PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT SELECTED AT 23rd SOFIA MEETINGS 2026
We’re excited to announce the selection for Projects in Development for Sofia Meetings!
FEATURE FILM PROJECTS
CAROLINA'S DREAM – director TBD, producer Stella Leonetti / Hip Film (Italy)
FATHERS – director Martin Iliev, producer Angel Ivanov / Handplayed (Bulgaria)
HEAVY LIGHT – director Stefan Koutzev, producer Stefan Koutzev / Lautmalfilm (Germany), Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Germany)
HER STORY – director Florian Hoffmeister, producer Titus Kreyenberg / Unafilm (Germany)
IN THOSE DARKEST NIGHTS – director Gozde Kural, producers Gözde Kural, Bulut Reyhanoğlu / Toz Film Production (Turkey), Svetla Tsotsorkova / Front Film (Bulgaria)
PLACEHOLDER – director Višnja Sretenović, producer Biljana Prvanović / Delirium Films (Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia)
RECONSTRUCTION – director Matt Harlock, producer Dan Dixon / Snafu Pictures (UK)
ROBBING BEIRUT – director Katia Jarjoura, producer Michel Zana / Blue Train Films (France, Lebanon)
Selected in partnership with Crossroads Co-production Forum
SPY PASSIONS – director Roman Pessarov, producers Noura Al Kadri / Hot Potato, Roman Pessarov / PLONJ (Bulgaria)
THE ART OF SPITTING – director Korek Bojanowski, producer Marta Krzeptowska / AsterFilm (Poland), Orka, ViuFinder (Poland)
THE KORDYS CASE – director Ondřej Zima, producer Silvie Michajlova / Film Kolektiv (Czech Republic), Zuzana Mistríková / PubRes (Slovakia)
THE LAST GAME – director Andrei Redinciuc, producers Bogdan Crăciun, Eliza Ceprăzaru / Point Film (Romania)
THE POT, THE LID AND THE NURSE – director Vardan Tozija, producer Ivana Shekutkoska / Minimal Collective (North Macedonia)
PROJECTS BASED ON BOOKS
LONG DEAD – director Milija Šćepanović, producer Milena Charan / Taurus Production (Montenegro), Boris T. Matic / Propeler Film (Croatia), Ognen Antov / Dream Factory (North Macedonia), Igor Vranjkovic / Cineplanet (Serbia)
Selected in partnership with EAVE
GIGA MAKES A SEA – director Strahinja Savić, producer Andrija Lucić / Ground (Serbia, Montenegro)
TV SERIES
BENEATH THE SURFACE – creator Asimina Proedrou, director Asimina Proedrou, producer Dionyssis Samiotis / Tanweer Productions (Greece), 8 x 50 minutes, Political Thriller
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD – creator Pedro Magano, director João Nuno Pinto, producer Nuno Bernardo, Pedro Magano / Pixbee (Portugal), 6 x 50 minutes, Tragicomedy
WITNESSES – creators Pavel G. Vesnakov, Simeon Vencislavov, director Pavel G. Vesnakov, producers Evtim Miloshev, Pavel G. Vesnakov / Dream Team Group (Bulgaria), 12 x 54 minutes, Crime drama
PROJECTS IN BANK
A SECOND LIFE (documentary) – director Ehab Ghafri, producer Simona Theoharova / Caravan Fantasia (Bulgaria)
DETELINA – director Yordan Chichikov, producers Irmena Chichikova, Nikolay Mutafchiev / Gemini Films (Bulgaria)
MISSING. STORIES OF DISAPPEARANCE AT EUROPE’S EDGE (documentary) – director Cecilia Fasciani, producer Marta Melina / SMK Factory (Italy)
SOFIYA – director Dimitar Radev, producers Hristo Dimitrov, Dimitar Radev / Palipest Films (Bulgaria)
SONGS OF RESILIENCE (documentary) – director Kate Kotcheff, producer Elena Doroshenko (Bulgaria)
SOUNDS OF MIGRATION (documentary) – director Danny Baquero Betancourt, Lilia Manolova, producer Wilmer Moya / Green Castle (France, Bulgaria, Colombia)
1000 DAYS – director Andre Chandelle, producer Vera Chandelle / Fabrikata (Bulgaria)
View the projects at our co-production market section here.
