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Bulgarian Filmmakers Appeal for Faster Reform

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-06-21

SOFIA: Georgy Stoyanov, the president of the Union of the Bulgarian filmmakers, has expressed concern about delays in the adoption of a new policy for the national film sector.

Moscow IFF Competition: Sneakers

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-06-19

Sneakers, the Bulgarian debut film by co-directors Ivan Vladimirov and Valery Yordanov, screens in the main competition at the Moscow IFF, before heading to Karlovy Vary IFF in July.

Film Funding Proposed in Bulgaria

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-06-05

SOFIA: The Bulgarian government has proposed 16.6 million leva for film funding in 2012, according to a statement by the Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov on 3 June 2011.

Bulgarian Cinema Screens Increase

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-05-23

SOFIA: A new report from the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (NSI) covering data from 2010 shows that Bulgarians prefer cinema to most other cultural activities. At the same time, film…

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Bulgaria

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-05-19

Not long ago, Bulgarian programming consisted primarily of imported programmes from Brazil, the U.S., or Turkey. Within the last few years, however, international formats have become a significant part of…

FNE at Cannes IFF 2011: Le Pacte to distribute Bulgarian films Island and Ave

Anna Franklin Bulgaria 2011-05-13

CANNES: Paris based international sales outfit Le Pacte has picked up both of the Bulgarian films that are screening in official selection in Cannes IFF this year. The Island directed…

EFP Producer on the Move: Borislav Chouchkov

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-05-01

Chouchkov Brothers (www.ch-bros.com), producer of the feature debut Tilt, is the second company that European Film Promotion Producer on the Move Borislav Chouchkov (35) and director Viktor Chouchkov Jr (40)…

FESTIVALS: Kalev Tapped for Directors Fortnight

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-04-19

Rising Bulgarian star director Kamen Kalev won one of two CEE spot in the Cannes 2011 Directors Fortnight, 12-22 May, with his Bulgarian/Swedish coproduction The Island. Hungarian producer Ferenc Pusztai…

FESTIVALS: Bojanov Heads to Critics Week

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-04-18

Konstantin Bojanov's Bulgarian-French coproduction Ave is the lone CEE film selected for the Cannes 2011 Critics Week, 12-20 May.

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court Declares Controversial Film Law Amendment Illegal

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-04-11

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has struck down a controversial amendment to the Film Industry Act that would have reduced the government’s obligations to fund the film industry and opened the…

PRODUCTION: The Island Completes Postproduction

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-04-06

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev announced that the postproduction of his second feature The Island is now completed. He told FNE that the edit of the film, which was shot…

OBITUARY: Bulgaria Actor Georgi Rusev

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-04-04

Local news reports that Bulgarian actor Georgi Rusev died at age 82.

Bulgarian Ad Market Declines in 2010

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-03-27

Bulgaria's ad market fell by 13.9% in 2010, nearly twice as much as the advertising industry had predicted. However, the decline can be seen as the beginning of a leveling…

FERA Helmer Istvan Szabo Appeals to Bulgaria’s PM to Support Bulgarian Film Industry

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-03-22

SOFIA: Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) has thrown its weight behind Bulgarian filmmakers' struggle to stop the watering down of key legislation that guarantees the level of annual support…

FESTIVALS: Sofia Meetings Award Best Film Projects

Anna Franklin Bulgaria 2011-03-13

SOFIA: Two film projects dominated the awards of the 8th annual Sofia Meetings which brought industry professionals together to pitch their projects and network in the Bulgarian capitol of Sofia…

FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Shelter Grabs Top Sofia IFF Award

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-03-13

(SOFIA): Bulgarian director Dragomir Sholev and producer Rossitsa Valkanova accepted the Grand Prix of the 15th Sofia International Film Festival (4-13 March, www.siff.bg) for the debut feature film Shelter. Sholev…

The World is Big... Sells to North America

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-03-07

Berlin-based world sales company m-appeal (www.m-appeal.com) announced that it has closed a deal with Olive Film for the North American distribution rights of Stephan Komandarev's Bulgarian film The World is…

FESTIVALS: 12 Films Compete for Sofia Festival Grand Prix

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-03-03

Twelve films are competing in the main competition of the Sofia International Film Festival which runs 4-13 March 2011. For ninth consecutive year the Grand Prix Award will be handed…

Bulgarian Cable TV Fined

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-03-02

Bulgarian cable operator Blizoo received a fine from the Commission for Protection of Competition, the Bulgarian office responsible for monopoly oversight. Blizoo is the country's leading cable company.

PRODUCTION: Sofianites Too Much in Production

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-02-21

Production is underway on the new Bulgarian TV series Sofianites Too Much which is set to air in March 2011. The series, about two neighboring families, is is produced by…