a workshop for up-and-coming film professionals
For its 8th edition, SOFA – School of Film Advancement is looking for up to eight film initiators, cultural managers, entrepreneurs, facilitators and catalysts with unique project ideas in the audiovisual world.
Selected participants will be trained in various creative ways to reach local and international cinema-goers and they will be given the opportunity to make connections beyond borders. With the help of experienced lecturers, SOFA participants will receive tailor-made coaching, enabling them to realise their dream project in an efficient manner.
SOFA is looking for professionals with previous experience in cultural management from Central or Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the republics of South Caucasus, Greece, Israel, Germany, or the MENA region.
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professionals with previous experience in cultural management.
from Central or Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the republics of South Caucasus, Greece, Israel, Germany, or the MENA region planning to establish a …
film festival, film fund, film commission / promotion, a project in digital distribution, a cinema theater, film museum / archive, film association, a project connected to copyright law, a print or online film magazine, VoD-platform, a a training initiative or another creative project in the field of film culture management
If we drummed up your interest, submit the following documents (in English) to us: office@joinsofa.org:
max. two pages of project description: what’s your project idea about? What’s your
motivation? Where will the project be located and why? Tell us about your objectives and
tell us what’s so new and unique about your project! Why it is you who can make it?
a one-pager on the budget–not necessarily worked out, just some ideas about costs and how to finance your project
a professional biography and background info on how you got involved working in film
Founder and Director:
Nikolaj Nikitin
Supervision:
Berenika Partum
Project Manager:
Katarzyna von Matthiessen
Project Manager Georgia:
Tamara Tatishvili
Project Manager Poland:
Martyna Słomińska
Project Manager Lithuania:
Justė Michailinaitė
Editorial Office:
Oliver Baumgarten
Werner Busch
Social Media Management:
Werner Busch
Photography:
Ali Ghandtschi – www.ghandtschi.de
Videos:
Max von Matthiessen
