- Arts
Strategy and Values
Through careful festival profiling towards the region of South-Eastern Europe and segments Competition (Feature, Documentary and Short Film), CineLink Project Development and Co-Production Market, Sarajevo Talent Campus and adjoining Sarajevo City of Film project, the Festival aims to foster the creation of a modern cinema scene and successful audio-visual sector in the region. By setting up training, development and educational projects geared towards advancing quality and providing opportunity and access, the Sarajevo Film Festival acts as a potent catalyst for regional industry development. Regional cooperation, as a mean of maximization of potential but also of solidarity and identification of common goals, is at the heart of this endeavour. Further, as its activities are conducted within the context of an international film event, the Festival is able to not only draw wide attention to regional cinematography but also facilitate the creation of important networks and the opening of cooperation channels between the regional film professional and their international counterparts.
CineLink project is the backbone of the festival`s Industry Section. It is a development and financing platform for carefully selected regional features destined for European co-production.
In cooperation with the Berlin International Film Festival and the Berlinale Talent Campus, Sarajevo Talent Campus, the educational programme of the Festival, was launched in 2007, offering an intensive programme of lectures, workshops, discussion panels, and screenings for young directors, actors, producers, and screenwriters coming from South-Eastern Europe.
Sarajevo City of Film is a project created in 2008 as a natural extension of the goals defined by the Sarajevo Talent Campus, aiming to utilize experiences and knowledge gained at the Campus for practical application and creation of low-budget short films.