09-03-2018

Baltic States to Jointly Present Themselves in 12 European Film Festivals This Year

    THURSDAY, MARCH 15

    MAIN PROGRAMME

    10.00 – 18.30

    WORKING SESSIONS with Isabelle Fauvel, Initiative Film (France)

    GHS, Executive Lounge, 1st floor

    (participants with projects only)

    10.00 – 18.30

    SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING with Licia Eminenti (France)

    GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor

    (participants with projects only)

    Screening

    18.30

    A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK, Bulgaria, 2017, 98’, Director Aleksandar Smolianov

    Lumiere Lidl Cinema

    20.30

    DINNER on the occasion of the opening of 15th Sofia Meetings

    Hosted by MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, MDM,

    FILMFESTIVAL COTTBUS AND CONNECTING COTTBUS

    Pod Lipite Restaurant

    (by invitation only)

    PARALLEL PROGRAMME

    12.00 – 17.00

    VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS – VR Screenings

    GHS, Sredetz Meeting Room, 2nd floor

    14.00 – 16.00

    NU BOYANA FILM STUDIOS GUIDED TOUR

    Meeting Point: Grand Hotel Sofia

    16.00 – 16.45

    AUDIENCE! AUDIENCE!

    ‘Help from the audience. Bulgarian films and their viewers at the beginning of the XXI century.’

    With Alexander Donev (Bulgaria)

    GHS, Triaditza Hall 1, 1st floor

    17.00 – 19.00

    HOW TO WRITE A PROJECT

    Workshop with Martin Kiselov (Bulgaria)

    GHS, Triaditza Hall 1, 1st floor

    22.30

    AFTER PARTY

    IN THE PARK (Former MATTI’D)

    (above Lumiere Lidl Cinema)

    FRIDAY, MARCH 16

    MAIN PROGRAMME

    10.00 – 10.40

    OPENING OF THE 15th SOFIA MEETINGS and WHO IS WHO

    Presentation of all guests and participants of Sofia Meetings

    GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

    10.40 – 11.40

    SECOND FILMS PITCHING 6 projects

    GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

    11.40 – 12.00

    COFFEE BREAK

    *GHS – Grand Hotel Sofia

    12.00 – 13.20

    PLUS MINUS ONE PITCHING 8 projects

    GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

    13.30 – 15.00

    LUNCH Hosted by CED MEDIA (Bulgaria)

    (by invitation only)

    15.00 – 16.20

    FIRST FILMS FIRST PITCHING 8 projects

    GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

    17.00 – 18.00

    AUDIENCE! AUDIENCE!

    DISTRIBUTION AND FILM FUNDS POLICIES

    GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

    19.00

    SOFIA IFF AWARDS CEREMONY

    Followed by a screening of The Leisure Seeker, 112’

    National Palace of Culture, Hall 1

    20.30 – 23.00

    DINNER on the occasion of the 15th SofiaMeetings

    Hosted by BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER

    Festival Center IN THE PARK (Former MATTI’D)

    (above Lumiere Lidl Cinema) (by invitation only)

    22.00

    CHOUCHKOV BROTHERS PARTY

    Fabrica 126 (by invitation only)

    PARALLEL PROGRAMME

    10.00 – 13.30

    SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING with Licia Eminenti (France)

    GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor

    (participants with projects only)

    12.00 – 18.00

    VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS – VR Screenings

    GHS, Sredetz Meeting Room, 2nd floor

    14.00 – 15.30

    AWARENESS RESPONSIBILITY PROFESSIONALITY

    Talk on Casting for Actors and following Q & A session

    With the Casting Director Beatrice Kruger (Italy)

    GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor

    15.30 – 17.00

    CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA DAY

    NEW MOMENTS AND EXPERIENCES FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

    With Kamen Balkanski, Head CED MEDIA (Bulgaria)

    Mercedes Fernandez, TorinoFilmLab (Italy)

    Danijel Hocevar, MIDPOINT (Slovenia)

    Stefan Arsenijevic, First Films First (Serbia)

    GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor

    17.00 – 17.30

    PRESENTATION OF ACE PRODUCERS with Simon Perry (Netherlands)

    GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

    SATURDAY, MARCH 17

    MAIN PROGRAMME

    9.30 – 13.30

    ONE TO ONE MEETINGS

    GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

    11.00 – 11.30

    COFFEE BREAK

    13.30 – 14.30

    LUNCH (by invitation only)

