French TV Series Section Zero Shooting in Sofia

SOFIA: The first season of a French futuristic political series Section Zero by the famous TV director Olivier Marchal, has started shooting in Sofia. It is the most expensive French…
19-01-2015

Bulgaria Celebrates 100 Years of National Cinema

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s most important governmental institutions and cultural organizations will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bulgarian cinema today, 13 January, which has been designated as the official Day of Bulgarian…
13-01-2015

FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Minority Coproduction to Open the 65th Berlinale

SOFIA: Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night will open the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on February 5. The Spanish-French-Bulgarian coproduction is competing for the Golden Bear.
12-01-2015

FNE Country Report 2014: Bulgaria

Political turmoil resulted in the resignation of the country’s cabinet in July, the appointment of a caretaker government in August and early Parliamentary elections in October. Within the year, the…
19-12-2014

FNE at Golden Rhyton 2014: The Last Black Sea Pirates Wins the Plovdiv Golden Rhyton

PLOVDIV: The jury of the 21st edition of the Bulgarian national film festival for documentary and animated films Golden Rhyton which ran through 6 December 2014 chose The Last Black…
10-12-2014

UNESCO Proclaims Sofia City of Film

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s capital Sofia was officially announced as a City of Film, part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, personally presented the official certificate…
05-12-2014

FNE at Golden Rhyton 2014: Bulgarian Doc and Animated Films Fest Registers Record Number of Entrants

PLOVDIV: The 21st edition of the most important national film festival for documentary and animated films Golden Rhyton, which kicks off on 1 December 2014 in Plovdiv, will screen over…
01-12-2014

FNE at Cinemania 2014: Cinemania Expands into New Theatres

SOFIA: The 28th edition of the annual film fest Cinemania, running in the three biggest Bulgarian towns of Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, is showing 57 new international hits and auteur…
28-11-2014

Vezhdi Rashidov Returns to Lead Bulgarian Ministry of Culture

SOFIA: Sculptor Vezhdi Rashidov was officially announced as Minister of Culture on 7 November 2014 in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Rashidov was in Borissov’s first cabinet…
10-11-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: The Judgment Wins the Top Prize in Varna

VARNA: Stefan Komandarev’s The Judgment was awarded the most prestigious Bulgarian award for a feature film at the 32 edition of the Golden Rose Film Festival. Assen Blatechki also received…
20-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Viktoria

VARNA: Scriptwriter/director Maya Vitkova’s film portrays the first decade after the communist era through a story of a girl born with no umbilical cord. Viktoria screens at the Varna Golden…
17-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: The Lesson

VARNA: The Lesson was inspired by the real story of a teacher caught in a bank robbery attempt. Scriptwriters/directors/producers Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov focused their debut feature on a…
16-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Bulgarian Rhapsody

VARNA: The first Bulgarian/Israeli coproduction is representing Bulgaria at the Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Ivan Nichev’s Bulgarian Rhapsody screens in the main competition of the Varna …
16-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Alienation

VARNA: Bulgarian film critics consider Milko Lazarov’s debut feature Alienation the “creative surprise of 2013“. The film screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17…
15-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Stefan Komandarev’s The Judgment

VARNA: The Judgment is the latest film by internationally acclaimed Bulgarian director Stefan Komandarev. The film screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17 October…
14-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014:Competition: Buffer Zone

VARNA:The 15th feature film directed by the Silver Bear-winner Georgi Djulgerov is inspired by his own life. Buffer Zone screens in the main competition of the Varna Golden Rose Film…
14-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: The Sinking of Sozopol

VARNA: Kostadin Bonev’s third feature film, The Sinking of Sozopol (aka A Town Named Salvation), is “a nostalgic utopia on missing hope, in which a sea engulfs a city“, as…
13-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014:Competition: The Petrov File

VARNA: The debut feature of the director/scriptwriter Gueorgui Balabanov was written in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière. The Petrov File, a Bulgarian-German coproduction, screens in the main competition of the Varna …
13-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Rat Poison

VARNA: Konstantin Burov’s debut feature is a Bulgarian-Romanian coproduction that also launches the careers of most of the actors in the film. Rat Poison will screen in the main competition…
10-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: One More Dream

VARNA: Nikolay Mutafchiev’s independent debut feature tells the story of four beautiful women who meet at a psychotherapy session and decide to rob a bank. One More Dream screens in…
09-10-2014