All articles by Mona Tabbara
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NewsCéline Sciamma, Teona Strugar Mitevska among filmmakers calling for gender overhaul of the European film industry
Teona Strugar Mitevska, Céline Sciamma, Blerta Basholli and Jelena Maksimović were in discussion at Sarajevo.
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News"The cookie-cutter effect": Festival execs debate the pros and cons of development labs for new filmmakers
Festival experts from Berlin, Toronto, Cannes Critics’ Week and Sydney Film Festival took part in an on-stage discussion at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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News2026 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
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NewsSerbian, Ukrainian and Croatian projects lead winners at Sarajevo’s CineLink Industry Days awards
The industry awards ceremony took place last night (August 20).
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NewsEuro fund execs discuss inward investment, over-production and resource challenges
A discussion on the state of public film funds took place today (August 19) at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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NewsEmily Watson joins cast of Mackenzie Crook’s directorial debut ‘Mars Express’
Watson was speaking at Sarajevo Film Festival, where she heads the jury and has received an honorary award.
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NewsAsghar Farhadi to return to Farsi language with next project
Farhadi also says he would look to the UK to shoot a future English-language production.
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NewsEastern European feature docs take centre stage at Ji.hlava’s Docu Talent awards in Sarajevo
Slovakia’s ‘Returning’ received the distribution award.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival competition lineup includes world premiere of Carol Morley’s ‘7 Miles Out’
Hirokazu Koreeda’s ’Look Back’ and May el-Toukhy’s ’Woman Unknown’ are also competing.
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NewsMexico’s Diego Luna on the “complicated phenomenon” of global migration and finding “hope” in filmmaking
‘Ashes’ filmmaker Luna was speaking during a masterclass at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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News‘Fatherland’ filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski on his love of tight running times and the “genius” of Sandra Hüller
Pawlikowski was speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where ‘Fatherland’ was the opening night film.
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NewsNeon to directly release Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ in UK-Irish cinemas
The US studio is understood to be scaling up its UK-Irish distribution operations.
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FeaturesMubi, Film i Vast, and EFA execs among speakers heading to Sarajevo for “intimate and collaborative” CineLink market
“We are building a close and open approach and discussion among our guests,” says head of industry Maša Marković.
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NewsPatrick Wang’s Galway title ‘A. Rimbaud’ lands UK-Ireland, France and US deals
EXCLUSIVE: Bulldog Film Distribution will release the Arthur Rimbaud biopic in UK-Ireland.
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News‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ is top grossing UK indie film in first six months of 2026
Market share for UK independent films falls 6.6%, down from 8.4%
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NewsTotal UK feature production spend drops 6% in first half of 2026, but local films and co-pros enjoy boosts
Spend on 35 UK indie films and 12 co-productions rose 20% and 35% respectively.
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Features“We put our money where our mouth is,” says Sarajevo’s Jovan Marjanovic on showcasing female filmmakers
The festival director talks about his ambitions for this year’s edition and beyond.
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NewsDeepa Mehta’s ‘Sher’ starring Jeremy Irons among projects to launch at TIFF’s financing market
TIFF’s International Financing and Project Market includes 40 films, with Alan Cumming, Keke Palmer and Regina Hall also attached to projects taking part.
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NewsPippa Harris and James Wilson to headline BFI London Film Festival 2026’s Industry Forum
This year’s industry forum puts a spotlight on UK producers.
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FeaturesHow ‘Effi o Blaenau’ broke records for Welsh-language cinema: “It’s emboldened us”
’Effi o Blaenau’ has grossed £215,000 for MetFilm as of August 3 and outperformed Hollywood tentpoles at some Welsh venues.