Just one week away, the third edition of MEDIA PLAY will bring the CEE region’s audiovisual content industry together under one roof at the InterContinental Hotel Sofia on April 23-25.

“From co-production opportunities to fresh content trends, from regional success stories to global distribution strategies - it’s all happening at MEDIA PLAY 2025. We’ve curated a truly boutique program that blends meaningful networking, learning, and expertise exchange - all in one place, designed to connect forward-thinking creators and decision-makers from Bulgaria and across the region,” said Didi Maximova, Head of the MEDIA PLAY Festival.

This year’s edition brings a lineup of panels, showcases, screenings, and masterclasses, featuring some of the brightest minds and exciting voices in the TV, film and digital business: Tim Crescenti, President, Small World IFT (USA), Anna Rohde, International Creative Executive, Beta Film (Germany), Tereza Bóna Keilová, Producer, Documentaries HBO Original CEE (Czech Republic), Martichka Bozhilova, Producer, Agitprop (Bulgaria), Hicran Lefort, MIP Markets Sales Director (France), Goran Stanković and Vladimir Tagić, Directors and Creators of hit series Operation Sbre”, This and That Productions (Serbia), Ivan Hristov and Andrey Arnaudov, producers of the highest-grossing Bulgaria film Gundi: Legend of Lov”, Medium Station (Bulgaria), Martina Petrović, Head of the Creative Europe MEDIA Desk (Croatia), Teodora Markova, Film and TV writer (Bulgaria), Javor Gardev, Director (Bulgaria), Vanja Džaferović, TV personality and host (Bulgaria), and many others.

Check out all the speakers here!

And that’s not all - a very special evening awaits for everyone on April 24! Get your networking skills ready and join the MEDIA PLAY Party - next Thursday at Gurko Rooftop, start at 20.30!