Bulgaria Debates Amendment to TV and Radio Act

SOFIA: Legal proposals to repeal restrictions to prime time advertising and product placement on Bulgarian National Television (BNT, www.bnt.bg) and Bulgarian National Radio (www.bnr.bg) have passed a first reading at…
18-07-2011

Cinema City Plans Second Sofia Multiplex

SOFIA: Cinema City International's Bulgarian unit has leased space in the Paradise Center shopping mall in Sofia with plans to open a multiplex at the end of 2011. The ten-year…
11-07-2011

Love.net Tops Bulgarian Box Office

Bulgaria's first IT romantic drama Love.net (www.themovielove.net) is on its way to become the country's second most successful film. By the end of the 14th week in distribution the film…
11-07-2011

FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: Sneakers

Sneakers, the Bulgarian debut film by co-directors Ivan Vladimirov and Valery Yordanov, screens in competition in Karlovy Vary's East of the West section, following a slot in the main competition…
29-06-2011

FNE at KVIFF East of the West Competition: There Was Never a Better Brother

Murad Ibragimbekov's newest film There Was Never a Better Brother is the result of the director‘s latest artistic collaboration with Maksud Ibragimbekov, one of Azerbaijan's most established writers and Murad‘s…
29-06-2011

Bulgarian Filmmakers Appeal for Faster Reform

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.
21-06-2011

Moscow IFF Competition: Sneakers

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.
19-06-2011

Film Funding Proposed in Bulgaria

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.
05-06-2011

Bulgarian Cinema Screens Increase

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…
23-05-2011

FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Bulgaria

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…
19-05-2011

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

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…
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EFP Producer on the Move: Borislav Chouchkov

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)…
01-05-2011

FESTIVALS: Kalev Tapped for Directors Fortnight

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…
19-04-2011

FESTIVALS: Bojanov Heads to Critics Week

Konstantin Bojanov's Bulgarian-French coproduction Ave is the lone CEE film selected for the Cannes 2011 Critics Week, 12-20 May.
18-04-2011

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court Declares Controversial Film Law Amendment Illegal

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…
11-04-2011

PRODUCTION: The Island Completes Postproduction

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…
06-04-2011

OBITUARY: Bulgaria Actor Georgi Rusev

Local news reports that Bulgarian actor Georgi Rusev died at age 82.
04-04-2011

Bulgarian Ad Market Declines in 2010

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…
27-03-2011

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

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…
22-03-2011

FESTIVALS: Sofia Meetings Award Best Film Projects

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…
13-03-2011