    14.30 – 18.30

    ONE TO ONE MEETINGS

    GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

    Screening

    18.30

    8'19'', Bulgaria, 2018, 90’, Directors Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Luybomir Mladenov, Nadejda Koseva, Theodore Ushev, Vladimir Lyutskanov Lumiere Lidl Cinema

    20.30 – 22.00

    CLOSING DINNER of the15th SOFIA MEETINGS

    Central Army Club

    (by invitation only)

    22.00

    SOFIA MEETINGS AWARD CEREMONY and PARTY

    Central Army Club

    (by invitation only)

    PARALLEL PROGRAMME

    9.30 – 12.30

    SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING with Licia Eminenti (France)

    GHS, Triaditza Hall 1, 1st floor

    (participants with projects only)

    10.30 – 11.30

    CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS: WILL IT WORK FOR YOU?

    With Melody Gilbert (USA) & Dumitria Pacicovschi (Italy)

    GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

    11.45 – 14.00

    INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING: DISCUSSING AN INDUSTRY IN MOTION

    With Mirka Duijn (Netherlands)

    SHORT PRESENTATIONS FROM CREATORS, MAKERS AND SPECIALISTS

    GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

    12.00 – 18.00

    VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS

    VR Screenings

    GHS, Sredetz Meeting Room, 2nd floor

    14:30 – 15.10

    6 REASONS YOUR FIRST VFX SHOW WILL BE A COMPLETE DISASTER

    By Nu Boyana FX

    Starring Peter Dimitrov & Martin Georgiev (Bulgaria)

    GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

    15.15 – 16.00

    PRESENTATION OF ROMA LAZIO FILM COMMISSION

    With Luciano Sovena (Italy)

    GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

    16.00 – 17.30

    PROFESSION: CASTING DIRECTOR

    Talk on Casting for Producers and Directors and following Q & A session

    With the Casting Director Beatrice Kruger (Italy)

    GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

    SUNDAY, MARCH 18

    10.00 – 12.00

    NU BOYANA FILM STUDIOS GUIDED TOUR

    Meeting Point: Grand Hotel Sofia

    Screening

    20.30

    OCCUPATION 1968, Bulgaria-Germany-Hungary-Poland-Russia, 2018, 120’

    Directors Stephan Komandarev, Marie Elisa Scheidt, Linda Dombrovszsky, Magdalena Szymków, Evdokia Moskvina Lumiere Lidl Cinema

    ADDITIONAL PROGRAMME

    WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 14-18

    FIRST FILMS FIRST WORKSHOP

    GHS (closed event, participants only)

    EUROPA CINEMAS SEMINAR

    G8 Cinema

    (closed event, participants only)

    EUROPA DISTRIBUTION WORKSHOP

    GHS, Sofia Club, Ground floor

    (closed event, participants only)

    THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 15-17

    10.00 – 19.00

    VIDEO SCREENINGS

    Video Library

    GHS, Room 104, 1st floor

    SUNDAY, MARCH 18

    10.00 – 14.00

    VIDEO SCREENINGS

    Video Library

    GHS, Room 104, 1st floor

    Sofia Meetings presents the following Awards:

    We are very happy to announce our new partner CineLab Romania. Cinelab Romania will present an Award for one of the projects in the main selection. The Award consists of 25 000 Euro in postproduction services.

    Nu Boyana Film Studios ’ Danny Lerner Award - Grand Prix for Best Project. The leading European film studio will back up two of the projects this year, each with aprize of 50,000 Euro in services and 5 000 Euro in cash during the production of the project.

    CineLab - 25 000 Euro in post production lab services (without VFX & Sound).

    Focusfox Studio Award equal to 10,000 Euro in post-production services.

    East West Filmdistribution Award – script consultancy with Steven Goldsmith, an Irish-American script doctor and writer (equal of 5,000 Euro).

    Young Producer Award – YAPIMLAB will invite one producer for a week of project consultancy in Istanbul or Antalya, during International Antalya Film Festival, and offer network possibilities within Turkish industry (equal of 5,000 Euro).

    Producers Network (Cannes Market) will award two accreditations for Producers Network at Cannes Market 2018.

    Crossroads will select and present one of the projects from Sofia Meetings.

    Mediterranean Film Institutewill award a scholarship to one of the projects from Sofia Meetings to participate in MFI Script 2 Film Workshops.