director: Kutlug Ataman
Producer: Kutlug Ataman
Co-Producer: Sezgi Ustun - Zeynofilm

That Trip We Took With Dad (Romania/Germany)
Writer/director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu
Producer: Verona Meier

There, Outside (Turkey)
Writer/director: Emre Yeksan
Producer: Ozgur Dogan

Projects presented in both selections are eligible for CineLink Development Awards totalling €50,000 in cash and services provided by ARTE, CNC, Eurimages, and Synchro Film and Video.