9th SOFIA MEETINGS INDUSTRY EVENTS
Monday, March 12th
13.00 – 14.00
World View PROJECT Development Fund
Presented by Phil Cox
Location: Festival Center Matti’D
Thursday, March 15th
10.00 – 17.00
WORKING SESSIONS
With Isabelle Fauvel
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia
(only for participants with projects)
16.00 – 18.00
Master class with the cult B-movie actress Nadejda Dobrev
Location: NATFA
17.30
UCLA ‘Herb Alpert School of Music’
Presented by its Director – Timothy Rice (USA)
Location: Czech Center
18.30 – 20.30
Robert Bosch Coproduction Prize Presentation
ROBERT BOSCH SHORTS
Location: Czech Center
Friday, March 16th
10.00 – 10.20
OPENING OF THE 9TH SOFIA MEETINGS
WHO IS WHO THE 9th SOFIA MEETINGS
Presentation of the industry experts and the participants
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
10.20 – 11.20
SECOND FILMS PITCHING
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
11.20 – 11.40
COFFEE BREAK
11.40 – 13.00
PLUS/MINUS ONE PITCHING
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
13.00 – 14.30
LUNCH
14.30 – 15.00
CINIFY ONLINE DISTRIBUTION
Presented by Chouchkov Brothers
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
15.00 – 15.30
OPERATION KINO Presentation
Presented by Ena Dozo, Stefan Kitanov, Tilman Scheel
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
15.30 – 16.00
Presentation of VODO
Presented by Jamie King and Jan von Meppen
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
16:00 – 17:00
BACKPACK FILMMAKING: GOING ALONE, THRIVING AND SURVIVING
A documentary workshop with Melody Gilbert
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Triaditza Hall 1
16.00 – 16.20
COFFEE BREAK
16.20 – 16.50
Presentation of IN VITRO – Talent Incubator, pilot project supported by MEDIA
Presented by Artemio Benki and Jan von Meppen
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
16.50 – 17.20
STEAL THIS FILM – The most pirated documentary film of all time
Talk with the director/producer Jamie King
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
17.30 – 18.30
POWER TO THE PRESS
Talk with Richard Lormand, Press Agent
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Triaditza 1 Hall
PARALEL PROGRAM
14.00 – 17.30
EUROPA DISTRIBUTION (closed event)
Workshop moderated by Eric Vicente
Location: Best Western Thrace Hotel, Conference Hall
SCREENINGS
10.30 – 20.00
CLOSED SCREENINGS OF BULGARIAN ‘WORK IN PROGRES’ FILMS
Location: NATFA Cinema
20.00
DINNER
Saturday, March 17
9.30 – 13:00
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
10.50 – 11.10
COFFEE BREAK
13.00 – 14.30
LUNCH
14.30 – 18.00
ONE TO ONE MEETINGS
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia Conference Hall
16.20 – 16.40
COFFEE BREAK
PARALEL PROGRAM
9.30 – 18.30
UNESCO FORUM (open event)
BALKAN VISIONS: CREATIVITY FOR THE FUTURE IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE
Location: The Central Army Club, 2nd floor
9.30 – 13.00
EUROPA DISTRIBUTION (closed event)
Workshop moderated by Eric Vicente
Location: Best Western Thrace Hotel, Conference Hall
15.00 – 16.00
Presentations of
APULIA FILM COMMISSION
Presented by Raffaella Delvecchio
and
MEDITERRANEAN COPRODUCTION FORUM
Presented by Alberto La Monica
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Triaditza Hall 1
17.00 – 18:30
HOW TO WRITE A PROJECT
Workshop by Martin Kiselov
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Triaditza Hall 1
SCREENINGS
9.30 – 18.30
CLOSED SCREENINGS OF BULGARIAN and BALKAN ‘WORK IN PROGRES’ FILMS
Location: NATFA Cinema
19.00
AWARDS CEREMONY OF THE 16TH SOFIA IFF
20.30
DINNER
22.00
CLOSING PARTY
March 16, 17, 18
10.00 – 19.00
VIDEO SCREENINGS
Video Library, Grand Hotel Sofia
Location: Grand Hotel Sofia, Sredetz Meeting Room