25
Mar
2021

18th SOFIA MEETING AWARDS

‘TEN DOTS’ FILM & TV VIRTUAL PRODUCTION STUDIO (Bulgaria) Award
‘TEN DOTS’ FILM & TV VIRTUAL PRODUCTION STUDIO presents studio production time and services equal to 10,000 Euro by at least two days shooting in the studio.
The Award goes to FROST (Serbia) – dir. Pavle Vuckovic, prod. Stefan Mladenovic

CINELAB ROMANIA Award
CINELAB presents a post-production services lab equal to 25,000 Euro.
The Award goes to GREGORIUS THE CHOSEN ONE (Czech Republic) – dir. Tomasz Mielnik, prod. Klara Zaloudkova and Mikulas Novotny

FOCUSFOX (Hungary) Award
FOCUSFOX presents post-production services equal to 10,000 Euro.
The Award goes to MAYA (Cyprus) – dir. Tonia Mishiali, prod. Stelana Kliris and Tonia Mishiali,
Selected in Partnership with Mediterranean Film Institute

EASTWEST FILMDISTRIBUTION Award (Austria)
EASTWEST presents script consultancy with Steven Goldsmith, an Irish-American script doctor equal to 5,000 Euro.
The Award goes to GRACE FOR SALE (Turkey) – dir. Emre Sert and Gozde Yetiskin, prod. Suzan Guverte

Young Producer Award YAPIMLAB (Turkey)
YAPIMLAB invites one producer for a week of project consultancy in Istanbul covering travel and accommodation and presenting networking possibilities within the Turkish industry, equal to 5,000 Euro.
The Award goes to DJ AHMET (North Macedonia) – dir. Georgi M. Unkovski, prod. Ivan Unkovski, Vladimir Anastasov and Angela Nestorovska

VILLA KULT Berlinale Residency Award (Germany)
In order to support a Bulgarian first feature project with international co-production potential, Villa Kult Development Award grants a cash amount of 400€ to be invested in expenses of further research and scouting procedures for the projects. After completion of the script’s first draft, Villa Kult’s CEO, Renate Roginas, will consult and coach the producers of the project regarding possible international co-production strategies as well as market visibility.
The Award goes to THE ELEVATOR (Bulgaria) – dir. Yassen Grigorov, prod. Borislav Chouchkov and Gergana Stankova

MEDITERRANEAN FILM INSTITUTE Award (Greece)
MFI will present scholarship to one of the projects selected from Sofia Meetings to participate in MFI Script 2 Film Workshops.
This year the award goes to 2 projects:
DJ AHMET (North Macedonia) – dir. Georgi M. Unkovski, prod. Ivan Unkovski, Vladimir Anastasov and Angela Nestorovska
and
I'LL BE GONE IN JUNE (Germany) – dir. Katharina Rivilis, prod. Léa Germain and Clemens Köstlin



To be announced:

PRODUCERS NETWORK (France) will award accreditation for Producers Network at Cannes Market.

CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM (Greece) will select and present one of the projects from Sofia Meetings.

APULIA FILM FORUM (Italy) will select and present one of the projects from Sofia Meetings.



JURY Special Mention:

I'LL BE GONE IN JUNE (Germany) – dir. Katharina Rivilis, prod. Léa Germain and Clemens Köstlin