FNE: Interview with Stefan Kitanov, Europa Cinemas Entrepreneur of the Year

SOFIA: FNE spoke with Stefan Kitanov on the challenges facing the development of the Sofia Film Fest and the distribution of European films in Eastern Europe.
13-12-2012

Bulgarian Cinemania fest reports record breaking audiences

SOFIA: The most important Sofia autumn film event Cinemania (www.kinomania.bg), which for the first year was also held in Plovdiv and Varna, reported record breaking audiences.
12-12-2012

FNE TV at Europa Cinemas Conference 2012: Stefan Kitanov, Europa Cinemas Entrepreneur of the Year

FNE spoke to Stefan Kitanov at the recent Europa Cinemas Conference in Paris about how to get audiences into cinemas in Europe and his plans for the development of Bulgarian…
10-12-2012

New Bulgarian documentaries distributed in the national cinema network

SOFIA: Borislav’s Kolev full-length documentary Stoichkov dedicated to the worldwide football legend Hristo Stoichkov and Ilian Metev’s Sofia’s Last Ambulance focused on the daily life of an ambulance team in…
10-12-2012

Bulgarian Parliament Takes Steps Toward Production Incentives

SOFIA: A parliamentary committee has changed an investment promotion law (www.parliament.bg) to allow Bulgaria to reward investors producing films with budgets over 400,000 leva (203,000 EUR) but the form of…
03-12-2012

Banderas Shooting Automata in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Antonio Banderas has confirmed he will shoot the sci-fi film Automata in Bulgaria. The film is currently in pre-production.
27-11-2012

Bulgarian TV7 Changes Ownership

SOFIA: The London-based Alegro Capital (www.alegrocapital.com) corporate finance advisory company became the new owner of TV7 (www.tv7.bg), along with family channel BBT (www.bbt.tv) and children’s channel Super7 (www.super7.bg).
22-11-2012

FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month. Bulgaria Emil Simeonov, PRO FILMS

FNE together with Europa Distribution (www.europa-distribution.org) continues its Distributor of the Month series. In recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face…
05-11-2012

Bulgaria Considers Bill on Audio for Ads

SOFIA: The Bulgarian Parliament will vote on an amendment limiting the volume for broadcasting commercial advertisements on TV and radio.
16-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: The Color of the Chameleon Wins Grand Prix Award

VARNA: Vladislav Todorov's film adaptation of his novel Zincograph, The Color of the Chameleon, produced by Peripeteia Films - Buryana Zaharieva & Vladislav Todorov (www.peripeteiafilms.com) was awarded the national “Golden…
15-10-2012

FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: The State of Shock

The State of Shock by Slovenian director Andrej Košak is a multilateral coproduction between Slovenian Vertigo/Emotionfilm (www.emotionfilm.si), Bulgarian Art Fest (www.siff.bg), Serbian Baš Čelik (www.bascelik.net), Bosna and Herzegovian SCCA/PRO.BA (www.pro.ba)…
15-10-2012

FNE at Varna Golden Rose FF National Competition: Spain

VARNA : The only coproduction that participated in the feature film competition of the 31st “Golden Rose” Varna Film Festival (5-11 October 2012) Spain grabbed the “best script” award.
15-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: One More Dream

VARNA: Director Nikolay Mutafchiev presents his debut film One More Dream in the Bulgarian National Competition of the Golden Rose Film Festival.
12-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: The Foreigner

VARNA: The Foreigner by writer/director/actor Niki Iliev is a romantic comedy about a young man who travels to Bulgaria and falls in love with a hot tempered village girl.
12-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Puzzle

VARNA:Puzzle tells a story of thirty years of romantic love of a man for the woman in his life. Scriptwriter and director Ivo Staikov (son of eminent director Ludmil Staikov…
12-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Competition: Incognita

VARNA: Mihail Pandoursky’s Incognita, screening in the Bulgarian national competition at the Golden Rose Film Festival is a coproduction with the world famous Marinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. The film…
11-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Competition: Migration of the Belted Bonito

VARNA: Bulgarian film critics called Migration of the Belted Bonito, written, directed and produced by Lyudmil Todorov, “one of the finest comedies of the newest Bulgarian cinema.” The film is…
11-10-2012

FNE AVP Live !: Interview with Irina Kanousheva Head of Bulgarian National Film Centre

SOFIA: FNE spoke with Irina Kanousheva, acting director of the Bulgarian National Film Center (www.nfc.bg) on the challenges facing the film industry in Bulgaria and how Bulgarian and EU policies…
10-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012:Competition: Faith, Love and Whisky

VARNA: Kristina Nikolova’s debut film Faith, Love and Whisky is an emotional and personal film about a young woman whose life is divided between the US, where she emigrated, and…
09-10-2012

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2012: Competition: Rapid Reaction Corps

VARNA: The 91-minute comedy Rapid Reaction Corps directed by Stanislav Donchevshot on HD is appearing in the Bulgarian national competition of the Golden Rose Film Festival, running through 11 October…
09-10-2012