Bulgaria Celebrates National Cinema Day

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s National Film Center is celebrating the 13th National Cinema Day on 13 January 2017. The official celebration will be performed in close collaboration with the National Palace of…
12-01-2017

PRODUCTION: Stephan Komandarev’s Directions Wraps Shooting

SOFIA: Acclaimed director, scriptwriter and producer Stephan Komandarev completed the shooting of his low budget feature film Directions aka Compatibility on 5 December 2016. The film is a Bulgarian /German/…
12-12-2016

PRODUCTION: Brody, Malkovich and Banderas Shoot Unchained in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Paul Solet’s American thriller Unchained, starring Adrien Brody, John Malkovich and Antonio Banderas, started shooting in Bulgaria at the end of November 2016. Nu Boyana Film Studios is servicing.
08-12-2016

GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces Second Production Grants in 2016

SOFIA: Bulgarian National Film Center allotted slightly above 2m EUR / 4 m BGN at its second session on 2 December 2016. Six feature films and four short films received…
05-12-2016

FNE at Cinemania 2016: Cinemania Celebrates 30th Anniversary

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s most important autumn film celebration Cinemania, which opened at the National Palace of Culture on 17 November 2016 with Peter Valchanov’s and Kristina Grozeva’s Glory coproduced by Bulgaria’s…
02-12-2016

PRODUCTION: Low Budget Debut Wraps Shooting

SOFIA: Bubblegum, the first feature film by well-known Bulgarian TV serials director Stanislav Todorov – Rogi, has entered postproduction.
01-12-2016

PRODUCTION: Fernando Leon de Aranoa Preps Spanish/Bulgarian Coproduction Starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz

SOFIA: Escobar, a Spanish/Bulgarian European coproduction starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, and directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa, will start shooting in Columbia on 24 October 2016.
28-09-2016

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2016: Prize Winners

VARNA: Ralitza Petrova’s debut feature Godless won the Golden Rose Award of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19 to 25 of September 2016). Ralitza Petrova was also awarded…
26-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: Godless

VARNA: Godless by Ralitza Petrova will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016). The Bulgarian/Danish coproduction has recently won the Golden…
23-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son

VARNA: Iglika Triffonova’s The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son aka False Witness will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25…
23-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: Monkey

VARNA: Dimitar Kozev-Shosho’s second feature Monkey aka My Father, My Mother, My Sister will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016).
22-09-2016

FNE at the Golden Rose National Film Festival: Memories of Fear

VARNA: Ivan Pavlov’s Memories of Fear will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016). The script was written by Krassimir Kroumov-Gretz,…
22-09-2016

FNE at the Golden Rose National Film Festival: The Paradise Suite

VARNA: Joost van Ginkel’s second feature film The Paradise Suite will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016). The film is…
22-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: Hristo

VARNA: Hristo by Grigor Lefterov and Todor Matsanov will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016). Most of the actors in…
21-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: Glory

VARNA: Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva’s second feature film Glory will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016). The film is…
21-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: The Singing Shoes

VARNA: Radoslav Spassov’s period drama The Singing Shoes will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016). The film is inspired by…
20-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: Eighteen

VARNA: Atanas Hristoskov’s low-budget second feature film Eighteen will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival (19-25 September 2016).
19-09-2016

FNE at the Golden Rose National Film Festival: Inches above the Ground

VARNA: Maxim Genchev’s historical thriller Inches above the Ground will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival set to take place from 19 to…
16-09-2016

FNE at the 2016 Golden Rose National Film Festival: Holiday Makers

VARNA: Ivaylo Penchev’s seaside comedy Holiday Makers will screen in the main competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival, set to take place from 19 to 25 September…
15-09-2016

Bulgaria Selects Losers as Oscar Bid

SOFIA: Losers by Ivaylo Hristov has been selected as Bulgaria’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. The film was chosen by a commission gathered by…
14-09-2016