5 movie initiatives have been chosen for this 12 months’s Feminine Filmmakers Assist Program, picked by the Uniqa See Future Basis, in cooperation with the Sarajevo Movie Competition and Slano Movie Days.
Launched in 2024, the initiative “helps and empowers girls filmmakers from the six Southeast European nations the place Uniqa Insurance coverage Group operates, specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, and Bulgaria.” Its purpose is to “strengthen the presence and visibility of girls within the regional movie trade, providing monetary assist, mentorship, and alternatives for skilled improvement.”
The initiatives had been chosen for his or her “sturdy creative imaginative and prescient, originality, and dedication to telling compelling tales,” organizers stated. LThey will obtain tailor-made monetary {and professional} assist, serving to them transfer ahead in manufacturing and post-production.”
Mentioned Mirsad Purivatra, director of Slano Movie Days: “By backing their inventive journeys, we’re serving to form a extra inclusive and dynamic future for cinema in our area.”
Jovan Marjanović, director of the Sarajevo Movie Competition, added: “We’re capable of act strategically and handle – and hopefully right – among the systemic imbalances in movie funding. Particularly, this initiative will present devoted assist to movies and initiatives predominantly created by girls authors. Sarajevo Movie Competition has all the time stood for gender equality in cinema, and we’re proud to contribute to that purpose by means of such a concrete and significant mission.”
Here’s a take a look at the 5 chosen movie initiatives.
The Possessed
(characteristic)
Director: Ena Sendijarević (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Manufacturing: SCCA/professional.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Studio Ruba (the Netherlands)
Air in a Bottle
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Director: Aida Begić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Manufacturing: This and That Productions (Serbia)
Embryo
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Director: Maša Šarović (Montenegro)
Manufacturing: KINO d.o.o. (Montenegro)
The Final Nomads
(documentary)
Director: Biljana Tutorov (Serbia)
Manufacturing: WAKE UP FILMS (Serbia)
Confessions of a Feminine Gamer
(documentary)
Director: Dolya Gavanski
Manufacturing: Agitprop (Bulgaria), Thea Movies (Bulgaria)