The Sarajevo Film Festival’s Cinelink Industry Days will once again host Docu Talents from the East, an annual Ji.hlava IDFF event that has been a beacon for showcasing documentary projects from Eastern Europe since 2005. The event will see directors and producers presenting their documentary projects, currently in post-production, to a discerning audience of festival advisors, distributors, buyers, and international journalists. Among the selected projects, After the Storm from Lithuania, Amoosed from the Czech Republic, and The Big Chief from Poland are some of the standout entries.

The Current Time TV Docu Talent Award, offering a $5,000 prize, will be awarded to the most promising project. In addition, the DAFilms.com Distribution Award, valued at €3,000 in-kind, will provide the winning project with international VOD releases across various regions for two years.

• After the Storm (dir. Francesco Rufini) – Lithuania
• Amoosed (dir. Hana Nováková) – Czech Republic
• Baltic UXO (dir. Agne Dovydaityte, Alexander Belinski) – Lithuania, Germany, Latvia
• Give Love Create (dir. Márton Vizkelety) – Hungary
• Still Nia (dir. Paula Onet) – France, Romania
• The Big Chief (dir. Tomasz Wolski) – Poland
• The Running Land (dir. Olena Siyatovska) – Lithuania, Ukraine
• Tskaltubo (dir. Andrea Kalinová) – Slovakia