The Intl. Casting Directors Network (Icdn) and the Sarajevo Film Festival are joining forces to turn the popular Bosnian film fest into a springboard for regional actors looking to launch international careers.
After kicking off with a pilot version last year, the initiative expanded to include a series of masterclasses with leading casting directors and a range of programs intended to boost exposure for the emerging talents. The Icdn’s Timka Grin says the platform will not only build a bridge between foreign casting directors and new talent from the region, but offer valuable skills for actors not used to the Western method of casting.
“Casting here does not have decades of tradition. It is something that is quite new,” says Grin. “If there is a certain technique to present yourself, to audition—actors here don’t know it well, and it’s really useful to have a casting director...
After kicking off with a pilot version last year, the initiative expanded to include a series of masterclasses with leading casting directors and a range of programs intended to boost exposure for the emerging talents. The Icdn’s Timka Grin says the platform will not only build a bridge between foreign casting directors and new talent from the region, but offer valuable skills for actors not used to the Western method of casting.
“Casting here does not have decades of tradition. It is something that is quite new,” says Grin. “If there is a certain technique to present yourself, to audition—actors here don’t know it well, and it’s really useful to have a casting director...
- 8/19/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
‘Cold War’ and ‘The Revanant’ filmmakers attend opening of Sarajevo.
The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival (Sff) opened last night with a ceremony at the city’s National Theatre, during which Alejandro González Iñárritu and Pawel Pawlikowski received honorary Heart of Sarajevo awards.
After a short video which counterpointed footage of the shelling of Sarajevo during the siege in 1995 (when the festival took place for the first time) with images of celebratory fireworks that traditionally take place at midnight of the opening night, young Bosnian actor Igor Skvarica took to the stage to host the ceremony.
Following his short introduction when...
The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival (Sff) opened last night with a ceremony at the city’s National Theatre, during which Alejandro González Iñárritu and Pawel Pawlikowski received honorary Heart of Sarajevo awards.
After a short video which counterpointed footage of the shelling of Sarajevo during the siege in 1995 (when the festival took place for the first time) with images of celebratory fireworks that traditionally take place at midnight of the opening night, young Bosnian actor Igor Skvarica took to the stage to host the ceremony.
Following his short introduction when...
- 8/17/2019
- by Vladan Petkovic
- ScreenDaily
‘Cold War’ and ‘The Revanant’ filmmakers attend opening of Sarajevo.
The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival (Sff) opened last night with a ceremony at the city’s National Theatre, during which Alejandro González Iñárritu and Pawel Pawlikowski received honorary Heart of Sarajevo awards.
After a short video which counterpointed footage of the shelling of Sarajevo during the siege in 1995 (when the festival took place for the first time) with images of celebratory fireworks that traditionally take place at midnight of the opening night, young Bosnian actor Igor Skvarica took to the stage to host the ceremony.
Following his short introduction when...
The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival (Sff) opened last night with a ceremony at the city’s National Theatre, during which Alejandro González Iñárritu and Pawel Pawlikowski received honorary Heart of Sarajevo awards.
After a short video which counterpointed footage of the shelling of Sarajevo during the siege in 1995 (when the festival took place for the first time) with images of celebratory fireworks that traditionally take place at midnight of the opening night, young Bosnian actor Igor Skvarica took to the stage to host the ceremony.
Following his short introduction when...
- 8/17/2019
- by Vladan Petkovic
- ScreenDaily
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