FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival 2017: Sex Academy – Men
VARNA: Georgi Kostov’s sophomore feature Sex Academy – Men will screen in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30 September - 7 October 2017).…
FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival 2017: Lilly the Little Fish
VARNA: Yassen Grigorov’s third feature film Lilly The Little Fish will screen in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30 September-7 October 2017). This…
FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival 2017: 12A
VARNA: Magdalena Ralcheva’s sophomore feature 12A will screen in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30 September - 7 October 2017). It is the…
PRODUCTION: Lyubomir Mladenov in Postproduction With Ship In A Room
SOFIA: Bulgarian film director Lyubomir Mladenov is completing postproduction of his second feature film Ship in a Room. It is another title from the group of successful films shot mainly…
Bulgaria Selects Glory as Oscar Candidate
SOFIA: Petar Valchanov’s and Kristina Grozeva’s second feature film Glory, a socially engaged ironic film on contemporary life in Bulgaria, has been chosen as the country’s official candidate for the…
FESTIVALS: The 35th Golden Rose Film Festival Announces Lineup
VARNA: A total of 16 feature films will be screened in the national official competition of the 35th Golden Rose National Film Festival (30 September-7 October 2017). Five feature films…
PRODUCTION: Acclaimed Theatre Director Galin Stoev in Postproduction With Debut Feature
SOFIA: Acclaimed Bulgarian theatre director Galin Stoev is about to complete the postproduction of his debut feature The Infinite Garden. Shot in Bulgaria and Italy, this poetic love story is…
FESTIVALS: The Citizen Wins Love Is Folly IFF
VARNA: Hungarian film The Citizen, directed by Roland Vranik, was awarded Golden Aphrodite for best film at the 25th edition of the Love is Folly International Film Festival organised by…
FESTIVALS: The 2nd DroneUp IFF Ready to Take Off in Plovdiv
PLOVDIV: The second edition of DroneUp IFF, a festival of films shot using drones, will take place in the Roman Stadium Plovdiv and Mall Plovdiv from 25 to 27 August…
PRODUCTION: Milko Lazarov in Postproduction after Arctic Shoot for Nanook
SOFIA: Bulgarian film director Milko Lazarov is in postproduction with his second feature film Nanook. This Bulgarian / German / French coproduction was shot in Sakha (Yakutia) Republic within the…
PRODUCTION: Konstantin Bojanov Preps Your Eyes For Indian Shoot
SOFIA: Bulgarian film director Konstantin Bojanov is preparing his third feature film, Your Eyes. It will be a smooth transition from his unfinished documentary In Search of a Miracle, which…
France’s Memento Films Picks up Ilian Metev’s Debut Feature
SOFIA: Artscope, the new talent arm of Paris based sales outfit Memento Films International, has picked up Ilian Metev’s feature debut Three Quarters / ¾. This Bulgarian/German coproduction will compete…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Pro Films, Bulgaria
FNE and Europa Distribution are launching a new chapter in our Distributor of the Month section. In the coming months we will talk with European distributors about their lineup, their…
PRODUCTION: Theodore Ushev Preps The Spinning Top
SOFIA: Bulgarian-born Canadian animator Theodore Ushev is preparing his first feature film The Spinning Top. Romanian, Macedonian and Serbian coproducers are welcomed. Ushev was nominated at the Oscars 2017 in…
Glory Sold to More than 30 Territories
SOFIA: Glory / Slava directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov was sold in more than 30 territories including Canada, United States and United Kingdom.
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces First Production Grants for 2017
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center allotted 1,856,000 EUR / 3,630,000 BGN at its first session on 29 June 2017. Seven projects, including two feature films with higher budgets, one…
PRODUCTION: Vitkova Preps Second Feature Film
SOFIA: Bulgarian director Maya Vitkova is writing the second draft of her sophomore feature, Afrika, through her production company Viktoria Films.
Memories of Fear Wins Bulgarian Film Academy Awards
SOFIA: The Bulgarian Film Academy announced its annual awards with Ivan Pavlov’s black and white Memories of Fear (produced by Art 47) winning the Best Film award for 2016. Krassimir…
FNE at Cannes: Bulgarian Cinema in Cannes
Bulgarian National Film Center in Cannes: Marche du Film, Village International (Riviera Side) SEE PAVILION №134
Komandarev’s Directions Sold For France
CANNES: Bulgarian director Stefan Komandarev’s Directions / Posoki has been sold to French distributor Rezo Films for France. The film will unspool in the Certain Regard section of Cannes on…