The Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days, which focus on development projects from Southeast Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, distributed numerous awards across multiple categories during the event.
Emilija Gašić’s folk horror film “Wolf Days” received the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20,000, bringing recognition to her second feature. The project, produced by Serbia’s Non-Aligned Films with additional support from Istok Films and Restart, centers on a woman experiencing menopause who becomes involved with a folk healer and increasingly questionable rituals. In addition, “Mamayi,” a directorial debut from Ukrainian cinematographer Oleksandr Roshchyn, earned the Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award of €20,000. The film examines two television reporters navigating professional compromises during a controversial political campaign.
Within the Works in Progress competition strand, Filip Mojzeš’s “The First Week of August” secured the HBO Award of €30,000. The family drama, produced by Wolfgang&Dolly and Black Photon, depicts an island vacation disrupted by a mother’s violent outburst that reveals deeper family tensions. “The White Week,” directed by Bojan Vuletić, won the Post Republic Award providing €30,000 in post-production services, while Kazakh director Assel Aushakimova’s “Pay the Bill” received the Avanpost Media Award with equivalent post-production support.
Additional awards were distributed among projects at various development stages. The Film Center Montenegro Award and Kosovo Cinematography Center CineLink Award each provided €10,000 to Turkish and Georgian filmmakers respectively. The CineLink Drama strand recognized television projects, with Croatian series and international horror-comedy productions receiving recognition through separate award categories. The event concluded as part of the larger festival proceedings.
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