FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Living Legends

VARNA: Bulgarian writer/director/actor Niki Iliev’s second feature Living Legends which screens in the main competition of the annual Golden Rose Film Festival (11-17 October 2014) of new Bulgarian films in…
06-10-2014

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2014: Competition: Adultery

VARNA: Bulgarian film and theatre director and former international fashion model Yavor Vesselinov concentrates on a triangle love story in his graduation film Adultery. The film screens in the main…
06-10-2014

FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Golden Rose Sets Up International Jury

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s Golden Rose Film Festival is establishing a pitching workshop for new projects which have recently received public support for development.
02-10-2014

FESTIVALS: Golden Rose Returns to Bulgaria

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center announced the titles of the 15 films that will compete in the 32nd edition of the country’s oldest film event, the “Golden Rose” National…
29-09-2014

OBITUARY Bulgarian Former Nobel Prize Nominee Valeri Petrov Dies at 94

SOFIA: Often called “man of hope” and ‘’father of the nation’’ prominent poet, scriptwriter and translator Valeri Nissim Mevorah, known with his pen name Valeri Petrov, died in Sofia at…
29-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Iglika Trifonova in Postproduction with False Witness

SARAJEVO: Bulgaria’s award-winning Iglika Trifoniva (Letter to America, Investigation) is in postproduction with her Hague Tribunal fiction False Witness, an ambitious coproduction between Bulgaria’s Klass Film , Holland’s Phanta Vision…
18-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Milko Lazarov in Development with Nanook

SOFIA: Milko Lazarov, whose minimalist, almost dialogue-free low budget debut film Alienation became Bulgaria’s 2013 creative surprise, is developing Nanook produced by his company Red Carpet.
15-08-2014

New Minister of Culture Appointed in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Martin Ivanov has been named as the new Minister of Culture in the caretaker government just appointed by the country’s President Rosen Plevneliev.
06-08-2014

Bulgarian National Film Center to Fund Low Budget Films

SOFIA: For the first time since its establishment in 1991 the Bulgarian National Film Center will support low budget feature films, with up to 200,000 EUR per project. The application…
29-07-2014

Salma Hayek and Adrien Brody in Bulgaria for new film

SOFIA: Salma Hayek and Adrien Brody are currently in Bulgaria for the filming of Septembers of Shiraz, according to local media reports.
17-06-2014

Bulgarians Respond to Activist 38 Claims

SOFIA: Producers/directors Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova from Activist 38 have accused the Union of the Bulgarian Film Makers - Film Academy (consisting of over 900 members) and the Bulgarian…
10-06-2014

Bulgarian Cinema in Cannes 2014

Market Screenings of Bulgarian Films
13-05-2014

FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Emil Simeonov, Pro Films, Bulgaria

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
07-05-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Maya Vitkova

SOFIA: Maya Vitkova will represent Bulgaria at European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move in Cannes.
06-05-2014

Bulgarian Film Academy Nominates FNE Correspondent for Critics Award

SOFIA: Pavlina Jeleva, Bulgarian correspondent for Film New Europe, has been nominated by the Bulgarian Film Academy for the annual Best Critic award.
05-05-2014

Bulgarian Advertising Market Struggles to Remain Stable

SOFIA: The Bulgarian Association of Communication Agencies reported that in 2013 the country’s advertising market amounted to 303 m BGN, a decrease of 0.62%, and has a possibility of 2%…
31-03-2014

Bulgaria Sets 2014 Film Funding

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center will distribute 12.7 m BGN (6.5 m EUR) in film funding in 2014.
26-03-2014

New Director Appointed at Bulgarian National Film Center

SOFIA: Film producer Georgy Cholakov has been named Executive Director of the Bulgarian National Film Center, replacing documentary film director and academic Marin Martschewski who has been in the post…
18-03-2014

FNE at Sofia IFF: Georgian Blind Dates Grabs Three Awards in Sofia

SOFIA: Levan Koguashvili’s Blind Dates produced by Millimetr Film won the Sofia IFF Grand Prix in the International competition for first and second films.
17-03-2014

FNE at Sofia Meetings 2014: New Audiences and New Opportunities

SOFIA: Sofia Meetings hosted a number of events that emphasized the development of new audiences for European cinema during the three day event (13-16 March 2014).
17-03-2014