After a short pause due to the pandemic, this year Europa Distribution is finally back in Sofia to organise its traditional workshop during the Sofia Meetings, which this year is taking place from 6 to 12 June, two months after the celebration of the Sofia International Film Festival (read news). About 15 independent distributors coming from the 4 corners of Europe, will participate in this insightful workshop on "Effective Communication in Professional Interactions, Team Management and Negotiation" and will also take part in the Sofia Meetings' activities.

Efficient communication is a powerful tool to manage different contexts such as negotiation and professional interactions, which represent the daily work of distributors. It's a specific way to relate to other professionals and offers keys to cope with stress, time, needs, emotions and different personality types. Thanks to this specific workshop, which is built on theory, exercises, sharing of experience and situation analysis, attending distributors will identify the most effective styles of communicating and negotiating according to a specific situation and learn how to improve their communication skills in order to acquire, sell and promote films at best.

The workshop will take place during two and a half days, from 9 to 11 June and will be taught by Patrick Zacharis, Business Coach & Sustainable Talents Developer. Attending distributors will also participate in the Sofia Meetings activities: work in progress, market screenings of Bulgarian and Balkan films, meetings and professionals’ networking events.
 
The workshop on "Effective communication in Professional interactions, Team management and Negotiation" is part of a series of training and networking activities that Europa Distribution offers to independent distributors during the whole year, in partnership with several international film markets & festivals in Europe.

After the workshop in Sofia, Europa Distribution will continue discussing with independent distributors about the circulation of European independent films through its next workshops and panels in Karlovy Vary, Haugesund, San Sebastian, Rome, Amsterdam, and throughout the year, by participating in conferences and meetings with distributors and other professionals of the film ecosystem.