TheNetherlands will be the countrypartner of Sarajevo's CineLink(August 23-27) after the co-production market's previous collaborations with Austria in 2004 and Germany in 2005.

Adelegation of around two dozen representatives from film institutions,production companies, distributors, broadcasters and sales companies will betravelling to Sarajevo to meet filmmakers from South Eastern Europe whose projects have beenselected to be pitched at CineLink.

Speakingto ScreenDaily.com, Holland Film Meeting's Ellis Driesse said that among those who have already confirmedtheir attendance include the producers Els Vandevorst (Isabella Films), InekeSmits (Volya Films), Stienette Bosklopper (CirceFilms) and Marleen Slot (Lemming Film), distributor Nicolaine den Breejen of Cinemien who handled Grbavica, sales agent Wouter Barendrecht (who will alsobe serving in the festival's Feature Film Competition Jury), Claudia Landsberger (Holland Film), Maritvan den Elshout (CineMart),Marianne Bhalotra (Hubert BalsFonds), Ido Abram andMartin Rabarts (Binger Film Lab), Jacques v. Heijningen (Rotterdam AV Fund), Ger Bouma(Dutch Film Fund) and Doreen Boonekamp (Nederlands Film Festival).