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CineLink Workshop 2024
The CineLink Workshop in Slano will take place 17-21 June 2024.
During the five-day workshop, directors and producers will work on eight feature films and six drama series in the development stage.
This year’s mentors are: Giacomo Durzi, Gabor Greiner, Boban Jevtić, Henning Kamm, Gabor Krigler, Jelena Mitrović, Bianca Oana, Franz Rodenkirchen, Francoise von Roy, Anna Rohde, Ognjen Sviličić, Danna Stern and Yorgos Tsourgiannis.
CineLink Co-production Market 2024
CineLink Co-production Market has selected eight promising feature films in the development stage. This year’s selection is placing an emphasis on the works of female authors and producers who are portraying complex female characters while delving into themes of motherhood, abortion, identity, equality and empowerment.
BIG WOMAN
Director: Milica Tomović
Producers: Dragana Jovović, Jelena Radenković
Co-producer: Jasmina Sijerčić
Production Companies: Non-Aligned Films, Big Time Production
Co-production company: Bocalupo Films
Country: Serbia
Synopsis: Two wild women, best friends and beauticians, embark on an unexpected trip to the coast of Montenegro, to settle forgotten bills, rediscover their friendship, and uncover long-buried secrets.
CONFIRMATION
Director: Darko Sinko
Producers: Vlado Bulajić, Bernhard Holzhammer
Production Company: December
Co-production Company: Eutopiafilm
Countries: Slovenia, Austria
Synopsis: Three teenagers are right before confirmation, but when the village community is surprised by a drug find, their friendship is put to the test, which it doesn’t pass.
DIVINE POISON (Working Title)
Director/Writer: Nehir Tuna
Producers: Nehir Tuna, Dorothe Beinemeier, Thierry Lenouvel,
Production Company: Ignore Studio
Co-production Companies: Red Balloon, Cinesud Promotions
Countries: Türkiye, Germany, France
Synopsis: In the realm of love, we are like the three butterflies in the tale. The first one comes near to the candle and says ‘I discovered what the meaning of love is’. The second one comes much closer so his wing touches the flame and he says ‘I burned in the flame of love’. The third one throws himself inside the fire and vanishes. He alone knows what true love is.
HYSTÉRA
Director/Writer: Asimina Proedrou
Producer: Maria Kontogianni
Production Company: Wild at heart
Country: Greece
Synopsis: The lives of three Greek women in Athens intertwine, as a series of incidents makes them radically question their identity, in a story about motherhood, gender roles, and breaking free.
LULLABY
Director: Keti Machaviarani
Producers: George Kyriakos, Effie Skrobola
Production Company: View Master Films
Co-production Company: Vineyard Films
Countries: Greece, Georgia
Synopsis: What happens when a caregiver faces the death of the old man she takes care of and she might lose her only income? Will she be able to get through this great challenge without betraying her values?
SOFT HOURS
Director/Writer: Anna Gyimesi
Producers: Genoveva Petrovits, Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Barbara Janišová Feglová
Production Company: Kino Alfa
Co-production Companies: Kometa Films, Hitchhiker Cinema
Country: Hungary, France, Slovakia
Synopsis: Soft Hours is the story of Ilona, who, to reclaim her life, must defy social taboos and mourn the loss of her son, who has been missing for a decade.
SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER
Director/Writer: Staša Bajac
Producers: Jelena Angelovski, Ivan Pribićević
Co-producer: Dušan Kasalica
Production Company: Digitalkraft
Co-production Company: Meander Film
Country: Serbia
Synopsis: Irina is curating an exhibition on feminism in the Balkans, when her father, a beloved public figure, is accused of sexual harassment. She looks for the truth about him, but finds more about herself.
UPTIGHT ASS
Director/Writer: Matija Gluščević
Producers: Čarna Vučinić, Tena Gojić
Production Company: Naked
Co-production Company: Dinaridi Film
Countries: Serbia, Croatia
Synopsis: A self-centered and emotionally closed-off middle-aged history teacher, facing his father's illness, must embark on a journey deep within himself to retrieve the love and vulnerability he has buried deep inside.
CineLink Drama Projects 2024.
CineLink Drama, dedicated to supporting drama projects in the development stage, has selected six promising drama series to be refined during the workshop in Slano with a focus on script development.
ANGELMAKER
Creator: Cristina Groșan
Production Company: Tangaj Production
Co-production Company: Xova Film
Countries: Romania, Czech Republic
Synopsis: A midwife uses home-made arsenic to free a woman from her violent husband. But very quickly, more and more women seek her help, leading to a poison epidemic in the name of justice.
THE MAGIC WRAP
Creators: Ipek Ural Demirel, Ali Demirel
Production Company: Karma Films
Countries: Türkiye
Synopsis: Ozan, a promising Turkish man, and Emma, his adventurous German partner, embark on a hopeful journey to Berlin, but their dreams shift dramatically into a mysterious crime camper after biting into a magic döner, leading them to run a convenience store unexpectedly.
PRAY FOR US
Creator: Filip Jokanović
Production Company: Kot Productions
Co-production company: Tiny Sofa
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro
Synopsis: A priest and his family move to a war-torn Bosnian village, where they're beset by 10 Biblical Plagues. To save it, they must find the previous priest's body, revealing the village's dark past.
*This label does not prejudge the status of Kosovo and is in accordance with Resolution 1244 and the opinion of the ICJ on Kosovo's declaration of independence.
PALAVEEVI SISTERS
Creators: Delyana Maneva, Alek Popov
Production Company: Miramar Film
Co-production Companies: OXO Production, Living Picture
Countries: Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia
Synopsis: Two girls, lost in the twisted world of war. Looking to find meaning in a world which makes little sense. A contemporary epic with a comedic perspective on history and the role man plays in it.
YEARS OF LEAD
Creators: Nemanja Vojinović, Vladimir Protić
Production Company: Rt Dobre Nade
Co-production company: Axis Mundi
Country: Serbia
Synopsis: After a death sentence for planting a bomb in Belgrade Theater, a young terrorist, with the help of a lawyer, tries to prove his innocence by exposing a network of terrorist cells in Yugoslavia.
WHEN THE GROUND SHAKES
Creators: Almin Kaplan, Pjer Žalica
Production Company: BlackLAB
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Synopsis: A man whose occupation is death tirelessly fights for life.