Ishak Jalimam is a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, where he studied Production and Management and currently works as a teaching fellow. He previously served as Head of CineLink at the Sarajevo Film Festival, a leading regional co-production market and project development platform.
Jalimam is a producer at the Sarajevo War Theatre (SARTR) and also produces the International High School Theatre Festival Juventafest. He has previously worked as Technical Director of the International Theatre Festival MESS. Throughout his career, he has been involved in numerous films in various capacities, with works screened at major international festivals including Sundance Film Festival, CPH:DOX, La Biennale di Venezia, Sarajevo Film Festival, Dokufest, Hot Docs, DOK.fest München, and others.
He is the founder and president of Realstage Productions. In 2020, he received the Young Producers Award at Sofia Film Festival – Sofia Meetings, and in 2024 he was awarded the Ivica Matić Award by the Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.