28
Feb
2024

21st Sofia Meetings Selected Projects

Here you can find the selection of projects of the 21st Sofia Meetings. We support talents to bring their stories to the screen!

SECOND FILMS

ARCADIAN SHEPHERDS – director Daniel Florêncio, producers Nancy Kokolaki, Dionyssis Samiotis, Nefeli Zygopoulou / Tanweer Productions (Greece), I Made It Films (UK)

BALLERINA SHOES – director Teodor Kuhn, producers Jakub Viktorín, Tomáš Hrubý / nutprodukcia s.r.o. (Slovakia)
LÀSTIMA – director Mario Piredda, producer Chiara Galloni / Articolture (Italy)
SURVIVING PÖLKWITZ – director Jannis Alexander Kiefer, producers Paula Elina Klossner, Stephen Buske / Tidewater Pictures (Germany)


PLUS MINUS ONE 

BAREFOOT BULL – director Petar Krumov, producer Rossitsa Valkanova / Klas Film (Bulgaria)
BEAR HUG – director Alexandros Skouras, producers Eleni Oulani, Lina Yannopoulou / Argonauts Productions (Greece) (in partnership with MFI)
BOYS’ GAME – director Corinna Avraamidou, producer Andros Achilleos / Seahorse Film Productions (Cyprus)
DEATH IS FOR THE LIVING – director Kristiyan Bozov, producers Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov / Abraxas Film (Bulgaria)
HEARTBEAT - director Sergej Waldrat, producers Samaya Hillenbrand, Thomas Hillenbrand / Doghouse Filmproductions (Germany), Mew Movies (Azerbaijan), Quiet Revolution Pictures  (Canada)
I WILL DRINK WITH THE BEES - director Léa Triboulet, producer Jérôme Blesson / La Belle Affaire Productions (France)
LADY SUNSHINE - director Anna Korom, producer Anna Szijártó / Kinomoto Kft. (Hungary) (in partnership with Crossroads Co-Production Forum)
PORTRAIT OF FORTUNA - director Tomasz Jurkiewicz, producer Magdalena Sztorc / Before My Eyes (Poland) (in partnership with EAVE)
REPORT ON THE MIRACLES OF THE EARTH – director Carlos Conceição, producers João Matos, Kamen Velkovsky, Carlos Conceição / Terratreme (Portugal), Alaz Film (Bulgaria), Mirabilis (Angola)
SYDNEY SMILE FUTURE PERFECT - director Gregoris Rentis, producers Mando Stathi, Myrto Stathi/ BYRD (Greece) (in partnership with EAVE)
THE MIRACLE NUMBER THREE -  director Grzegorz Jaroszuk, producers Alicja Gancarz, Magdalena Zimecka / ORKA (Poland)
THIS BROKEN WORLD - director Richard Keane, producer Richard Keane / Out Left Productions (Ireland) TBC (Finland)
VESTIGE – director Rita Krasniqi, producer Jon Gojani / Kot Productions (Kosovo)



TV SERIES

BRAIN DRAIN
 – producer Maja Popovic / Sense Production (Serbia) (in partnership with MIDPOINT)
SPARE LIFE – director Boris Despodov, producer Boris Despodov / Arthouse Blockbusters (Bulgaria, Germany)
LITTLE RED FOX – director Nuria Gómez Garrido, producer Hector Ulloque / Chakalaka Films (France)
THE GENE OF DOUBT – director Zornitsa Sophia, producer Krastyo Lambev / Concept Studio (Bulgaria)
THE SHEPHERD – director Filippos Tsitos, producers Stelios Mavrodontis, Nicholas Alavanos / Filmiki Productions (Greece)


PROJECTS IN BANK

EMIL 
– director Yana Titova, producers Ivan Hristov, Andrei Arnaudov / Medium Station (Bulgaria)
FLY! – director Zornitsa Sophia, producer Zornitsa Sophia / MQ Pictures (Bulgaria)
IN THE MEANTIME – director Gordan Matic, producers Gordan Matic, Ales Pavlin, Riccardo Di Pasquelle / Re-Kreativno dud (Serbia)
MOTHER TONGUE – director Caterina Biasiucci, producer Antonella di Nocera, Claudia Canfora / Parallelo 41 Produzioni (Italy), Tangaj Film (Romania)
LAZARUS – directors Dimitris Georgiev, Mariy Rosen, producers Teodora Mladenova, Elena Doroshenko / New European Entertainment (Bulgaria)
NATURE MORTE – director Elena Rubashevska, producers Arne Dahr, Veronika Kryzhna / IE Kryzhna (Ukraine), Lightsource Film Productions (Norway)
PANNA SOPHIA/COMENIUS – director Václav Kadrnka, producers Václav Kadrnka, Simona Kadrnková / Sirius Films (Czech Republic)
PETER DEUNOV - THE TEACHER – director Dimitar Gotchev, producers Dimitar Gotchev, Zlatina Filipova / Elbur Films (Bulgaria)
RAHMA - director Faysal Soysal, producer Faysal Soysal, Ivan Tonev / Balkon Film (Türkiye), ARSDIGITAL (Bulgaria)
WOMANISER – directors Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva, producers Velesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva, Julie Baines / Activist38 (Bulgaria), Dan Films (UK)