03
Mar
2021

18th Sofia Meetings line-up

                                                                                    

SECOND FILM PROJECTS

COLD AS MARBLE, Azerbaijan, France
Asif Rustamov (director)
Guillame de Seille (producer)
Baku Media Center, Arizona Productions

FROST, Serbia
Pavle Vuckovic (director)
Stefan Mladenovic (producer)
Plan 9

GREGORIUS THE CHOSEN ONE, Czech Republic
Tomasz Mielnik (director)
Klara Zaloudkova, Mikulas Novotny (producers)
Background Films

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG, Ukraine
Antonio Lukich (director)
Vladimir Yatsenko (producer)
ForeFilms

MAYA, Cyprus
Tonia Mishiali (director)
Stelana Kliris, Tonia Mishiali (producers)
BARK LIKE A CAT FILMS
Selected in partnership with MFI

MEDIUM, Greece
Christina Ioakeimidi (director)
Louizos Aslanidis and Yorgos Noussias (producers)
Ekso Productions

SAGE, Albania
Gentian Gjikopulli (director)
Eno Milkani (producer)
Bunker Film+

SAND CHRONICLES, Serbia, Bulgaria
Petar Ristovski (director)
Mirjana Tomic (producer)           
Living Pictures
Galina Toneva (co-producer)
Gala Film

THE EAGLE OF BARWAQ, France, Canada
Kiarash Anvari (director)
Sadaf Foroughi (producer)
Sweet Delight Pictures, Arizona Productions
Guillame de Seille (co-producer)

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I EVER KILLED, Bulgaria
Asen Blatechki (director)
Svetla Tsotsorkova (producer)   
Front Film


PLUS MINUS ONE

I'LL BE GONE IN JUNE, Germany
Katharina Rivilis (director)
Léa Germain (producer)
Clemens Köstlin (creative producer)
Road Movies

FELINE, Greece
Memi Koupa (director)
Fenia Cossovitsa (producer)
Blonde

DJ AHMET, North Macedonia
Georgi M. Unkovski (director)
Ivan Unkovski, Vladimir Atanasov, Angela Nestorovska (producers)
Cinema Futura, Sektor Film

FIGURING LOVE, Israel
Avner Matsliah (director)
Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari (producers)
Black Sheep Film

GRACE FOR SALE, Turkey
Emre Sert, Gozde Yetiskin (directors)
Suzan Guverte (producers)
Guverte Film

MY FATHER’S SHOES, Bulgaria
Hristo Simeonov (director)
Katya Trichkova (producer)
Contrast Films

THE GENESIS HOTEL & SPA, UK
Ali Jaberansari (director)
Babak Jalali (producer)
Here & There Productions

THE GLASS HOUSE, Ukraine
Taras Dron (director)
Igor Savychenko, Valeria Sochyvets (producers)
Directory Films

TAKOTSUBO, Israel, France
Miki Polonski, (director)
Shira Hochman (producer)
MINA Films
Janja Kralj (co-producer)
Kinoelektron
Selected in partnership with Crossroads Co-production Forum

THE SUBLETTER, Germany
Caspar Newbolt (director)
Valerie Steinberg (producer)
Valerie Steinberg Production

THE TALENTLESS, Serbia
Radivoje Bukvić (director)
Jovana Jovičić (producer)
Prikaz Film

THE BLOC, Bulgaria
Viktor Chouchkov (director)
Viktor Chouchkov, Katya Trichkova (producers)
Chouchkov Brothers

THE GREAT MATCH, Poland
Filip Syczyński (director)
Tarik Hachoud (producer)
Selected in partnership with EAVE


PROJECTS IN BANK

69 METERS /AKA 22 METERS/, Bulgaria
Stefan Denolyubov (director)
Pavlina Jeleva (producer)
Geopoly

AQUA VITA, Turkey
Abdullah Sahin (director)
Halil Kardaş (producer)
Filmcode Production

BONGOLAND, Spain
Adrian Silvestre (director)
Alba Sotorra, Guillermina Ortega (producers)
Alba Sotorra Cinema Productions

CATANE, Romania
Ioana Micshie (director)
Sorin Baican (producer)
Studioset
Selected in partnership with Apulia Film Forum

DIRTY LAND, Portugal
Luis Campos (director)
Luis Campos (producer)
Bro Cinema
Selected in partnership with EAVE

HELLO, Turkey
Aren Perdeci and Ela Alyamaç (directors)
Kutsi Alyamaç, Ela Alyamaç, Aren Perdeci (producers)
Kara Kedi Film

LEE CHUN, Bulgaria
Stefan Tenev (director)
Darina Shopova (producer)
Bright Films

PLATEAU, Germany, Bulgaria, UK
Ilian Metev (director)
Ingmar Trost, Sutor Kolonko & Ilian Metev, Chaconna Films (producers)

SUMMER'S END
, Russia
Natalia Posovalova (director)
Alexander Mindadze, Liza Antonova (producers)
Passenger Film Studio

THE ELEVATOR, Bulgaria
Yassen Grigorov (director)
Borislav Chouchkov (producer)
Chouchkov Brothers

THE CONVULSIONS, France, Spain, Portugal
David Gutierrez Camps (director)
Luis Ortas Pau, Irena Lopez, Pablo Gregorio Venegas, Tathiana Sacilotto (producers)
IMY Prod, Timber Films, La Cinetica, Persona Non Grata

USUD, Serbia
Stefan Malešević (director)
Andrijana Sofranic Šućur (producer)
Set Sail Films


