Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days names projects for Co-Production Market and CineLink Drama, adding a Cannes Critics’ Week tie-in

Sarajevo Film Festival’s industry arm CineLink has finalized its project selections for the Co-Production Market and CineLink Drama sections, laying out the slate of works that will move through its Sarajevo Industry Days platform. Deadline reported Tuesday that the finalized lineups include 16 feature film projects and eight drama series projects, with women directing or co-directing nine of the Co-Production Market titles.

CineLink said that most of the feature projects had already been revealed in May, and that the official selection has now been completed with additional titles. Deadline did not detail the individual projects in its brief, but it did describe the totals and the participation pattern for directors, indicating the balance CineLink is seeking for its co-production pipeline.

Alongside the project lineups, CineLink also unveiled a new partnership with Cannes’ Critics’ Week, extending the reach of the Sarajevo industry platform to another major festival venue. Deadline said the program includes a new €10,000 award as part of that development, though it did not specify the award category or the evaluation criteria in the report.

Variety previously described CineLink Drama as a flagship CineLink Industry Days program focused on supporting drama series in development. In its March 27 report, Variety said the section unveiled seven projects from Southeast Europe for that year’s edition and noted that two were directed by Danis Tanović, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning “No Man’s Land.”

Taken together, the two announcements place CineLink’s Sarajevo market activities at the intersection of feature and series development, with separate tracks for filmmakers and show creators. The pairing with Cannes’ Critics’ Week also underscores how regional industry platforms are building bridges to larger European festival ecosystems, where programming and critical attention can affect sales, commissioning interest, and later distribution.

For teams with projects in the finalized lineups, the practical effect is that they can plan their pitching and industry participation around a confirmed list of works, rather than an initial partial announcement. CineLink’s completion of its selection after the May reveal, along with the addition of Cannes-related programming, means participants are entering the next phase with a clearer pathway for exposure to international buyers, partners, and critics participating through the festival system.