20 selected international festivals, which the Sofia International Film Festival visits through the year:
Rotterdam – January
Berlin – February
Istanbul – April
Wiesbaden – April
Cannes – May
Cluj – June
Moscow – June
Karlovy Vary – June
Sarajevo – July
Yerevan – July
Jerusalem – July
Locarno – August
Venice – August/September
San Sebastian – September
Warsaw – October
Ghent – October
London – October
Cottbus – November
Thessaloniki – November
Talinn – November/December
SIFF's director Stefan Kitanov and SIFF's deputy director and head of Sofia Meetings, Mira Staleva, travel mostly on those festivals. In some years, the list varies and the festivals in the following cities could be visited instead some of the above mentioned: Trieste, Plzen, Vilnius, Vologda, Odessa, Sankt Peterburg, London, Mar De Plata, Gijon, Lece, Bari, Adana, Torino, etc.