13-03-2014

FNE at SIFF 2014: Twelve Projects Participate in Sofia Meetings

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    SOFIA: Eight fiction and four documentary works-in-progress will be presented at the Sofia Meetings, running 13-16 March 2014.

    The eight feature fiction films are:

    BARELY AN OCEAN
    Bulgaria, 120 min
    A young man returns to the deserted house of his deceased parents to confront his past and his inner demons, before his ultimate departure.

    DIRECTOR
    Pavel G. Vesnakov
    PRODUCERS
    Monica Balcheva, Konstantin Bojanov
    PRODUCTION
    Argentum Lux Films

    CONTACT
    Argentum Lux Films
    Tel: + 359 886 785 534 / + 1 646 479 9345
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    Tel: + 359 878 889 282
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    BUFFER ZONE
    Bulgaria, 120 min
    “ME” – the main character, Todor Cherkezov, has survived an automobile accident in which his wife was killed. He himself has been left half-blind. A man of vision, he “envisions” several dreams, through which he realizes his own guilt and finally arrives at mercy.

    DIRECTOR
    Georgi Djulgerov
    PRODUCER
    Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva
    PRODUCTION
    Front Film

    CONTACT
    Front Film Ltd.
    Tel: + 359898552388
    Tel: + 359888325022
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    PANAMA
    Serbia, 100 min
    Jovan, an occasional student and a womanizer, starts dating Maja casually. Slowly, her mysterious and shady behavior intrigues him. Following videos and clues over the social networks, Jovan finds indications of Maja's parallel life. In the web of lies, pride, jealousy and passionate sex, Jovan loses himself only to find who Maja really is.

    DIRECTOR
    Pavle Vučković
    PRODUCER
    Tatjana Žeželj Gojković
    PRODUCTION
    Collapse Films

    CONTACT
    Collapse Films
    Tel: +381600287671
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    THE JUDGEMENT
    Bulgaria-Germany-Croatia-Macedonia, 2014, 115 min
    This is the story of Mityo and his son Vasko, who live in a poor area, near to the Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek Border. Mityo lost everything that mattered to him – his wife, his work, the confidence of his son, Vasko. In order to get him back, Mityo has to find forgiveness and pay for his sin, done 25 years ago.

    DIRECTOR
    Stephan Komandarev
    PRODUCER
    Stephan Komandarev, Boris T. Matic, Angela Nestorovska, Vladimir Anastasov, Alexander Rijs, Christine Haupt, Katya Trichkova, Polly Gencheva
    PRODUCTION
    Argo Film, Neue Mediopolis Filmroduktion, Propeler Film, Sektor Film

    CONTACT
    Argo Film
    Tel: + 359 878 308 238
    Tel: + 359 879 815 542
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    THE LESSON
    Bulgaria, 100 min
    In a small Bulgarian town Nadezhda, a young teacher, is looking for the robber in her class so she can teach him a lesson about right and wrong. But when she gets in debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself?

    DiRECTORS
    Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
    PRODUCERS
    Magdelena Ilieva, Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
    PRODUCTION
    Abraxas Film Ltd

    CONTACT
    Abraxas Film Ltd
    Tel: + 359 884120775
    Tel: + 359 885733928
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    THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL
    Bulgaria, 110 min
    When the last hope is desperately away, the only salvation is Miracle.

    DIRECTOR
    Kostadin Bonev
    PRODUCERS
    Georgi Balkanski, Vladimir Andreev
    PRODUCTION
    Borough Film
    CO-PRODUCTION
    Magic Shop, ET Popov, E and G Grip, Bulgarian National TV, Supported by the National Film Center

    CONTACT
    Borough Film
    Tel: + 359 888920114
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    THE WOMAN OF MY LIFE
    Bulgaria, 108 min
    5 year old Azad (Kurd from Iraq) is engaged to his cousin Vian but war separates them. 15 years later he accidentally meets her on his way to Europe and falls in love with her without recognizing she is actually his fiancée. Vian, however, is involved in a deadly political game and cannot reveal herself to him. Azad tries to save her at any cost - even if they remain separated forever. Will love once again prove to be stronger than terrorism?

    DIRECTOR
    Antoniy Donchev
    PRODUCER
    Ivan Tonev
    PRODUCTION
    ARS Digital Studio

    CONTACT
    ARS Digital Studio
    Tel/Fax: + 35928468361
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    TRAVELATOR
    Serbia, 99 min
    A teenage assassin working as a killer for a criminal gangs, sets out on a long voyage from Serbia to gun down a witness under security protection program, who luxuriates in the artificial worlds of Las Vegas.

    DIRECTOR
    Dusan Milic
    PRODUCERS
    Dusan Milic, Goran Susljik
    PRODUCTION
    Film Deluxe, Eye to Eye

    CONTACT
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    The four documentary projects are:

    LIFE IS AN ETERNAL SWING
    Belgium-Bulgaria, 90 min
    Marked by the chaotic history of Bulgaria, a female vocal trio and their musicians are trying to live a normal life in an abnormal country. They shed the grains of memories, hopes and dreams of a generation, which refuses to be lost.

    DIRECTOR
    André Chandelle
    PRODUCER
    Serge Kestemon, Véra Chandelle, Rossitsa Valkanova
    PRODUCTION
    Fabrikata Film Production

    CONTACT
    Fabrikata Film Production
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    LISTEN
    Bulgaria, 80 min
    The American funded Radio Free Europe was a big "enemy" of communist Bulgaria until 1989.
    Why was Radio Free Europe so dangerous?
    "Listen" takes the viewer on a journey through history by mixing together archive footage never seen and heard before.

    DIRECTOR
    Diana Ivanova
    PRODUCER
    Albena Kovatcheva
    PRODUCTION
    ACTINK

    CONTACT
    Actink
    Tel: + 359 899 967 899
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    LOVE AND ENGINEERING
    Finland-Germany-Bulgaria, 80 min
    Digital geeks looking for analogue love.

    DIRECTOR
    Tonislav Hristov
    PRODUCERS
    Kaarle Aho, Thomas Tielsch, Martichka Bozhilova
    PRODUCTION
    Making Movies Oy, Filmtank GmbH, AGITPROP

    CONTACT
    Agitprop
    Tel: + 359 2 983 14 11
    Fax: + 359 2 983 19 29
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    THE JAPANESE SANDMAN Bulgaria-France, 51 min
    "The Japanese Sandman" is a documentary film about a dance marathon staged at the French MAC/VAL museum during the year 2011. This event was inspired by Horace McCoy`s novel "They Shoot Horses, Don`t They?" and the type of dance marathons popular within the Great Depression of the 1930s.

    DiRECTOR
    François Nouguies
    PRODUCERS
    Stéphanie Airaud, Patricia Brignone, Antonie Bergemeier
    PRODUCTION
    Le Dernier Film Prod

    CONTACT
    Le Dernier Film Prod
    Tel: + 33685183464
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