Sofija Sztepanov
Sofija Sztepanov is an award winning filmmaker with short films that have been shown at prestigious
22/04/2022
TorinoFilmLab, here we come!!
Over the moon to announce that “Foreigners’ Club”, my first feature film project as a Writer-Director, has been selected for the Torino Film Lab’s Comedy Program!!
Along with 19 other projects, I will have the immense pleasure to work with talented peers and a tutor with a substantial international experience as a script consultant, aiming to implement the fundamental techniques and skills necessary to develop and produce successful comedy feature films.
“Foreigners’ Club” is a comedy project that I’ve been working on very hard (resulting in my disappearance from social media 😅) in the past year with the mentorship of my fantastic Producer Kamen Velkovsky and Alaz Film.
Can’t wait to share more 🥰

20/04/2022
The feature film CLY I’m attached to as a Director received it’s first laurel 👏🏻
Congratulations to writer and our executive producer !
22/09/2021
Honored to receive the news that our music video - To My Haters by The Anahit - is going to the Hungarian Music Video Awards - Magyar Klipszemle 🥰
Besides the jury’s decision, there is an audience vote - so make sure to support us and vote on the link attached below.
There is a lot of fabulous videos, so just “search” the page to find us 😊
A BIG thank you to our fabulous cast & crew:
Cast: Rita Csányi, Bura Ágnes, Sissy Cui, Reka Fekete, Laci Gondor, Harry Szovik, Tamás Szabó Sipos
Directed by: Sofija Sztepanov
Produced by: Mindora Films & Cydfilms
Producers: Sofija Sztepanov & Bori Szász
Cinematography by: Flora Fecske
Steadicam: Czettele Győző
1st AC: Milán Maruszki
2nd AC: Viktor Geda
Gaffer: Kristof David Keszthelyi
Best Boy: Érdi Robi
Thank you Visual Up
Editor: Luca Bonta
Colorist: Anna Stalter
Art Directors: Dorka Hedvig Kiss & Caterin Kiss
Set Dresser: Pinezits Petra
Swing gang: Gábor Viola
By SETLaB
Head Stylist: Mária Fatér
Assistant Stylist: Alexa Csörgő
By Gingi Studio Budapest
Make-up Artist: Gergő Sipos Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist: Anna Törjék - Pro Make up Artist
Casting Associate: Laurent Winkler
On Set Photographer: Ingrid Andrási Photography
PA: Márkó Sztepanov
05. Magyar Klipszemle JELENTKEZÉS // ZSŰRI // MI EZ? // SZERVEZŐK // FAQ // STB.
15/07/2021
Hello Cannes 💛
18/06/2021
IT’S OUT!
Antifeminist, our milestone & our passion project, has successfully completed its festival circuit and is ready for the whole wide world!
The film premiered at the prestigious RIFF | Reykjavík International Film Festival in 2019, won Best Foreign Short Film at the 73rd Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno, received Best Director and Special Mention in London and Florence. The film travelled around the world and was also shown in Official Selection at over 20 Film Festivals including in New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, Glasgow, Istanbul, China and Australia.
We are eternally grateful for all your support along the years - we seriously couldn't have done it without you!
If you enjoyed the film & know others who would too, we'd be very grateful if you could share it on social media or with them directly. Subtitles are available in English, Hungarian, Serbian and Italian (soon).
