27 projects presented at the 13th Sofia Meetings
- The extensive event will bring together filmmakers and producers
The industry part of the Sofia International Film Festival (10-20 March), Sofia Meetings, launches its 13th edition today. The teams behind 27 selected projects, many from European countries and all of them first, second or third features, will meet with more than 150 industry executives from different parts of the world.
The 13th edition also includes several additional events, such as a workshop on audience development by Europa Cinemas, a Europa Distribution workshop (read the news), case studies, and presentations of various programmes and training schemes. Sofia Meetings has been organised with the help of Creative Europe – MEDIA programme, the Bulgarian National Film Center, Sofia Municipality and the local Ministry of Culture. Nu Boyana Studios will give out the Grand Prix for Best Project.
Here is a list of the selected projects:
Second Film Projects Programme
Attila – Eric Boadella (Spain)
Closed to the Public – Vanja Sviličić (Croatia)
In Between – Bogdan Mustaţă (Romania)
Sister – Svetla Tsotsorkova (Bulgaria)
The Good Iranian – Tina Gharavi (UK)
The Fugue – Agnieszka Smoczyńska (Poland)
The Untamed Memories – Uri Bar-on (Israel)
Plus Minus One Programme
Daisi – Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia)
John Vardar vs the Galaxy – Goce Cvetanovski (Macedonia)
A Picture with Yuki [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lachezar Avramov
film profile] – Lachezar Avramov (Bulgaria/Canada/Japan)
Savana Padana – Paolo Borraccetti (Italy)
The African Shore – Konstantin Bojanov (Bulgaria)
Usud – Stefan Malešević (Serbia)
Projects in Bank
Arrhythmie – Boris Khlebnikov (Russia)
Beetle – Martin Iliev (Bulgaria)
Driver – Nikolay Vasilev (Bulgaria)
For the Honour of the Empire – Stefan Tenev (Bulgaria)
I Miss You – Vlatka Vorkapić (Croatia)
Internal Security – Georgi Tenev (Bulgaria)
John’s Bicycle – Colin Riendeau (Canada)
Quietly – Silviya Pesheva (Bulgaria)
Raging Sea – Zlatin Radev (Bulgaria)
Son – Dimitar Sardzhev (Bulgaria)
The Straight Path – Massimo Coglitore (Italy)
The Interrogation – Haci Orman (Turkey)
The Syrian Girl – Tchavdar Georgiev (Bulgaria)
The Whistling Art Factory – Andjei Petras (Russia)
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