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21st Sofia Meetings Awards


CINELAB ROMANIA Award
 post-production lab services equal to 15,000 euros presented to the project BAREFOOT BULL, director Petar Krumov, producer Rossitsa Valkanova, Klas Film (Bulgaria).

UNIQA Award – provided by Uniqa Bulgaria: 1,000 euros in cash  for Bulgarian or regional project presented to DEATH IS FOR THE LIVING, director Kristiyan Bozov, producers Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Abraxas Film (Bulgaria).

CHAOS VFX Award  presentedto the project SYDNEY SMILE FUTURE PERFECT, director Gregoris Rentis, producers Mando Stathi, Myrto Stathi, BYRD (Greece).

GO – RESIDENCES Award provided by Nova Gorica/Gorizia – European capital of culture in 2025, went to the project IN THE MEANTIME, director Gordan Matic, producers Gordan Matic, Ales Pavlin, Riccardo Di Pasquelle, Re-Kreativno dud (Serbia).

'YOUNG PRODUCERS Award – YAPIMLAB’
presented to the project LADY SUNSHINE, director Anna Korom, producer Anna Szijártó, Kinomoto Kft. (Hungary).

PRODUCERS NETWORK Award – accreditation for Producers Network at Cannes Market 2024, presented to the producer Jakub Viktorín, nutprodukcia (Slovakia), with the project BALLERINA SHOES, by the director Teodor Kuhn.

EWA BG Award – Industry accreditation for Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024, presented to the project THE MIRACLE NUMBER THREE, producers Alicja Gancarz, Magdalena Zimecka, ORKA (Poland), director Gregorz Jaroszuk.

'STORY TRICKS BUNDLE Award presented to the project HEART BEAT, director Sergej Waldrat, producer Samaya Hillenbrand, Doghouse filmproductions, (Germany, Azerbaijan, Canada).

ELBUR FILM Award
 – 800 Euros in cash and shooting equipment equal to 6,000 euros, presented to the project REPORT ON THE MIRACLES OF THE EARTH, director Carlos Conceição, producers João Matos, Kamen Velkovsky, Carlos Conceição / Terratreme (Portugal), Alaz Film (Bulgaria), Mirabilis (Angola).
 

SOFIA MEETINGS Award
accreditation for next year's edition of Sofia Meetings presented to VESTIGE, director Rita Krasniqi, producer Jon Gojani / Kot Productions (Kosovo).

Crossroads Co-Production Forum – presents one of the projects from the Sofia Meetings  to be announced at a later stage.


Mediterranean Film Institute Аward – scholarship for a project for MFI Script 2 Film Workshops, covering the tuition fees for 1 person (equal to 2,000 euros) to be announced at a later stage.