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