FNE Oscar Watch 2020: Bulgaria Selects Ága as Oscar Bid
SOFIA: Milko Lazarov’s sophomore feature Ága has been selected as Bulgaria’s candidate for the 92nd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the best international feature film category.…
PRODUCTION: Armenian/Bulgarian/German Feature Film and TV Series in Production
SOFIA: The Bulgarian company Jelfilm is currently in production with a TV series-melodrama Remission, set to premiere in November 2019 on the Armenian Public TV. The main subject of the…
Turkish Biopic of Boxer Naim Süleymanoğlu Shooting in Bulgaria
SOFIA: Turkish biopic Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu / Cep Herkülü: Naim Süleymanoğlu is currently shooting in Bulgaria. The film directed by Özer Feyzioğlu will also be shot in Turkey and…
PRODUCTION: Stefan Komandarev Completes Bulgarian/Serbian Coproduction Rounds
SOFIA: Stefan Komandarev has finished his fifth feature film Rounds, a Bulgarian/Serbian coproduction supported by Eurimages. It is a sequel to the director’s previous Bulgarian/German/Macedonian film Directions (Argo Film, Aktis…
PRODUCTION: Bulgaria Joins Armenian Film and TV Project Remission
SOFIA: The Bulgarian company JelFilm teams up with Armenia’s Parallels Film Production and Germany’s Clever Production on the feature film Remission. The project, which was on hold, has now restarted…
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces First Production Grants for 2019
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center decided to allot 2,393,250 EUR / 4,786,500 BGN at its first session in 2019. Nine films, including two with high budgets, three with low…
Mariya Gabriel and Wim Wenders Discuss Digital Single Market Initiatives in Sofia
SOFIA: European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel and world-famous director Wim Wenders, Ambassador of the SaferInternet4EU campaign, participated in a public debate on the improvement of the…
PRODUCTION: Svetoslav Draganov Films Bulgarian/Romanian Coproduction
SOFIA: Mostly known for his documentaries, the Bulgarian director Svetoslav Draganov started shooting his debut feature Waterfall CEO on 23 March 2019. The film is a Bulgarian/Romanian coproduction supported by…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Lumiere, Sofia, Bulgaria
This month we speak with Hermina Azarian, the programmer (together with Vladimir Trifonov) of Cinema Lumiere from Sofia, Bulgaria.
FNE at Sofia IFF: Romania's Monsters. Wins 23rd Sofia IFF
SOFIA: Marius Olteanu’s debut feature Monsters. won the Grand Prix in the international competition of the 23rd Sofia International Film Festival, held from 7 to 17 March 2019.
Sofia Meetings Ready to Kick Off With Record Number of Projects
SOFIA: The 16th edition of the Sofia Meetings coproduction market, set to take place from 13 to 17 March 2019 within the 23rd Sofia International Film Fest will host 34…
FESTIVALS: The 23rd Sofia IFF Announces Lineup
SOFIA: Twelve films have been selected for the International Competition of the 23rd edition of Sofia International Film Festival and will compete for the Grand Prix Sofia – City of…
FNE at Berlinale 2019: Bulgarian Film in Berlin
BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER AT BERLINALE 2019 and EUROPEAN FILM MARKET - Martin Gropius Bau, #G9.
Bulgaria Boosts Public Funding For Film
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center will increase the annual amount of film funding by 12.19 percent from 6,411,600 EUR in 2018 to 7,192,854 EUR in 2019. The support for…
FNE Market Analysis 2018: BULGARIA
The year 2018 turned out to be extremely complex for the Bulgarian film industrу. Public support for film was blocked and the Bulgarian National Film Center was forbidden to allot…
Bulgaria Celebrates National Cinema Day
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s National Film Center is organising the celebration of the National Cinema Day on 13 January 2019. The official event will be once again performed in close collaboration with…
GRANTS: Bulgaria Announces Second Production Grants for 2018
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center distributed 1,804,860 EUR / 3,530,000 BGN to 10 feature films including two feature films with higher budgets, two feature films with lower budgets, two…
Bulgaria Adopts Final Amendments to Film Industry Act
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on 15 November 2018 to adopt the definitive amendments to the Film Industry Act, proposed by the Council of Ministers in August 2018. The new changes…
Bulgaria to Sign Cooperation Agreement with Kosovo
SOFIA: The Bulgarian government has approved a coproduction agreement with Kosovo, Bulgarian news source Transmedium News reported.
Sylvester Stallone Starts Filming Rambo 5 in Bulgaria
SOFIA: The Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone returns to Bulgaria to begin shooting his highly-anticipated sequel Rambo 5 aka Rambo V: Last Blood. The fifth installment of the action sequence famously…
