With two festivals taking place in February and March 2013, Balkan films travel on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, giving the chance to audiences and professionals from New York and Los Angeles to watch some of the best latest films of the region.
The Sofia Independent Film Festival has two showcases every year, one in Sofia, where the latest world cinema arrives to the domestic audience, and one in New York with the new Bulgarian films. The mission of the Sofia Independent Film Festival is “to establish a cultural bridge between Bulgaria and America, to support the transfer of film professional and works, to popularize Bulgarian culture in the USA and the independent American culture in Bulgaria and to create a platform for networking and to support future co-productions.”
Still from the film Ave by Konstantin Bojanov
Zeki Demirkubuz`s Inside, based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky`s "Notes From Underground"
The purpose of LATFF is “to promote awareness of Turkish Cinema in the West Coast, to provide future networking relations among young filmmakers, and to give the creative crew members (Director, Writer, Producer and Director of Photography) the opportunity to showcase their work in the heart of Los Angeles.”
Mold, directed by Ali Aydin
In addition, the
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) is having its seventh edition this year and will be conducted from
June 6 to June 9 2013. The LAGFF presents feature films, documentaries and short films by Greek filmmakers and filmmakers of Greek descent worldwide, films about Greece, Greek and Cypriot productions or co-productions, as well as films by emerging US and local filmmakers with a prevalent Greek theme. Its foremost goal is to “promote Greek Cinema and cultural exchange while bridging the gap between Greek filmmakers and Hollywood”.
The call for entries is open,
submissions deadline for the 2013 Los Angeles Greek Film Festval is
February 23 (late: March 10).
