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20th SOFIA MEETINGS INDUSTRY EVENTS PROGRAMME

TUESDAY - SUNDAY, MARCH 21-26
FIRST FILMS FIRST WORKSHOP
(closed event, participants only)

EUROPA CINEMAS SEMINAR
(closed event, participants only)

EUROPA DISTRIBUTION WORKSHOP
(closed event, participants only)



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
18.00 – 19.30 
WORKING SESSIONS
With Isabelle Fauvel, Initiative Film (France)
(participants with projects only)



THURSDAY, MARCH 23
10.00 – 18.30 
WORKING SESSIONS
With Isabelle Fauvel, Initiative Film (France)
(participants with projects only)

14.00
EASTERN LIGHTS WORKSHOP
GHS (closed event)

15.00 – 17.00
HOW TO WRITE A PROJECT 
With Martin Kisselov (Bulgaria)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 1, 1st floor

17.00 – 18.30
INDUSTRY TALKS
Sofia Meetings & Crossroads Co-production Forum
in partnership with ACE, EAVE, MIDPOINT, MFI present:
MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT (FOR CINEMA)
IN TWO QUESTIONS 
With Alvaro Vega, DobleSentido (Spain)
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor


FRIDAY, MARCH 24
MAIN PROGRAMME
9.45 – 11.00
OPENING OF THE 20th SOFIA MEETINGS and WHO IS WHO 
Presentation of all guests and participants of Sofia Meetings
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

11.00 – 11.30
SECOND FILMS PITCHING – 4 projects
PLUS MINUS ONE PITCHING – 2 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

11.00 – 13:00
WORKS IN PROGRESS SCREENINGS
French Cultural Institute / Institut Français
3, Petko R. Slaveykov Sq. (by invitation only)

11.50 – 12.30
PLUS MINUS ONE PITCHING – 8 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

12.30 – 12.50
FIRST FILMS FIRST PITCHING – 4 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

14.30 – 15.00
FIRST FILMS FIRST PITCHING – 4 projects
SECOND FILMS PITCHING – 1 project
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

14.30 – 17.30
WORKS IN PROGRESS SCREENINGS
French Cultural Institute / Institut Français
3, Petko R. Slaveykov Sq. (by invitation only)

15.00 – 15.20
TV SERIES PITCHING– 4 projects
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor

FRIDAY, MARCH 24
PARALLEL PROGRAMME
16.00 – 17.30 
THE GOOD, THE BAD, and THE MONEY…!
Workshop for Actors, Producers, Directors
With writer/director Kate Cragg, 
producer/DOP Daniel Landin (United Kingdom), 
actors Anna-Carolina Stuckart, Laurean Wagner, 
Susanna Schmid (Germany), Petar Dochev, Dimitar Nikolov, 
Tanya Kostadinova and Martina Apostolova (Bulgaria) 
and editor Sam Hodge (United Kingdom)
GHS, Triaditsa 2, 1st floor

17.30 – 17.45
BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER presents 25% Rebate Program
With Svilena Dimitrova, Bulgarian National Film Center 
GHS, Triaditsa 2, 1st floor

17.45 – 18.00
WOMEN IN BULGARIAN CINEMA – Overview and Perspectives 
With Ema Angelova and Kremena Dimitrova, Bulgarian National Film Center
GHS, Triaditsa 2, 1st floor

18.00 – 19.00
STEFAN KITANOV: Sofia Film Festival and the First 30 Years
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd Floor



SATURDAY, MARCH 25
MAIN PROGRAMME
9.30 – 13.00
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
GHS, Sredets Meeting Room, 2nd floor 

10.00 – 11.45
WORKS IN PROGRESS SCREENINGS
French Cultural Institute / Institut Français
3, Petko R. Slaveykov Sq.
(by invitation only)

14.00 – 18.00
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
GHS, Sofia Conference Hall, 2nd floor
GHS, Sredets Meeting Room, 2nd floor

14.00-16.00
WORKS IN PROGRESS SCREENINGS
French Cultural Institute / Institut Français
3, Petko R. Slaveykov Sq.
(by invitation only)



SATURDAY, MARCH 25

PARALLEL PROGRAMME
10.30 – 11.30
INDUSTRY TALKS
Sofia Meetings & Crossroads Co-production Forum
in partnership with ACE, EAVE, MIDPOINT, MFI present:
RAISING SOMEONE ELSE’S CHILD / Script-editing secret corridors
With script editor Nikos Panayotopoulos (Greece), 
director Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria) and 
scriptwriter Simeon Ventsislavov (Bulgaria)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 2, 1st floor

11.00 – 11. 15
CURIOUS CURIOSER: SUSTAINABLE FILM PRODUCTION
With Simona Stilianova, Zero Waste / OSNOVA
GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor

11.30 – 13.00
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA DAY
With Una Domazetoski, Head of office MEDIA CED Serbia, 
Anna Kasimati, Head of office MEDIA CED Greece, 
Martina Petrovic, Head of office MEDIA CED Croatia and 
Kamen Balkanski, Head of office MEDIA CED Bulgaria
GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor

11.30 – 12.00
GLOBAL SCREEN FUND, UK Presentation
With Denitza Yordanova, Head of UK Global Screen Fund, BFI (United Kingdom)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 2, 1st floor

12.00 – 12.30
SICILY FILM COMMISSION Presentation
With Nicola Tarantino, Head of Sicilian Film Commission (Italy)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 2, 1st floor

12.30 – 13.00
MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG FUND AND CONNECTING COTTBUS Presentation 
With Lilla Puskas, MBB and Katharina Stumm, Connecting Cottbus
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 2, 1st floor

13.30 – 17.30
VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS
Virtual Reality Screenings:
ЕNTER THE GHOST by Mitch Brezounek
HIGH UP THERE by Krum Yankov
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor

14.30 – 14.50
TORINO FILM LAB / SCRIPT LAB presentation
With Eva Svenstedt Ward
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 2, 1st floor



SUNDAY, MARCH 26
10.00 – 14.00
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
GHS, Sredets Meeting Room, 2nd floor 

11.00 – 12.00
THE HERE AND NOW OF IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING
With Momchil Alexiev, VR Lab BG
GHS, Serdika Hall, 1st floor

14.30 – 20.00
VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS
Virtual Reality Screenings:
by Mitch Brezounek
Cinema House