Screener Link: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/antifeminist
We have loved sharing this journey with you & look forward to seeing you at our next film screening. 😉
Writer & Director: Sofija Sztepanov
Producer: Tunde Bodnar Sofija Sztepanov
Cast: Leila Lallali Tunde Szabados-Bodnar Magdalena Korpas Barnabas Reti Kincső Nóra Pethő Una Kovac Lory G. G. Simonetti Biborka Bocskor Marci Nagyszokolyai Doriane Niabe Alexandra Szücs Csenge Tálas Krisztina Nemes Roland Pallagi Kitty B**h Thuy Ta Vivien Turza Katalin Szilvia Jung Réka Laurinyecz Bura Ágnes Fanni Homonnai Csikász Ágnes William Clothier Kristofer Warbritton Sara Heltai Hana Sztepanov Eszter Zewde Zaklina Bogdanovic Stepanov Erzsebet Stepanovic Lilla Erdei Eszter Málna Debby Ajide Csenge Somogyi Bogi Noémi Kári Federico Milani Viktoria Kiss Papp Kinga Lívia Dóra Váradi Sofija Sibalin Erika Sugár Bernadett Varga Enikő Zöller
Executive Producers: Daniel Kresmery Milán Sztepanov Gromek Molnár Jr. Clemes Danzer
Director of Photography: Eszter Csepeli Official
Editor / VFX / Colorist - Gergely Szabados
Trailer Edited by: Sofija Sztepanov
Music Composer: Sandor Gyorfi
Sound by: Nagy Botond
1st AD: Viktor Szabados
Associate Producer: Szűcs Dóra
Make-up Artist: Gergő Sipos, Anita Szabó
Costume: Hajnalka Bognar Stylist / Designer
Art Department: Zsanett Bene, Varga Bernadett
Gaffer: Hajdú Miklós
Production team: Sára Kende, Fanni Erb, Kata Paulik
Bands: Holy Chicks, The Anahit
Production companies: Krez Film in association with Hero Squared
Brody House Andrassy Egyetem Nagytetenyi Kastelymuzeum D18 Könyvesbolt Arri Rental Budapest Prop Club Hungaro Casting Szerb Kulturális Központ
Gábor Kerekes Verebics Agnes Kati Verebics Andras Ottó Horváth Zsoka Hoka Hanna Erkel Fanni Erb Sara Kende Kata Paulik Sándor Tóth Anna Maria Ebert Olga Júlia Kertész Letizia Grassi Neda Krkeljić Davor Davorillo Marinković Ajnácska Csíkszentmihályi Dénes Papp Szigethy Márton Gabi Racz Polina Georgescu Andras Muskovszky Varga Péter Hajdu Miklos Dávid Perlaki János Jano Tóth Molnár Gábor Bence Kotány
Aron Ecsedi Tamas Pasztor Attila Zoltan Kemeny Nora Vukmirovits Judit Csikesz Karoly Juhasz Aron Herpai Kovacs Kata Szabo Varga Edina
Watch Antifeminist Online | Vimeo On Demand Antifeminist is a short film about a popular feminist blogger is invited to a mysterious villa party where she is faced with a choice of whether to join an extreme…
So excited to share my Director's Showreel! It has been a long long way in the making, so I'm pretty psyched to say that it is FINALLY ready!
I would like to thank my Producers & Collaborators Tunde Bodnar, Bori Szász, Letizia Grassi
Cinematographers Eszter Csepeli, Flora Fecske, Beatrix Szilveszter and Dénes Pap
Actors Leila Lallali, Magdalena Korpas, Tünde Bodnár, Barnabás Réti, Biborka Bocskor, Kincső Nóra Pethő, Alexandra Szucs, Csenge Tálas, Krisztina Nemes, Sára Heltai, Kristofer Warbritton, Dorinane Niabe, Fanni Homonnai, Dóra Váradi, Hana Sztepanov, Una Kovac, Marci Nagyszokolyai, Lory G. G. Simonetti, Rita Csányi, Bura Ágnes, Sissy Cui, Réka Fekete, Tamás Szabó, Laci Gondor, Harry Szovik, Hilary Garcia, Ares Rigamonti, Lovin Florina Alexandra, Alessandro Colombo, Iacopo Modesto, Anna Giarrocco, Elisa Giorgio, Matteo Pedalino, Gaia Magni
Art Directors SETLaB & Prop Club
Editors Gergely Szabados and Luca Bonta
Colorists Gergely Szabados and Anna Stalter
Composer Sandor Gyorfi
Gaffers Miklós Hajdu and Kristof David Keszthelyi
Costume by Hajnalka Bognár and Gingi Studio Budapest
Make-up Artists Gergő Sipos and Anita Szabó
Hair Stylist Anna Törjék
and everyone else that I had the pleasure to collaborate with over the years!
Special thanks to fantastic band The Anahit who I had a chance to collaborate with & production companies Krez Film, Hero Squared, Cydfilms and Mindora Films without whom we couldn't have done it.
Thank you to all the festivals where I had a chance to present my work: Raindance Film Festival, RIFF | Reykjavík International Film Festival, LA Femme International Film Festival, New York Shortie Film Festival, Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno, Canton Film Festival, Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, Istanbul Top Shorts Film Festival, Berlin Obscura Film Festival, Florence Film Festival, Madrid Indie Film Festival and many others.
