“I’m going to rewrite,” said the director of Andrei Tanase, who wrote the script, following feedback received from international experts at Slano Film Days in Croatia.
Tanase is one of the teams of eight feature film projects in development that took part in Cinelink Workshop as part of Slano Film Days, which took place June 17-21.
It will take place ahead of the complete Cinelink programme, which will be held at the Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 15th to 22nd.
This workshop helped connect local filmmakers with international experts in production, finance, distribution and sales. The program also provided customized consultations and expert-led sessions in script development.
Romanian filmmaker Tanase attended the workshop Agatha candy, His second feature is about a small town police officer investigating the case of a teenage girl who died in the woods. They risk being swallowed up by a dark, ominous world where illegality meets the occult.
“It’s a genre film, but it’s deeper than usual,” says Tanase. “It’s a story that everyone can relate to, whether it’s niche or experimental.”
Slano is at the perfect time for the project. “I’ve never shown a script to many people before, so the workshop was a great way to find opinions from people who know how to read the script. I got a lot of useful feedback, so I’ll rewrite it.”
Tanase said Slano’s relaxed environment helps stimulate creativity. “The workshops are well organized and not overpacked. There’s a lot to incorporate, but at the end of the day, your brain isn’t completely fried.” Agatha Candy It is produced by Anamaria Antosi, Anda Ionescu and Ana Voic, produced by Tangazi in Romania.
Evelyn Balogh, producer of Hungarian non-riul film production, took part in the workshop Half empty placeportrait of Victor Orban’s strange relationships in the Hungarian context. “It’s good for us to be able to connect with experienced producers without needing credit (to be here),” Balog said. Half empty place It is set to the first feature of Non Lieu. “We learned here about how team dynamics work. How to agree or disagree with things, and how people navigate these situations. You can’t learn this in school.”
Half empty place This will be the second feature of Dorka Vermes, written by Sara Torley-Havas. “The workshop feels like a sanctuary,” Vermes said. “It’s an isolated place, and it adds so much. It’s not a big city where you can go anywhere. The only thing you can do is swim in the ocean.
“We don’t have a packed day with meetings or industry events. We can concentrate on our projects, our colleagues and the ocean!”
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Andrija Mardesic explained his project Gentilesco-written with director David Capacc, “It’s Quite Far”, along with the interim filming date for winter 2026. “We’re confident in that. This was a perfect confirmation.” “It’s a safe and relaxed environment to talk about the details of the script. It’s a perfect blend of networking and work.”
It was placed on the Dalmatian Island in the 1920s. Gentiles It follows a mainland woman who is being sold to a new wife of a widowed sailor with five children. When the sailors are lost in the sea, Pogana is left with mercy in the cruel villagers and their customs.
The second part of Sarajevo’s programme is “the best time and place for our projects to be presented to the public a year before we enter production.” uncle In Mardesik. “Our aim is to meet people who are interested in co-producing, but we also meet sales agents and people who package the film and deliver it to the public.”
Rea Rajcic and Tina Tisljar will collaborate with Slovenian Dizziness to create a project for Eclectica in Croatia.
Yusuf Elbasi, screenwriter of workshop project That countrynoted the specificity of feedback from international experts. “The tutors here were prepared at our meeting. They read every letter of our script,” Elbasi said. “We were able to discuss not only general topics, but specific dialogues.”
That country It is set in the middle of the 19thth In the century, when Turkish painters and German photographers were about to take images of their Ottoman homeland. Lost in the mountains, they search for the purpose that led them there. Burak Cevik is produced for Turkish Fol films.
“We can also discuss collaborative strategies and how we can advance funding,” Elbasi said. “It was preparation for the (Sarajevo) co-production market. The type of teammate we are looking for, what the script offers, how we sell it. We feel ready.”
In addition to a list of all nine projects, see the title of the Cinelink Drama series that I attended at Slano’s workshops here.
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