Sofia Meetings – Special Opportunity for EAVE producers
Call for Applications
Dear EAVE producers,
For those of you who wish to attend Sofia Meetings, please don't miss the deadline coming up soon: March 7, 2012.
EAVE is delighted to be partner of the 9th Sofia Meetings, taking place from March 15-18, 2012 within the framework of the Sofia International Film Festival.
Sofia Meetings, supported by the MEDIA programme of the EU, aims to promote new projects from young European filmmakers and new films from Bulgaria and the Balkan region to European film festivals, sales agents and distributors. Sofia Meetings has two separate modules:
Project Pitching – presentation of first, second and third feature film projects looking for financial support and cooperation. The programme consists of pitching of the projects, followed by one to one meetings. The official selection includes 14 - 16 film projects, pitched by directors and producers to invited industry experts. There will be an additional programme of projects in bank that are presented by one to one meetings only.
Balkan Screenings – showcase of the latest Bulgarian and regional feature and short films for directors and programmers from different international festivals, world sales companies, distributors and journalists.
More than 50 new films and work-in-progress will be screened in the Balkan Films Showcase along with selected short films programmes. More than 150 producers, distributors, representatives of the film markets, film funds, TV buyers and other film professionals from Europe and the region, as well as representatives of the key film will attend the event.
UNESCO Venice Office, in cooperation with the Sofia International Film Festival will hold on Saturday 17 March a regional forum entitled Balkan visions: Creativity for the future in South-East Europe.This forum aims at enhancing the debate of the role of culture and creativity in fostering sustainable development, social cohesion and integration in South-Eastern Europe. It will bring together a group of artists and creators who are contributing to the renovation and reshaping of the intellectual and artistic contemporary scene in South-East Europe.
Additional events such as workshops, training programs and funding bodies presentations will happen in the time of Sofia Meetings, e.g. a presentations of IN VITRO - pilot project supported by Media and Apulia Film Commission.
Special opportunity for EAVE Producers:Thanks to our partnership with Sofia Meetings, we are able to offer 6 EAVE producers privileged access in order to meet regional filmmakers and their projects. The selected 6 EAVE producers will be invited by the festival (accommodation and accreditation). In addition, an EAVE 2011 projects will be presented at the Second Films Pitching.
If you are interested, please send a short CV, company profile and motivation statement to tina@eave.org before March 7, 2012.
For further information, please see http://siff.bg/sofiameetings/
Page published 1 March 2012.
