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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…

Tilt Tops Bulgarian Box Office

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-02-20

SOFIA: Viktor Chouchkov Jr.'s debut film Tilt (www.tilt.bg) rose to the top spot on the Bulgarian box office on its opening weekend 11-13 February 2011), with 14,200 admissions and box…

Bulgaria Buys Turkish Soaps

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-02-09

Bulgaria has become the largest European buyer of Turkish soap operas, according to a Bulgarian National Radio report. Bulgaria acquired 27 Turkish soaps, followed by Macedonia with 17.

Mission London Tops Bulgarian 2010 Admissions

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-02-06

With 376,843 admissions Dimitar Mitovski's Mission London (www.mission-london.com) outperformed James Cameron's Avatar which ended the year with 300,205 admissions. However, Avatar earned €1,743,807 in box office, putting it in first…

Music Channel to Launch in Bulgaria

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-02-01

SOFIA: Telemaniac Media Group (www.telemaniac.net), a Bulgarian media group, will launch T-Rock TV, a music TV channel, on 10 February 2011.

Gardev Withdraws from Zinkograf

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-01-30

Bulgarian film and theatre director Javor Gardev (Zift) announced he will no longer direct Zinkograf, the futuristic psycho-thriller based on Vladislav Todorov's novel of the same name.

CME Ceases Broadcasts of Pro.BG

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-01-27

SOFIA: Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) is ending terrestrial broadcast of its Pro.BG station (www.probg.bg), the second most important channel of the group after bTV (www.btv.bg). Replacing it is entertainment…

National Distributors Promote New Bulgarian Titles

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-01-24

Bulgarian distributors are stepping up to distribute domestic films. Two companies, A Plus and Pro Films, are investing their own funds to continue support for Bulgarian films in 2011.

Bulgaria Downsizes Day of National Cinema

Pavlina Jeleva Bulgaria 2011-01-16

Bulgaria's Day of National Cinema, held on 13 January 2011, was a quieter event due to the funding difficulties the film industry faced over the past year. Taking place in…

Bulgarian DTT Tender Under Fire

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2011-01-13

Bulgaria's contested tender for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) multiplexes could be declared void by the European Commission. The Austrian Broadcasting Services, Oesterreichischer Rundfunksender (www.ors.at) , the original frontrunner, eventually withdrew…

Executive Director of Bulgaria's National Film Centre Resigns

Anna Franklin Bulgaria 2011-01-11

SOFIA: The Executive Director of Bulgaria's National Film Centre (www.nfc.bg) Alexander Donev resigned on 23 December 2010. Donev was elected to the position in May 2009. It was the second…