FIRST FILMS FIRST

A DESERVED KISS, Turkey
Murat Uğurlu (director)
Asena Bulduk (producer)

APOLLON BY DAY ATHENA BY NIGHT, Turkey
Emine Yildirim (director)
Dilde Mahalli (producer)

BLUE BANKS, Romania
Andreea Borțun (director)
Gabriela Suciu (producer)

EMBRYO, Serbia
Maša Šarović (director)
Jelena Šoškić (producer)

GLORY B., Greece 
Konstantinos Antonopoulos (director)
Fani Skartouli (producer)

LOST YEARS, Slovenia
Aron Horvath Botka (director)

NIGHT WAVES, Croatia
Filip Heraković (director)
Tamara Babun, Matija Drniković (producers)

YUGO FLORIDA, Serbia
Vladimir Tagić (director)
Marija Stojanović (producer)


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We are pleased to announce the Sofia Meetings 2021 selection for Works in Progress:

FICTION FEATURE FILMS

BO NAN ZA
Bulgaria
Andrey Getov (director)
Andrey Getov, Simeon Tsonchev (producers)
CineEye Pictures
Mono Collective

CHAMLA
Bulgaria
Victor Bojinov (director)
Galina Toneva (producer)
Gala Film

HOW I LEARNED TO FLY
Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria
Radivoje Andrić (director)
Maja Popović, Milan Stojanović (producers)
Sense Production, Kinorama, Silverart, Art Fest

I AM FINE, THANKS
Lithuania
Ernestas Jankauskas (director)
Gabija Siurbyte, Greta Akcijonaite (producers)
Dansu Films

JIRI
Bulgaria
Petya Yossifova (director)
Ivan Tonev (producer)
Ars Digital Studio

MIMI
North Macedonia
Darijan Pejovski (director)
Tomi Salkovski (producer)
Skopje Film Studio

MISS FUTURO
Spain
Antonio Morales (director)
Jon Arrospide (producer)
Antonio Morales PC

PETYA OF MY PETYA
Bulgaria
Alexander Kossev (director)
Nikolay Urumov (producer)
Band of Friends Pictures

PHI 1.618
Bulgaria, Canada
Teo Ushev (director)
Orlin Ruevski (producer)
Peripeteia

RHINO
Ukraine, Poland, Germany
Oleg Sentsov (director)
Denis Ivanov, Oleg Sentsov, Dariusz Jablonski,
Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, Heino Deckert (producers)
Arthouse Traffic, Krai Kinema, Apple Film Production, Ma.Ja.De

ROCK. SCISSORS. GRENADE.
Ukraine
Iryna Tsilyk (director)
Vladimir Yatsenko, Anna Sobolevska (producers)
Forefilms

SNOW WHITE DIES AT THE END
North Macedonia
Kristijan Risteski (director)
Darko Popov (producer)
Vertigo Visual

SPRING EQUINOX
Bulgaria
Ivan Pavlov (director)
Mariana Pavlova, Vesselka Kiryakova (producers)
АРТ 47, Red Carpet

THE GOOD DRIVER
Finland, Bulgaria
Tonislav Hristov (director)
Kaarle Aho (producer)
Making Movies Oy

THE SHORT STRAW
Bulgaria
Dimiter Petkov (director)
Ivan Tonev (producer)
Ars Digital Studio

THE WORD
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Beata Parkanová (director)
Vojtěch Frič, Maros Hecko, Ondrej Kulhánek, Peter Veverka (producers)
love.FRAME, Azyl Production, Bontonfilm Studios

VEGGIE GARDEN IN THE CONFLICT ZONE
Georgia
Besik Solomonashvili (director)
Besik Solomanashvili, Vladimer Katcharava (producers)
Bisstudia, Caucasian Film Service


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DOCUMENTARY FILMS

BEFORE THE END
Bulgaria
Eldora Traykova (director)
Assen Vladimirov (producer)
ProFilm

GO BACK!

Germany
Boris Despodov (director)
Nina Frese, Boris Despodov (producers)
Pandora Film, Arthouse Blockbusters

SEDIMENTS
Spain
Adrián Silvestre (director)
Adrián Silvestre, Javier Pérez Santana (producers)
Testamento, Adrián Silvestre Films

THE CARS WE DROVE INTO CAPITALISM
Bulgaria
Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov (directors)
Martichka Bozhilova (producer)
Agitprop

THE LAST OF THE SEAGULLS
Bulgaria
Tonislav Hristov (director)
Kaarle Aho (producer)
Making Movies Oy


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SHORTS

BREATHE
Bulgaria
Biser Jonev (director)
Biser Jonev, Delyana Angelova (producers)
Chapla, Visionary Foundation

FROM HERE TO THERE
Bulgaria
Georgi Martev (director)
Georgi Martev, Lyubomir Balabanov (producers)
Modern Minds Productions, EuroFilms

GOOD NIGHT, LILY
Bulgaria
Peter Vulchev (director)
Nevelin Vulchev, Peter Vulchev (producers)
Equal

SANTIAGO
Bulgaria
Andrey Koulev (director)
Assia Kovanova (producer)
Koulev Film Production

SHELL IN LOVE
Bulgaria
Svilen Dimitrov (director)
georgi Dimitrov, Ilian Djevelekov, Matey Konstantinov (producers)
Miramar Film

SPELL
Bulgaria
Victoria Karakoleva (director)
Lyubo Yonchev, Rosen Savkov, Mihail Mihailov (producers)
Four Elementz, Studio 1+1

WHOEVER
Bulgaria
Milko Yovchev (director)
Tihomira Temelkova (producer)
Replica