THURSDAY, MARCH 21
PARALLEL PROGRAMME
17.00 – 18.00
INDUSTRY TALKS (SUSTAINABILITY)
Sofia Meetings & Crossroads Co-production Forum
in partnership with ACE, EAVE, MIDPOINT, MFI present:
DRIVING CHANGE THROUGH STORYTELLING
With Danielle Guirguis, Dutch delegate to the European Film Academy's Sustainability Network (ASN), SMARTHOUSE, ACE (Netherlands)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 1, 1st floor
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
PARALLEL PROGRAMME
14.30 – 15.30
BOOKS ADAPTATION: FOCUS BULGARIA
With Georgi Gospodinov, The International Booker Prize Winner, 2023 – ‘Time Shelter’ (Bulgaria)
Krasi Lozanov, Janet 45, Publishing House (Bulgaria)
Isabelle Fauvel, Initiative Film (France)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 1, 1st floor
15.30 – 16.30
THE DISEMBODIMENT OF IMMERSIVE, THE SEXUALITY OF AVATARS AND OUR REAL LIFE
Michel Reilhac, programmer of Venice Immersive /Venice IFF/ and Head of studies for Venice Biennale College Cinema and Cinema VR, (Italy), Melange, (Netherlands), Kinooni/Made in Lamu, (Kenya)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 2, 1st floor
16.30 – 17.00
CHAOS
INDUSTRY-LEADING TOOLS FOR EVERY VISION
With Albena Ivanova, Chaos - Director, Media & Entertainment and Strategic Products (Bulgaria)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 1, 1st floor
17.00 – 18.00
CASTING ACROSS BORDERS: STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
With Luci Lenox, casting director and founder of the Actors Home (Ireland/Spain)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 2, 1st floor
18.00 – 19.00
THINK TANK BALKANS – CO-PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES
With Peter Todorov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian National Film Center
Blerta Zeqiri, Director of the Cinematographic Center of Kosovo
Ilinka Teodorescu, International Relations of the Romanian Film Center
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 1, 1st floor
SATURDAY, MARCH 23
PARALLEL PROGRAMME
11.30 – 13.00
MEDIA desk Bulgaria Point of View
PRODUCING AND FUNDING CINEMA IN THE NEW ERA.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Blockchains are reshuffling the cards of the industry.
From production to distribution, new standards
are emerging.
With Alexandre Glas from Maison St Germain, Paris (France)
Kamen Balkanski from the MEDIA desk Bulgaria
Clara Ilieva from Digital Connection Media Agency (Bulgaria)
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor
13.30 – 17.30
VR HUB SOFIA MEETINGS
Virtual Reality Showcase
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor
15.00 – 16.00
NEUROSCIENCE TO THE RESCUE OF STORYTELLERS
With Domenico La Porta, writer and chief editor of Cineuropa (Belgium)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 1, 1st floor
16.10 – 16.40
VENETO FILM COMMISSION
With Jacopo Chessa, CEO of the Veneto Film Commission (Italy)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall 1, 1st floor
17.00 – 18.00
MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
With Alvaro Vega (Spain)
GHS, Triaditsa Hall, 1st floor
SUNDAY, MARCH 24
PARALLEL PROGRAMME
12.30 – 13.00
E-TALENTA CASTING PLATFORM
With Simona Theoharova, filmmaker (Germany/Bulgaria)
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor
14.00 – 15.30
HOW TO WRITE A PROJECT
With Martin Kisselov (Bulgaria)
GHS, Serdica Hall, 1st floor