These are just a few names (it would be a really long long list otherwise), but I am so grateful to everyone who has supported me over the past few years. Can't wait for more!
Music fully licensed from Musicbed.com
Track: No Other Name
Ryan Taubert
For more about my work check out: www.sofijasztepanov.com
02/11/2020
From short film Antifeminist (2019) 🌺
02/11/2020
Love this still from short film Antifeminist (2019) with fantastic actress Leila Lallali 🌺
30/10/2020
Halloween vibes 🎃 LOVE this still from the music video To My Haters (2020) that I had a chance direct for the band The Anahit! & wonderful actress
30/10/2020
Halloween vibes 🎃 a still from Less Serendipitous Ways (2018) that I wrote & directed 🍁
@ Ares Rigamonti
Halloween vibes 🎃 Check out Primitive (2016) a 13-second horror short film that I wrote&directed for the !
29/10/2020
To My Haters - (Official Music Video).
28/10/2020
Directing in 2020.
28/10/2020
Remembering that pre-covid setlife 👌
28/10/2020
Setlife ✨
15/10/2020
NEW SCREENINGS!!
Antifeminist is going to Canton International Short Film Festival & Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival! If you didn’t get a chance to see the film yet, tune in & vote for it until the 18th of October on the link below (Pathfinders 2)!
Furthermore we are happy to announce to Special Mentions from: London X4 & World of Film: International Film Festival Glasgow
Director: Sofija Sztepanov
Producer: Tunde Bodnar
Cast: Leila Lallali , Tunde Bodnar, Magdalena Korpas, Barnabas Reti, Kincső Nóra Pethő, Biborka Bocskor, Una Kovac, Lory G. G. Simonetti, Doriane Niabe, Alexandra Szucs, Csenge Tálas, Krisztina Nemes, Marci Nagyszokolyai
Director of Photography: Eszter Csepeli Official
Editor / VFX Supervisor / Colorist - Gergely Szabados Moneo
Music Composer: Sandor Gyorfi
Sound by: Nagy Botond
Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival 2020 - Lift-Off Global Network Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival returns to cut through the noise of a global pandemic by serving up a treasure trove of independent film.
MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE 🌪
Super psyched to share ‘To my Haters’ by The Anahit💥 which I had the honor to direct!!
Watch full video: http://bit.ly/ToMyHaters
Thank you SO MUCH to our fabulous cast & crew:
Cast: Rita Csányi, Bura Ágnes, Sissy Cui, Fekete Réka, Laci Gondor, Harry Szovik, Tamás Szabó Sipos
Directed by: Sofija Sztepanov
Produced by: Mindora Films & Cydfilms
Producers: Sofija Sztepanov & Bori Szász
Cinematography by: Flora Fecske
Steadicam: Czettele Győző
1st AC: Milán Maruszki
2nd AC: Viktor Geda
Gaffer: Kristóf Dávid Keszthelyi
Best Boy: Érdi Robi
Thank you Visual Up
Editor: Luca Bonta
Colorist: Anna Stalter
Art Directors: Dorka Hedvig Kiss & Caterin Kiss
Set Dresser: Pinezits Petra
Swing gang: Viola Gábor
By SETLaB
Head Stylist: Mária Fatér
Assistant Stylist: Alexa Csörgő
By Gingi Studio Budapest
Make-up Artist: Gergő Sipos Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist: Anna Törjék - Pro Make up Artist
Casting Associate: Laurent Winkler
On Set Photographer: Ingrid Andrási Photography
PA: Márkó Sztepanov
MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE 🌪
Super psyched to share ‘To my Haters’ by The Anahit💥 which I had the honor to direct!!
