Bulgaria’s National Film Center Increases Funding

SOFIA: Bulgaria's main film body, the National Film Center (NFC, www.nfc.bg) announced that it will double the amount of money available for the first round of grants in 2012, from…
29-04-2012

Bulgarian Documentaries Find Commercial Success

{mosimage}SOFIA: Bulgarian documentaries have attracted increased public interest since the beginning of 2012, with TV sales and theatrical distributions accompanying festival attention.
08-04-2012

FESTIVALS: Sofia Grand Prix for Stories Only Exist When Remembered

{mosimage}SOFIA: Stories Only Exist When Remembered, a coproduction from Brazil, Argentina, and France directed by Julia Murat, took the Grand Prix in the International Competition of the Sofia IFF (18-29…
30-03-2012

Bulgaria to sign coproduction agreements with Israel and Turkey

SOFIA: Bulgaria has approved a draft film coproduction agreement with Israel.
28-03-2012

PRODUCTION: The File Petrov in Preproduction in Sofia

SOFIA: After several years in development, Gueorgui Balabanov's 1.2 million euro fiction debut The File Petrov, a Bulgarian/German/French coproduction is in preproduction with 180,000 euros insupport from Eurimages (www.coe.int/t/dg4/eurimages).
25-03-2012

Bulgarian Station Accused of Price Dumping

SOFIA: Bulgarian commercial channel bTV has initiated a lawsuit against competitor Nova TV charging it it with unfair price dumping.
21-03-2012

27 projects pitched at Sofia Meetings

SOFIA: Bulgaria's leading industry event, held during the Sofia International Festival (www.siff.bg) the 2012 Sofia Meetings included 27 projects pitched for the first time or selected in partnership with EAVE,…
20-03-2012

FESTIVALS: Brazil’s Stories Wins Sofia IFF Grand Prix

{mosimage}SOFIA: The 16th Sofia International Festival (www.siff.bg) jury headed by director David Mackenzie gave its top prize to Julia Murat's lyrical debut Stories Only Exist When Remembered, a 2011 Brazilian-Argentinean-French…
18-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Company of Heroes Filming in Bulgaria

SOFIA: A Hollywood film based on the video game of the same name Company of Heroes is spending the month of March filming in Bulgaria.
12-03-2012

Bulgaria and Turkey Build Coproduction Ties

SOFIA: A Turkish-Bulgarian soap opera is leading the way toward closer cooperation between the Turkish and Bulgarian film and TV industries.
11-03-2012

SPI Launches Channels in Bulgaria

{mosimage}WARSAW: Polish-based SPI International (www.spi.pl) has launched niche channels FashionBox HD and DocuBox HD in Bulgaria on Satellite BG.
26-02-2012

Bulgaria 2011 Country Profile

SOFIA: Despite severe cutbacks in funding, Bulgarian films had another strong year, attracting international attention and domestic audiences. The film services industry was bolstered by the largest-ever international production, and…
15-12-2011

OBITUARY: Velko Kanev

{mosimage}SOFIA: Bulgarian actor Velko Kanev died on 11 December 2011. Kanev was born 31 July 1948 and began his career in regional theatre before joining the Bulgarian National Theatre in…
14-12-2011

Bulgaria’s National Film Center Selects Films for Grants

{mosimage}SOFIA: Two feature films, two script development projects, nine documentaries and four animated films have been selected to receive grants from Bulgaria's National Film Center (NFC, www.nfc.bg). The grants session…
13-12-2011

PRODUCTION: Faith, Love and Whiskey in Postproduction

SOFIA: Bulgarian-born director/writer Kristina Nikolova is in postproduction with her first full-length feature film, Faith, Love and Whiskey with an completion date of January 2012.
11-12-2011

PRODUCTION: The Last Black Sea Pirates in Postproduction

SOFIA: The Bulgarian production company Agitprop (www.agitprop.bg) is in the final postproduction on The Last Black Sea Pirates and Sir Norman Foster, a debut full-length documentary directed and written by…
08-12-2011

Bulgarian Media Family Acquires Music Channel

SOFIA: The Bulgarian new service Novinte reports that Bulgarian media magnates Irena Drasteva ns Delyan Peevski, her son, acquired The Voice, a pop music TV channel, along with four radio…
23-11-2011

Bulgaria Plans TV Multiplex Tender

SOFIA: Bulgaria plans a tender for a new digital TV multiplex tender in 2014. The multiples will use frequencies that are now used by the military.
20-11-2011

Expendables Accused of Environmental Damage

SOFIA: The Bulgarian location shoot of Hollywood's The Expendables 2 starring Sylvester Stallone will be fined for destroying vegetation at an important environmental site in Bulgaria. The fine could range…
16-11-2011

Italian Goodnight Sofia Wraps Filming in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Goodnight Sofia from Italian writer/director Leonardo Moro, finished filming in Bulgaria. The film is produced by Italian company BBM film (brownbunnymagazine.wordpress.com/bbm-film).
16-11-2011