FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival 2017: Voevoda

VARNA: Zornitsa Sophia's third feature film Voevoda aka Chieftain will screen in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30 September - 7 October 2017).…
28-09-2017

FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival 2017: Omnipresent

VARNA: Ilian Djevelekov’s sophomore feature Omnipresent will screen in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30 September - 7 October 2017). His debut feature…
27-09-2017

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).…
27-09-2017

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…
26-09-2017

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…
26-09-2017

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…
18-09-2017

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…
14-09-2017

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…
11-09-2017

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…
06-09-2017

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…
04-09-2017

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…
25-08-2017

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…
03-08-2017

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…
31-07-2017

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…
21-07-2017

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…
12-07-2017

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…
10-07-2017

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.
05-07-2017

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…
03-07-2017

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.
30-06-2017

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…
29-06-2017