09/03/2018 - The teams behind the 29 selected projects will meet with film professionals over the course of four days, from 15-18 March

The industry platform of the Sofia International Film Festival (7-18 March), Sofia Meetings, recently announced the 29 projects in its selection. The teams behind these projects, many hailing from European countries and all of them first, second or third features, will meet with more than 150 industry executives from different parts of the world during the four-day industry event.

A further eight first-film projects will be presented in the First Films First event. Here is the full list of the projects competing for awards:

Second Film Projects 

Amnesty [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Jonas Karasek (Slovakia)
Producers: Maroš Hečko, Nataša Ďuričová, Peter Veverka (Azyl Production)

Beggar - Nadejda Koseva (Bulgaria)
Producer: Vladimir Andreev (Borough Film)

Bunker - György Kristóf (Slovakia)
Producers: Katarína Krnačova, György Kristóf (Silverart)

Duo - Meritxell Colell (Spain)
Producer: Belén Sánchez (Polar Star Films) 

Earthquake - Idan Haguel (Israel)
Producers: Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari (Black Sheep Film Productions) 

The Crown of Creation - László Csuja, Anna Nemes (Hungary)
Producer: András Muhi (FocusFox Studio) 

Plus Minus One Projects

Crissea IV - Vladimir Dembinski (Romania)
Producer: Tudor Giurgiu (Libra Film Productions)

Ja Sam Ana - Ado Hasanovic (Italy)
Producer: Massimo D'orzi (Il Gigante Cinema)

March.April.May - Andrey Gryazev (Russia)
Producer: Vlad Ketkovich (Ethnoscope)

Saving One Who Was Dead - Václav Kadrnka (Czech Republic)
Producer: Václav Kadrnka (Sirius Film) 

The Good Driver - Tonislav Hristov (Bulgaria/Finland)
Producers: Kaarle Aho (Making Movies), Andrea Stanoeva (Soul Food)

The Pass - Siddiq Barmak (Georgia/France)
Producers: George Ovashvili (Wagonnet), Guillaume de Seille (Arizona Films)

The Pleasure Is All Mine - Sacha Amaral (Brazil/Argentina)
Producer: Tomás Cohen (Ritmo Visual Filmes) 

To Flee - Lubomir Bakchev (Bulgaria/France)
Producers: Rossitsa Valkanova (Klas Film), Éric Nebot (Eagle Team Entertainment), Frédéric Jove (Les Films Velvet)

Wolf - Nathalie Biancheri (Ireland)
Producer: Jessie Fisk (Feline Films)

Projects in Bank

Avanos - Panagiotis Charamis (Greece) 
Producer: Konstantinos Baliotis (2D2R)

Azis (working tittle) - Niya Aleksandrova, Dimitar Gochev (Bulgaria)
Producer: Dimitar Gochev (Dreams Industry) 

Darkling [+see also:
film review
interview: Dušan Milić
film profile] - Dusan Milic (Serbia/Bulgaria)
Producer: Snezana Penev (Film Deluxe Intl)

Defining Oliver - Vladimir Mitrevski (Macedonia)
Producer: Ognen Antov (Dream Factory)

How I Learned to Fly - Radivoje Andrić (Serbia)
Producers: Maja Popovic, Milan Stojanovic (Sense Production)

Orange - Barış Kaya (Turkey)
Producer: Bilal Bağcı (Peri Istanbul) 

Patrol Cars - Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria)
Producers: Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova (Argo Film) 

Jewish Girl - Sharon Bar Ziv (Israel/Bulgaria)
Producer: Borislav Chouchkov (Chouchkov Brothers)

The Kids Are Coming - Mustafa Nuri (Turkey/France) 
Producers: Sezgi Üstün San, Özlem Özçelik (Sezzfilm), Daniel Chabannes (Epicentre Films) 

The Trojan Crisis - François Nouguies (Bulgaria/France)
Producer: Martichka Bozhilova (Agitprop) 

The Other Side of the Story - Münir Karataş (Turkey)
Producer: Nurcan Güzel (Mor Film)

The Storm before the Calm - Marcin Bortkiewicz (Poland)
Producer: Sebastian Petryk (PS Film)

This Is Awful - Lyubomir Pechev (Bulgaria)
Producer: Alexander Kenanov (B2Y Productions)

Yarushka - Valentin Ganev (Bulgaria)
Producers: Evtim Miloshev, Luybomir Neykov, Ivan Spasov, Gabriel Georgiev (Dream Team Films) 

First Films First 

Dajna - Christos Netsos (Albania)
Producer: Ermir Keta (Anima Pictures Tirana)

Inventory [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Darko Sinko
film profile] - Darko Sinko (Slovenia)
Producer: Vlado Bulajić (December Film)

Life Beats Reality - Andreea Vălean (Romania)
Producer: Andreea Vălean (Amoidee) 

Man and Dog [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ştefan Constantinescu
film profile] - Ştefan Constantinescu (Romania/Sweden)
Producers: Ada Solomon, Diana Paroiu (Hi Film Productions), Jörgen Andersson (Doppelganger)

Mnk Boy - Mete Gümürhan (Turkey/Netherlands)
Producers: Zeynep Aşkın Korkmaz, Kaan Korkmaz, Bas Broertjes, Aydin Dehzad (Kaliber Film, Filmalti)

Murina - Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Croatia)
Producer: Zdenka Gold (Spiritus Movens) 

Peter and the Wolf - Thanasis Neofotistos (Greece)
Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti (Argonauts Productions) 

Zuhal [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Nazli Elif Durlu (Turkey)
Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu (Istos Film)