01/04/2015 - Sarajevo's co-production market, CineLink, has announced the first selection of eight projects for this year's edition and has opened the second call for entries

The Sarajevo Film Festival's co-production market, CineLink, has announced the results of its first call for entries, which was aimed at projects by first- and second-time filmmakers interested in participating in the preparatory workshop scheduled from 3-7 April. The selection consists of eight projects from Azerbaijan, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Georgia, Bosnia, Turkey and Macedonia, including some by former Sarajevo competitors and winners such as Dimitris Bavellas, Erol Mintas, Ines Tanovic and Ivana Mladenovic.

The second call for entries is open from today (1 April) until 27 April and is intended for projects by established authors that are at an advanced stage of development and financing, and are looking for an effective market access point in CineLink to further their completion and placement effort.

Here is the list of selected projects: 

Lankaran (Azerbaijan/France)
Director: Elvin Adigozel
Producer: Guillaume de Seille
Production company: Arizona Productions

A Coat of Gold (Hungary/Romania)
Director: Cristina Grosan
Producer: Dora Nedeczky
Production company: Mindwax Ltd

In the Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand (Greece)
Director: Dimitris Bavellas
Producer: Gina Petropoulou
Production company: Vox Productions

Otar’s Death (Georgia/Germany)
Director: Ioseb Bliadze
Producer: Eva Blondiau
Production companies: Color of May, Imanov & Blondiau Filmproduktion GbR 

The Son (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Director: Ines Tanovic
Producer: Alem Babic
Production company: Dokument

Crows (Turkey)
Director: Erol Mintas
Producer: Asli Erdem
Production company: Mintas Film

Nothing to Worry About (Macedonia/Czech Republic)
Director: Dimitar Banov
Producer: Marek Novak
Production company: Xova Film, sro 

Soldiers (Romania)
Director: Ivana Mladenovic
Producer: Ada Solomon
Production company: Hi Film