Watch full video: http://bit.ly/ToMyHaters
Thank you SO MUCH to our fabulous cast & crew:
Cast: Rita Csányi, Bura Ágnes, Sissy Cui, Fekete Réka, Laci Gondor, Harry Szovik, Tamás Szabó Sipos
Directed by: Sofija Sztepanov
Produced by: Mindora Films & Cydfilms
Producers: Sofija Sztepanov & Bori Szász
Cinematography by: Flora Fecske
Steadicam: Czettele Győző
1st AC: Milán Maruszki
2nd AC: Viktor Geda
Gaffer: Kristóf Dávid Keszthelyi
Best Boy: Érdi Robi
Thank you Visual Up
Editor: Luca Bonta
Colorist: Anna Stalter
Art Directors: Dorka Hedvig Kiss & Caterin Kiss
Set Dresser: Pinezits Petra
Swing gang: Viola Gábor
By SETLaB
Head Stylist: Mária Fatér
Assistant Stylist: Alexa Csörgő
By Gingi Studio Budapest
Make-up Artist: Gergő Sipos Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist: Anna Törjék - Pro Make up Artist
Casting Associate: Laurent Winkler
On Set Photographer: Ingrid Andrási Photography
PA: Márkó Sztepanov
23/09/2020
MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE 🌪
Super psyched to share ‘To my Haters’ by The Anahit 💥 which I had the honor to direct!!
Check out our premiere on Ígéretes titánok - awesome article & the video embedded.
Thank you SO MUCH to our fabulous cast & crew:
Cast: Rita Csányi Bura Ágnes Sissy Cui Fekete Réka Laci Gondor Harry Szovik Tamás Szabó Sipos
Directed by: Sofija Sztepanov
Produced by: Mindora Films & Cydfilms
Producers: Sofija Sztepanov & Bori Szász
Cinematography by: Flora Fecske
Steadicam: Czettele Győző
1st AC: Milán Maruszki
2nd AC: Viktor Geda
Gaffer: Kristóf Dávid Keszthelyi
Best Boy: Érdi Robi
Thank you Visual Up
Editor: Luca Bonta
Colorist: Anna Stalter
Art Directors: Hedvig Kiss & Caterin Kiss
Set Dresser: Pinezits Petra
Swing gang: Viola Gábor
By SETLaB
Head Stylist: Mária Fatér
Assistant Stylist: Alexa Csörgő
By Gingi Studio Budapest
Make-up Artist: Gergő Sipos
Hair Stylist: Anna Törjék - Pro Make up Artist
Casting Associate: Laurent Winkler
On Set Photographer: Ingrid Andrási Photography
PA: Márkó Sztepanov
Gyilkos beatek, egy kegyetlen vacsorán – The Anahit-klippremier | Ígéretes titánok A gyűlölködők eltüntetése groteszk vacsoraélmény közben. A The Anahit a Let Me Inject You with My Sins második részét felvezetve a To My Haters nálunk debütál.
12/09/2020
So so proud to have had the chance to direct this fantastic project with this fantastic team for the (not to overuse the word) FANTASTIC BAND The Anahit for their new single ‘To my Haters’. Stay tuned for updates!!
Thank you Gingi Studio Budapest, Visual Up SETLaB for making this happen!
Our fabulous cast: Rita Csányi Bura Ágnes Sissy Cui Fekete Réka Laci Gondor Harry Szovik Szabó Sipos Tamás
Directed by: Sofija Sztepanov
Produced by: Mindora Films & Cydfilms
Producers: Sofija Sztepanov & Bori Szasz
Cinematography by: Flora Fecske
Hair: Anna Törjék - Pro Make up Artist
Makeup: Gergő Sipos Makeup Artist
Casting Associate: Laurent Winkler
📷: Ingrid Andrási Photography
04/09/2020
THRILLED to announce that I will be directing the music video for the riveting band The Anahit! Get ready for getting chills through an absorbing & eerie tale 🌑
Make sure to follow them out on Spotify on the link below and stay tuned for updates 💥
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MaK1Vfc104UBALiVspffb
03/07/2020
I am So excited to announce that our Isolation Short Film “The Care Package” has been selected for the International Quarantine Film Festival!! 🥰 Really happy our project shot between Milan&Berlin&Luxembourg in complete isolation is finally taking off! We can’t wait to share it with you 💥
Leila Lallali Letizia Grassi Parulyte Jackie Moontan Pensaert Strotz
I am SO excited to share with you the trailer of our new project “Faraway, so close - Lockdown Edition”!! 💥🌎
In the coming weeks we will be sharing with you a series of inspirational stories from countries like Madagascar, Bangladesh, Canada, Greece, The Netherlands, Macedonia and many more 🥰 stay tuned!
