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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Nerina Kocjancic, head of the Slovenian Film Center, from the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival

We meet Nerina Kocjancic, director of the Slovenian Film Center, at CineLink during the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival. Given that this is the first interview with a representative of the Slovenian Film Center, we ask her about the various activities it is involved with – from film restoration or older Slovenian films to the distribution and production of contemporary movies by way of film education. Kocjancic was also involved in one of this year’s CineLink Talks, specifically one titled “Fiscal Incentives for Film and TV in Southeast Europe.” We ask her about it and also ask her to give us an example of a new interesting co-production that the Slovenian Film Center has been involved with.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews photojournalist Ron Haviv and professor Lauren Walsh at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

Ron Haviv, photojournalist, and Lauren Walsh, professor at New York University, are collaborating on a documentary titled Biography of a Photo, currently in production. They presented their project at CineLink during the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival, where they also gave a talk titled “From Photography to Film.”

In Biography of a Photo, their first feature, the main characters are two photographs, both taken by Haviv: one from Panama in 1989 and the other from Bosnia in 1992. Through them, Haviv and Walsh explore the afterlives of images, what they reveal about how societies move forward beyond trauma, how visual media shape our political and social lives and more. In this interview, they discuss some of these themes.

Other topics discussed include the definition of iconic photography, the challenges of shooting the documentary, Haviv’s personal relationship to the photographs he took and how this has evolved over time, and more.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews filmmaker Damjan Kozole, who presented his project Half-Sister at CineLink at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

Having met filmmaker Damjan Kozole at the 2016 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where he presented Nightlife, we catch up with him once again. This time, we meet him in the middle of a busy CineLink co-production market, where he presented his next project, Half-Sister.

The synopsis on the CineLink program states that Half-Sister is about: “two estranged half-sisters [whose] relationship [is] marked by their father’s past [who] are forced to move in together,” and that it is “a film about feeling responsible for someone else’s film.” Kozole tells us more about it and also discusses his current interests about strong female characters (and later about why the protagonists of this upcoming film will be half-sisters), the use that he will make of humour in Half-Sister, and more. Given that this is not the first time Kozole attends neither the Sarajevo Film Festival nor its co-production market, we ask him about his experiences here.

Edit: Half-Sister written by Damjan Kozole and Ursa Menart won Eurimages Co-production Development Award at CineLink.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Brigitta Manthey, financial advisor at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, from the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

Brigitta Manthey, the financial advisor at the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the main institution for the film and media industry in the German capital region, provides funding for films, high-end drama series and film-related projects, advises filmmakers on financing issues and supports the development of the film industry. During the course of 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival, she gave a talk highlighting film funding in Germany and opportunities of international co-productions (Germany remains the most active co-producing partner for Southeast Europe).

In this interview, she highlights the activities relating to the film funding division of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, regarding national and international co-productions. Among the topics discussed: the selection criteria, the percentage of current Medienboard international co-productions, the current decreasing trend of its budgets for films from the Southeast European region, and much more.

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg is the main institution for the film and media industry in the German capital region. The Film Funding division provides funding for films, high end drama series and film-related projects, advises filmmakers on financing issues, and supports the development of the film industry. The Media Business Development division represents Berlin-Brandenburg as a key media location in Germany at international markets and festivals, provides market research and analysis and organizes networking events. The department funds media-related projects, serial formats as well as the development of content in the games, web, mobile and VR categories.

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PODCAST | Flavia Dima interviews director Sonja Rakić and producer Ana Renovica on their Pack & Pitch project from the 11th Talents Sarajevo.

So, Where the Hell is My Prince Charming? is a Serbian documentary-in-development which was presented at Sarajevo FF’s Pack and Pitch event, which included six regional projects competing for the chance to participate in next year’s Sarajevo CineLink production programme and 4000 euro worth of post-production sound services.

As they aim to finish shooting by 2019, young director Sonja Rakić and producer Ana Renovica discuss in the following interview about how they started working on the project, which tells the story of Danica Rusov, an elderly lady who is trying to overcome her past demons with the help of a psychotherapist. Sonja and Ana also give specific insights into the difference between producing a fiction feature and a documentary, budgeting, opinions about how people in the Balkan area relate to the notion of psychotherapy and why it is necessary, along with many other interesting details.

Interview by Flavia Dima, one of the members of Talents Press at the 11th Talents Sarajevo.

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PODCAST | Arman Fatic interviews Diana Paroiu, junior producer of I Hate Berlin, with which she took part in the Pack & Pitch program of Talents Sarajevo at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

Arman Fatic, press participant of the Talents Sarajevo 2017 program, interviews Romanian junior producer Diana Paroiu. In this interview, Paroiu introduces her project I Hate Berlin, which was selected for the Pack & Pitch project of Talents Sarajevo at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

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PODCAST | Arman Fatic interviews Ermin Bravo, actor and 11th Talents Sarajevo mentor, at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

Bosnian actor Ermin Bravo is one of the mentors of the Acting Studio in this years Talents Sarajevo edition, which takes place during the course of the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

Aside from his activities as a mentor of the Talents, Ermin appeared in the Festival this year with three films, Semih Kaplanoglu’s The Grain, Alen Drljevic’s Men Don’t cry, and Faruk Sabanovic’s Birds Like Us. We took this chance to talk with Ermin about his career from being one of the Talents, 11 years ago, to becoming

We took this chance to talk with Ermin about his career from being one of the Talents, 11 years ago, to becoming recognisable Bosnian actor and Talents mentor. Ermin also takes the time to answer about his roles, casting choices and ways he prepares for films.

Interview by Arman Fatic, one of the members of Talents Press at the 11th Talents Sarajevo.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Zdenka Gold, producer of All Alone, presented at CineLink at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

We meet producer Zdenka Gold at CineLink of the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival. Here, she presented a new project, All Alone, in the CineLink Work in Progress section. The film’s director and writer is Bobo Jelčić, and the production is from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gold tells us about the director and gives us more insightful info about this upcoming project. She also talks about other things, including her experience (past and present) at CineLink, the perks of working with directors who do not come from a strictly cinematic background, and more.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Milan Stojanović, producer of two upcoming projects – The Users, and The Last Socialist Artefact, presented at CineLink at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

Producer Milan Stojanovic presented two projects at CineLink: one, a feature-length project named The Users, he presented at the CineLink Co-Production Market; the other, The Last Socialist Artefact, is a series presented at the CineLink Drama section. Stojanovic tells us about both projects (and talks about Ivan Ikic, who will be directing The Users) and interestingly tells us about what the main differences between presenting a series and a feature film, whether at CineLink or anywhere else, are.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Boban Jevtić, general manager of Film Center Serbia, from the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival.

An introduction to Film Center Serbia, one of the key film institutions in Serbia, indeed, founded more than twenty years ago especially as an institute for film. We meet the general manager of the institution, Boban Jevtić, to talk about its many activities, at the Sarajevo Film Festival. He reveals to us that he hopes that Film Center Serbia will soon not only take care of the film sector but the audiovisual in general. We also focus on productions and co-productions, including selection criteria, its focus on co-productions with other countries from the Balkan regions, and selection criteria, as well as examples of recent notable co-productions. Other topics discussed in this interview include film education and Film Center Serbia’s activities at the Sarajevo Film Festival and CineLink.

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