Created by the Sarajevo Film Festival and Balkan Documentary Center, Docu Rough Cut Boutique is the leading regional program for documentaries in the editing stage from Southeast Europe and the Caucuses. It is famous for its boutique format, which includes only five selected projects. The programme is organized in three working modules: Sofia (first week of April 2025), Cluj (June 2025) and Sarajevo (August 2025). The workshop programme is based on tailor-made coaching, editing tutorials, group sessions and individual meetings with renowned documentary experts and professionals.

Avanpost Award

€20,000 in kind


HBO Award

€2,000  


East Silver Caravan Award

The Institute od documentary Film (IDF) €3,500 


DOK Leipzig Preview Award

presentation at the Festival


Movies that Matter Award

presentation at the Festival

JURY

Eugen Kelemen
AVANPOST

Marcel Maiga
German Films / Dok Leipzig

Margje de Koning
Movies that Matter

Nora Sarak
Institute of Documentary Film

Tereza Bona Keilova
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)

CineLink Impact Award

Cross-section award for CineLink Work in Progress & Docu Rough Cut Boutique

Think-Film Impact Production €20,000 in kind

JURY

Rob Williams
NEON International

Lizzie Gillett
Misfits Entertainment

Faridah Gbadamosi
Tribeca Enterprises