Sarajevo Industry Awards Go to 'Wolf Days,' 'First Week of August'
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- Emilija Gašić's "Wolf Days" won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (€20,000/$23,000) — a folk horror following a woman facing menopause who turns to a folk healer, produced by Serbia's Non-Aligned Films and co-produced by Istok Films and Restart
- Oleksandr Roshchyn's "Mamayi" won the Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award (€20,000) — the Ukrainian cinematographer-turned-director's debut feature, set in 2009 and following TV reporters forced into a pro-Russian election campaign
- Filip Mojzeš's "The First Week of August" won the HBO Award (€30,000/$35,000) in the Works in Progress strand — a family drama about a mother's sudden physical outburst toward her 10-year-old son during an island vacation
- Bojan Vuletić's "The White Week" won the Post Republic Award (€30,000/$35,000 in post-production services) — about an 11-year-old boy who exploits his brother's tragic death to fight his father until his lies expose community hypocrisy
- Assel Aushakimova's "Pay the Bill" won the Avanpost Media Award (€30,000/$35,000 in post-production) — the Kazakh director's film about a 65-year-old woman plunged into indifference after a late-night police call about her daughter
- "Little Yugoslavia" from Teona Strugar Mitevska and Sonja Prosenc won the Female Voices CineLink Award (€20,000) — a horror-comedy series, with prizes also going to projects from Turkey, Georgia, Slovenia and Croatia
- The Sarajevo Film Festival runs Aug. 14–21, with CineLink focused on projects in development from Southeast Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
Why it matters: The CineLink slate channels real cash — €20,000 to €35,000 per project plus post-production service packages — directly into emerging regional filmmakers, giving debut directors like Roshchyn (the cinematographer behind Berlin Crystal Bear winner "Stop-Zemlia") the financing bridge from behind-the-camera or short-form work to a first feature, while the Female Voices and Eurimages awards create dedicated pipelines for women directors and cross-border co-productions.
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