Dasha Timbush arrives in Sarajevo on a mission to bring Balkan actors to Hollywood
Dasha Timbush, founder of the Hollywood tech startup CastingForm, joins the jury of the 16th Telemach Youth Film Festival Sarajevo to discover and lead Balkans actors and their reps on their way to Hollywood.
Dasha Timbush, a producer and the founder of CastingForm, a global online platform for the actors’ discovery, is set to join the Jury of the 16th Telemach Youth Film Festival Sarajevo for a competitive feature film in the OFF Generation Features selection. CastingForm has the widest country and diversity outreach to date among all competitors on the market, including IMDb and Talent Systems, covering thousands of actors and actresses in 124 countries around the world. Dasha Timbush will host numerous events during the festival and its OFF Pro Film Market events including:
The OFF Pro Film Market Session in the morning of July 24th “CastingForm presents: Dasha Timbush and Zachary Shadrin on his way to the Hollywood”;
The CastingForm Gala Soireé & OFF Pro Film Market Official Awards, an Evening Soirée, also on July 24th to meet and greet guests of the festival and announce the launch of CastingForm’s Balkan Regional Search to discover actors to represent the peninsula and join CastingForm’s World Actor Delegation next year during The Cannes Film Festival in May 2025.
Full Schedule of the Events to meet CastingForm’s Dasha Timbush and Zachary Shadrin:
JULY 24, 11 AM / CastingForm presents: Dasha Timbush and Zachary Shadrin on his Hollywood journey / OFF Pro Talks, Industry House
Zachary, Dasha and the director of the Festival in relaxed atmosphere talk about the work behind the scenes on Zachary Shadrin’s journey to become the First Ukrainian Actor submitted for the Emmy Awards Consideration. A complete conversation will bring guests closer to the work and functioning of the CastingForm online platform and its impact on an actor's career through experience and work with actor Zachary Shadrin.
Moderator: Kenan Musić, Telemach Youth Festival Director
Guests: Actor and producer Zachary Shadrin, Producer and CastingForm’s Founder Dasha Timbush
JULY 24, 7 PM / CastingForm Gala Soireé & OFF Pro Film Market Official Awards / Manifesto Gallery
CastingForm Soirée to meet and greet guests of the festival and announce the launch of the CastingForm’s regional search to discover Balkans actors who will represent the region of the Western Balkans and join CastingForm’s World Actor Delegation next year during The Cannes Film Festival in May 2025. This CastingForm’s Industry Impact Initiative aims to bring equality and long overdue deserved attention to the global community of actors, their representatives and casting directors at world film festivals in the forefront of the industry, equally to producers. The announcement of the selected actors is planned for December 2024.
Dresscode: Red Carpet and Cocktail Attire
For more information please see here or request at sarajevo@castingform.com
JULY 24, 9 PM / “FOREVER - FOREVER” Red Carpet & Official Screening featuring CastingForm’s Zachary Shadrin / Raiffeisen Vils Summer Screen
Dresscode: Red Carpet and Cocktail Attire
JULY 25, 10 AM / CastingForm presents: Talks with “FOREVER - FOREVER” Star Zachary Shadrin / OFF Talks, Festival square
Guest: Actor, producer, CastingForm Ambassador Zachary Shadrin
Moderator: Mirza Custovic, Content and Program Producer (OFF), Telemach Youth Festival
About Dasha Timbush:
Dasha Timbush is a producer and the LA-based founder of CastingForm, the world's leading technology for discovering and booking actors globally. Prior to founding CastingForm, Dasha succeeded in global talent management. CastingForm’s clients include Universal, HBO, Netflix, and Amazon, as well as actors from 124 countries. Success stories of CastingForm include actors who have been submitted to the Emmy Awards, made it to the official selection of the Venice Film Festival, and credited acknowledgment at the Palme d'Or-winning movie "Anora" by Sean Baker for Dasha Timbush in the Special Thanks section of the movie credits. With almost 15 years in the entertainment industry, Dasha studied at Stanford GSB, Florida International University, and Miami Ad School, earning her third master’s degree in Space and Cyberpsychology. Her studies became fundamental in developing CastingForm’s own text-to-human AI matching algorithm. Dasha is an internationally acclaimed and award-nominated publicist, technologist, entrepreneur, mentor, volunteer, public speaker, and educator. She is a Her Courage Award Honoree for Innovation & Technology. Dasha has also completed swimming races in a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean and the Alcatraz race. She is a Guest Lecturer at the Continuing Studies Program at Stanford University and has been featured as a public speaker at the world's most prominent industry events, such as the Cannes Film Festival, SXSW, NFT. London, Sharing Economy Global Summit, International Project Management Association Global Event, Global Online Marketplaces Summit, NYC and Los Angeles Tech Weeks, and The International Economic Forum.
Please direct all further requests at sarajevo@castingform.com or info@omladinski.ba.