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Features“I need a face, I need a person,” says Michel Franco of his quest to bond with a sales executive
The Mexican filmmaker did not have much luck with sales execs earlier in this career.
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FeaturesSlano Film Days helps CineLink filmmakers take projects to the next stage
“It’s a safe space to bring problems,” said one participating producer.
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Features‘Selection’, about the exploitation of teenage football players, among projects pitched at Slano Film Days
Croatian director Bruno Anković’s father was a famous professional footballer.
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Features“They come to talk about film”: why the arthouse A-list is drawn to Slano Film Days
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Pawel Pawlikowski, Michel Franco, Jasmila Zbanvic, Lili Horvat and Ruben Ostlund are all in town.
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NewsEmily Watson to head jury and receive honorary award at Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival runs in Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 14-21.
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Reviews‘Our Time Will Come’ review: Sarajevo documentary winner is study of interracial love in Vienna
Ivette Löcker follows an Austrian woman and a Gambian man as they navigate their relationship
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NewsSerbian feature ‘Wind, Talk To Me’ wins top award at Sarajevo
Winners express solidarity with Serbian student protestors.
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Reviews‘9-Month Contract’ review: Powerful documentary explores Georgia’s exploitative surrogacy industry
Director Ketevan Vashagashvili sensitively follows a single mother through her third surrogate pregnancy
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Reviews‘Phantoms Of July’ review: Past and present collide in breezy absurdist German comedy drama
Julian Radlmaier’s latest plays Sarajevo after premiering in Locarno
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Reviews’North South Man Woman’ review: North Korean women seek South Korean husbands in illuminating documentary
Morten Traavik and Sun Kim’s clear-eyed film follows the highs and lows of love across the cultural divide
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NewsSarajevo’s CineLink reveals 2025 industry winners with €250,000 of prizes
‘Places Half Empty’, ‘Stone Over Stone’, ‘Pogana’ all take prizes.
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NewsWillem Dafoe talks Martin Scorsese, Robert Eggers, Kathryn Bigelow collaborations
Dafoe discussed being crucified and buried in his sold-out Sarajevo masterclass.
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NewsAI “tsunami” poses threat to creators’ rights, say copyright experts
“AI content will flood the commercial market and will suck out a lot of money.”
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NewsIlya Khrzhanovsky updates on ‘DAU’ films, talks Gaza conflict, Mubi funding criticism
“I love Israel, but what is happening on the West Bank and in Gaza is terrible.”
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NewsFestival directors discuss imperative to show “uncomfortable films”
“Part of our role is to find and back voices that sometimes make people uncomfortable,” said Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle.
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Reviews‘God Will Not Help’ review: Croatian filmmaker Hana Jusic’s intense second feature revels in its mysteries
This slow-burn drama stars Manuela Martelli as an enigmatic stranger
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NewsFilmmakers can learn from Christian content success, notes Sarajevo panel
“We may not like that kind of film but they are making money.”
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FeaturesHana Jušić, director of Sarajevo title ‘God Will Not Help’, reveals her literary and musical inspirations
The Croatian director drew from the mood of both ’Wuthering Heights’ and ’The French Lieutenant’s Woman’.
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NewsRay Winstone calls for UK industry to make more culturally British films
“The French do it, the Germans do it – that’s the way it should be, that’s where good filmmakers come from.”
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FeaturesFive emerging filmmakers from southeast Europe to watch
All are presenting interesting projects at Sarajevo’s CineLink Industry Days.