Created by:
Sofija Sztepanov & Letizia Grassi
Thank you to our wonderful participants:
Hana Sztepanov
Alexandar Veljanovski
Emile Mabita
Emma Francis-Snyder
Francesco Nardi
Tea Smlatic
Vikas Chandra
Jessica Krosny
Katerina Zafirova
Konstantinos Kardakaris
Malcolm Byard
Mariela Mortola Viteri
Nathan Hughes
Sitab Tasawar
Tijana van Roosmalen-Stepanovic
Una Kovac
Special thanks to:
Márkó Sztepanov
13/05/2020
REALLY EXCITING NEWS!
Just launched ‘Mindora Films’ a global creative content & production company 🚀 with the mission to connect stories & filmmakers from all over the world 🌎
Please Like & Follow us on:
https://www.facebook.com/mindorafilms/
And Instagram & Twitter
Pluus, as part of our initiative we also launched an online publication on Medium.com/Mindora! Currently looking for writers 💥
08/05/2020
If the world allows it next January we will be back in the Jury of the Istanbul Top Shorts Film Festival Kısa Film Derneği with Victoria Vaughan!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 we each presented our short films there this winter,
it was such a wonderful experience. Can’t wait to replicate 😊 Antifeminist the film 🥰
With week 10 'Phase 2' has begun in Italy! With the joy that has brought us, it has also caused hartache and disappointment to many to find a world different than expected with high concerns of one's livelihoods and finances. In the video I detail the changes and try to tackle the public sentiment of many. Till next time!
Check out the 4th segment of the interview series ‘Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination’ under the COVID-19 pandemic, from London with Alexandar Veljanovski! Alexandar addresses concerns over the NHS & meat industry and shares anecdotes from around the world! Check it out 😉
05/05/2020
😲
Tom Cruise, Elon Musk Plot First Narrative Feature to Be Shot in Outer Space — Report Tom Cruise is reportedly taking his awe-inspiring stunt work to the cosmos, in collaboration with NASA.
05/05/2020
It’s been long since I posted a behind the scenes photos - this one is from the shoot of the short film ‘Antifeminist’ that I wrote and directed, that was going around the world on festivals before the pandemic. Can’t wait to share & be on a set again!! 😍
04/05/2020
Thank you so much to everyone for the amazing birthday wishes 🥰 🥰 and to my sister for using this occasion to make fun of me 😅 we made the most of the day, even while locked-down (we ate) and today for the first time in almost two months we were allowed to go outside and walk to a bookstore 🙏🙏🙏
WEEK 9
And after two weeks off from my usual vlog, here comes WEEK 9! This week's focus is Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination under the COVID-19 Pandemic. Instead of me telling you what is happening around the world, I decided that instead a group of inspiring and diverse individuals should tell you about their experiences and what going on in their communities. You can find the full interviews on this page (some to be uploaded soon)!
Thank you to Sissy Cui, Narissa Limpanathon Ivana Istochka, Francesca Gargaglia, Alexandar Veljanovski, John Yossarian, Stela Bagasheva and Ryan Joseph Figueiredo for taking part in this initiative!
Check out the third segment of my interview series for Space to Speak with Ryan Joseph Figueiredo, on the LGBTI community under COVID-19!
Ryan Biography
Meet Ryan! He is pretty well known in Bangkok.
Ryan is the founder and executive director of Equal Asia Foundation – an incubator for inclusive LGBT projects that is disrupting the LGBT movement from within and encouraging it to find collaborative solutions to deep-seated social inequities. EAF’s work this year is focused on addressing the growing intergenerational gap in Asia, in particular reducing the social isolation of the elderly; preventing su***de and self-harm in the young; and mitigating the vulnerabilities of LGBT migrants and refugees affected by climate change, conflict and disaster. Ryan leads a team of change-makers from the non-profit, business and public sectors across borders to incubate and accelerate LGBT inclusion projects in Asia.
Check out the second segment of my interview series, which is particularly personal to me, as it concerns the treatment of Eastern European workers abroad, in EU member states, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. We had an absolutely captivating talk with Economist Stela Bagasheva, originally from Bulgaria, living in London.
Check out the first segment of my interview series on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination under COVID-19! This segment is with Mario Casonato, originally from Italy, but based in Brussels for the past 6 years. He works in advocacy and European affairs.
All the coming interviews will be with fascinating people from all over the world on diverse topics, so stay tuned!
John Yossarian
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