New feature films by Serbia's Dusan Milic, Estonia's Ilmar Raag and Germany's Marc Meyer are among 22 projects being presented at the fifth edition of the Sofia Meetings pitching forum for second feature films from March 13-16.

For the first time this year, three of the projects selected for pitching at the Sofia Meetings are from participants of the EAVE producer training programme: Jean-Julien Chervier's White Grass, Toby Braeuhauser's Come In, and Ignas Miskinis's Low Lights.

The selection of projects are divided into a main and additional programme:

Main Programme

Afterwards (UK), dir: Kivmars Bowling, prod co: Dog Animal Films

Come In (Germany), dir: Toby Braeuhauser, prod co: Kinoherz

For A Foreign Country (Germany), dir: Niels Laupert, prod co: Sicsit Film

Former People (Slovakia), dir: Robert Sveda, prod co: D.N.A. Production

Immigrants (Poland), dir: Dariusz Jablonski, prod co: Apple Film Production

Low Lights (Lithuania), dir: Ignas Miskinis, prod co: Tremora

Medal Of Honour (Romania), dir: Calin Peter Netzer, prod co: Hi Film

Neon (Bulgaria), dir: Javor Gordev, prod co: Peripeteia

One More Croissant (Estonia), dir: Ilmar Raag, prod co: Amrion OU

Simple Simon (Austria), dir. Robert Pejo, prod co: Zeitsprung Entertainment

Trixy (Romania), dir: Tudor Giurgiu, prod co: Libra Film

White Grass (France), dir: Jean-Julien Chervier, prod co: Play Film
Additional Programme

Eastern Plays (Bulgaria), dir: Kamen Kalev, prod co: Waterfront Film

False Witness (Bulgaria), dir: Iglika Trifonova, prod co: Klas Film

Hello, How Are You' (Romania), dir: Alexandru Maftei, prod co: Tudor Reu

Love In Your Hand (Germany), dir: Marc Meyer, prod co: mi-ko Film

Ogre (Latvia/Austria), dir: Alexander Hahn, prod co: Ego Media

Personal Drama (Bulgaria), dir: Valentin Goshev, prod co: Gala Film

Sneakers (Bulgaria), dirs: Ivan Vladimirov and Valeri Yordanov, prod co: Gala Film

The File Petrov (Bulgaria) dir: Georgi Balabanov, prod co: Camera Ltd.

Travelator (Serbia), dir: Dusan Milic, prod co: Film Deluxe International

Zincograph (Bulgaria), dir: Javor Gordev, prod co: Peripeteia

Potential international partners attending the pitchings will include the producers Marc Baschet (ASAP), Danijel Hocevar (Emotionfilm), Herbert Schwering (Coin Film), Karl Baumgartner (Pandora Film), sales agents Sasha Wieser (EastWest Filmdistribution) and Tobias Pausinger (Match Factory), Irish Film Board CEO Simon Perry and MDM's Oliver Rittweger.

In addition, there will be a number of special events including Volker Schloendorff in conversation about cinema with Jean-Claude Carriere, screenwriter on the German director's last feature Ulzhan and the Bulgarian project The File Petrov, UK filmmaker Dom Rotheroe on Digital Cinema, Nik Powell unveiling 'the Gospel according to Nik Powell' about producing, and Lance Pettitt giving an overview of the current state of Irish cinema.

The Meetings will also host a reunion of the filmmakers Cristian Mungiu, Jasmila Zbanic, Nadejda Koseva, Stefan Arsenijevic, Kornel Mundruczo, and Mait Laas from the Lost and Found omnibus film which had its world premiere as the opening film of the Berlinale's Forum in 2005.

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