Sofia Meetings Programme



16th SOFIA MEETINGS INDUSTRY EVENTS PROGRAMME

                                                                                                                     *GHS – Grand Hotel Sofia

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

16.00 – 19.00 
WORKING SESSIONS with Isabelle Fauvel, Initiative Film (France)
GHS, Executive Lounge, 1st floor
(participants with projects only)


THURSDAY, MARCH 14

10.00 – 18.30 
WORKING SESSIONS with Isabelle Fauvel, Initiative Film (France)
GHS, Executive Lounge, 1st floor
(participants with projects only)

15.00 – 16.00
INDEPENDENT FROM WHAT? 
Bulgarian Independent Films After 1990 – Genres, Scopes and Audience
With Alexander Donev (Bulgaria)
GHS, Triaditza Hall 1, 1st floor

16.00 – 17.30
HOW TO WRITE A PROJECT
With Martin Kiselov (Bulgaria)
GHS, Triaditza Hall 1, 1st floor


Screenings
18.30
THE PIG, Bulgaria, 2018, 100’, Director Dragomir Sholev
Lumiere Lidl Cinema
20.45
THE MAGIC LIFE OF V, Finland-Denmark-Bulgaria, 2019, 82’, Director Tonislav Hristov
Lumiere Lidl Cinema


FRIDAY, MARCH 15

MAIN PROGRAMME
10.00 – 10.45
OPENING OF THE 16th SOFIA MEETINGS and WHO IS WHO 
Presentation of all guests and participants of Sofia Meetings
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
(closed event, participants only)

11.00 – 12.00
SECOND FILMS PITCHING – 6 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
(closed event, participants only)

12.20 – 13.20
PLUS MINUS ONE PITCHING – 6 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
(closed event, participants only)

15.00 – 15.40
PLUS MINUS ONE PITCHING – 4 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
(closed event, participants only)

15.40 – 17.00
FIRST FILMS FIRST PITCHING – 8 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
(closed event, participants only)

17.00 – 17.50
MARKETING AND FINANCING DOCUMENTARIES
Debra Zimermann (USA)
GHS, Triaditsa 1, 1st floor

17.50 – 18.00
CINELAB ROMANIA Presentation
With Cornelia Popa (Romania)
GHS, Triaditsa 1, 1st floor

Screenings
18.30
BAD GIRL, Bulgaria, 2019, 100’, Director Marian Valev
Lumiere Lidl Cinema
20.45
A PICTURE WITH YUKI, Bulgaria, 2019, 110’, Director Lachezar Avramov
Lumiere Lidl Cinema


PARALLEL PROGRAMME 
15.30 – 17.00
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA DAY
EUROPEAN CAPITALS OF CULTURE: PLOVDIV (2019) AND RIJEKA (2020) – OUR FILM CONNECTIONS!
With Slobodanka Miskovic, Art-kino, CEO (public institution), Croatia
Svetlana Kuyumdjieva, Artistic director Plovdiv ECC 2019, Bulgaria
Vanya Grozdanova, Project and event manager Plovdiv ECC 2019, Bulgaria
Martina Petrovic, Head of office MEDIA CED Croatia
Kamen Balkanski, Head of office MEDIA CED Bulgaria
GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor



SATURDAY, MARCH 16

MAIN PROGRAMME 
10.00 – 14.00
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
(closed event, participants only)

15.00 – 18.30
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
(closed event, participants only)

PARALLEL PROGRAMME 
11.00 – 18.00
VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS
VR Screenings
GHS, Sredetz Meeting Room, 2nd floor

11:00 – 11.30
BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER Presentation
With Jana Karaivanova, CEO (Bulgaria)
Triaditsa 1, 1st floor

11:30 – 12.30
HOW TO EXPLOIT AUTHORS’ FILMS WITHOUT EXPLOITING THE AUTHORS
With Frederic Young (Belgium)
GHS, Triaditza Hall 1, 1st floor

12.00 – 14.00
SHORT VR PRESENTATIONS FROM CREATORS, MAKERS AND SPECIALISTS
With Momchil Alexiev, Boyan Milushev, Hristo Shomov, Alexander Galabov, Georgi Tenev
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

15.00 – 16.00
WOMEN MAKE MOVIES
With Debra Zimmerman (USA), Simona Nobile (Italy), Zeynep Atakan (Turkey)
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

16.00 – 17.00
30 LESSONS OF A PRODUCER and the A TO Z OF STORY by NIK POWEL (UK)
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

17.00 – 18.00
ANOTHER VIEW ON DISTRIBUTION
With Steven Simpson (UK)
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor


SUNDAY, MARCH 17

11.00 – 18.00
VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS
VR Screenings
Cinema House (Dom na Kinoto)

14:00
EASTERN LIGHTS WORKSHOP
(closed event, participants only)
GHS, Sredetz Meeting Room, 2nd floor 

Screenings
17:00
THE WILD PEAR TREE
by Turkey-France-Germany-Bulgaria-Macedonia-Bosnia and Hezegovina, Sweden, 2018, 188’, Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Lumiere Lidl Cinema
20:30
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Turkey-Bulgaria, 2018, 94’, Director Mahmut Fazil Coskun
Odeon Cinema


ADDITIONAL PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 13-17
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-FRIDAY MARCH 14-15
10.00 – 19.00
VIDEO SCREENINGS 
Video Library
GHS, Sredetz Meeting Room, 2nd floor 


SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 16-17
10.00 – 18.00
VIDEO SCREENINGS 
Video Library
GHS, Room 104, 1st floor