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“I’m going to do a rewrite,” said Romanian director Andrei Tanase of his script, following the feedback he received from international experts at Croatia’s Slano Film Days.

Tanase is a member of one of the teams from eight feature film projects in development that attended the CineLink Workshop as part of Slano Film Days, held June 17-21.

It takes place ahead of the full CineLink programme at Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Sarajevo Film Festival from August 15-22.

The workshop helped connect the regional filmmakers with international experts in production, finance, distribution, and sales.The programme also offered tailored...

Sarajevo Film Festival has selected new feature projects from Hilal Baydarov and David Kapac among the first titles for its Co-Production Market.

Eight projects will participate in the CineLink Workshop from June 16-20, while one -The Flowering of a Chimera - is inthe CineLink Co-Production Market from August 16-21. The programme includes script development support through consultations and expert-led sessions.

Azeri filmmaker Baydarov will present Stone Over Stone, in which a young couple living and working on a decaying construction site struggle to secure a hopeful future for their unborn child. Written by Baydarov and Georg Tiller, the film is produced by Maeva Ranaivojaona,...

Sarajevo Film Festival’s industry section CineLink has revealed the first projects selected for its co-production market.

CineLink has selected eight feature film projects from Southeast Europe to take part in the CineLink Workshop, running from June 16–20, with one additional project set to join the others in the CineLink Co-Production Market, running Aug. 16–21. The program aims to connect filmmakers with decision-makers in production, financing, distribution and sales. In addition, the program offers script development support through tailored consultations and expert-led sessions.

This year’s projects are thematically connected through their “exploration of trauma, drawing parallels between contemporary struggles and historical events,” according to a statement. “They delve into the tension between the need for belonging and the quest for individual identity, offering a search for meaning amid chaos, and inviting audiences to discover beauty in vulnerability and strength in connection.”

The statement adds: “Seeking a responsible and thoughtful way to speak about the present moment,...

London’s Raindance Film Festival is making a significant calendar shift for its 32nd edition, moving from its traditional fall slot to a new summer schedule.

Raindance kicks off with the U.K. premiere of Tilman Singer’s “Cuckoo,” a horror feature starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens that previously played at Berlin and SXSW. Closing the festival is the European premiere of “National Anthem” by Luke Gilford, starring Charlie Plummer as a construction worker joining a community of queer rodeo performers. The film, which was at Toronto and SXSW, leads into the Pride in London weekend with a wild West End party.

This year, Germany is the festival’s guest of honor. The festival will showcase new German films, including “Cuckoo,” “Eternal You” and “What You See of Me.” A dedicated shorts program and industry panels, including a session with production designer Mona Cathleen Otterbach, will highlight Germany’s cinematic achievements.

The 32nd edition of the UK’s Raindance Film Festival is to open with horror-thriller Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer, as the festival shifts away from autumn to a midsummer slot, running June 19-28.

This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features. The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.

Cuckoo is a German-us co-production that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her father and his new family as...

The 32nd edition of the UK’s Raindance Film Festival is to open with Tilman Singer’s horror-thriller Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer, as the festival shifts away from autumn to a midsummer slot, running June 19-28.

This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features.

The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.

Opening night film Cuckoo is a German-us co-production, that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her...

Here’s a rundown of some of the top Hungarian projects in the pipeline or selling at the Cannes Market:

Semmelweis

Director: Lajos Koltai

Producer: Tamas Lajos (Film Positive)

Sales: N/A

Set in 1847, as a mysterious epidemic rages in a maternity clinic in Vienna, this period drama from the Oscar-nominated cinematographer and director Koltai (“Malena”) stars promising young thesp Miklos H. Vecsei as the titular doctor Ignác Semmelweis, who spurns traditional medical theories to find a cure.

The Lefkovicses Are in Mourning

Director: Ádám Breier

Producers: Kázmér Miklós, Felszeghy Ádám, Ausztrics Andrea

Sales: N/A

Breier’s feature debut is a dramedy about a generous but stubborn elderly boxing coach who gets along with everyone except his own son. While the two haven’t spoken in years, they’re reunited during after the death of the old man’s wife and forced to face old grievances.

Cat Call

Director:...

The funding per project will rise from €150,000 to €200,000.

Funding for the next edition of Biennale College Cinema, Venice Film Festival’s emerging filmmakers’ training and production initiative, will be hiked from €150,000 to €200,000 per project.

The increase comes off the back of a three-year sponsorship deal with French media giant Vivendi that was announced in July. “Vivendi will join us as our partner,” said Venice festival artistic director Alberto Barbera. “We believe this will have a significant impact on our projects in coming years.”

Financial details of the partnership were not revealed. Biennale College Cinema is also supported by Italy’s ministry of culture,...