Sofia Meetings
Start date: May 18, 2015,
End date: May 17, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
Sofia Meetings is a co-production market in the framework of the Sofia IFF. It has two separate modules:- Fiction Feature Films Pitching – presentation of 1st, 2nd or 3rd fiction feature film projects to an international audience of producers, sales agents, distributors and film professionals in 3 programmes. The Feature Films Pitching consists of presentation of all invited decision makers, pitching of the projects followed by individual meetings and side bar events as panels, workshops, case studies, and master-classes with established filmmakers.- Balkan Screenings – presentation of the latest Bulgarian and regional films to festival programmers, sales agents, distributors and international press.Beside the main modules there is a workshop together with Europa Distribution, workshop with Europa Cinemas on Audience development, panels and presentations, presentation of Creative Europe and European training programmes, presentation of new trends in industry by key speakers.The aim of Sofia Meetings is to help projects of young upcoming European filmmakers to be developed and financed, to encourage and facilitate the co-productions between European countries, new regional films to find distribution in the EU countries, new European films to find distribution in the countries of CentEast Europe and countries not members of the EU.