SOFIA: The Black Ball / La bola negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi won the Cinelibri Award for Most Powerful Adaptation in the Feature Film Competition of the 12th Cinelibri International Book and Film Festival, running 15 October – 8 November 2026 under the motto “Civilization of Spectacle”.

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Stanislav Todorov-Rogi has started shooting his new feature film, A Sea of Things, on 20 October 2026. The project is backed by the Bulgarian National Film Center (NFC).

SOFIA: The acclaimed Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev is currently in final preproduction with his eighth feature film, The Block Universe, which is a coproduction between Bulgaria, Germany and Luxembourg. Heretic has already boarded as sales agent.

VARNA: The Dreamed Adventure by Valeska Grisebach won the Best Film award at the 44th Golden Rose National Film Festival, which was held in Varna 17 – 24 September 2026. Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov won Best Director for Black Money for White Nights.

SOFIA: A group of Bulgarian filmmakers staged a protest outside Nu Boyana Film Studios, raising concerns about the future of film production at the complex as a key 20-year restriction under the studio's privatisation agreement is set to expire this autumn.

SOFIA: Oscar-nominated director Theodore Ushev is in preparation with his first long animated film, Light Boxes, an ambitious hybrid of 3D stop-motion puppet animation and live action. This Bulgarian majority coproduction also involving Bulgaria, Canada, France, Belgium, and Poland, was showcased at the 2026 Venice Gap-Financing Market (4 – 6 September 2026), part of the Venice Production Bridge at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2 – 12 September 2026).

VARNA: The Czech Republic student film Gentle by Jamaica Kindlova won the Grand Prix at the 22^nd edition of the World Festival of Animated Film Varna (2-6 September 2026), which screened 73 films in four categories. The award for best Bulgarian film went to Nephila by Kristian Zahariev.

SOFIA: Bulgarian director/writer Victor Bojinov is currently in postproduction with Chamkoria. Based on the bestselling novel by acclaimed Bulgarian writer Milen Ruskov, the film marks Bojinov’s second adaptation of Ruskov’s work, following Heights (produced by Serpentine ltd.,2017), which became one of the most successful Bulgarian films.

VARNA: The French production A Hint of Love / Une pointe d’amour by Maël Piriou received the Grand Prix Golden Aphrodite at the 34^th International Film Festival Love Is Folly”, held at the Festival and Congress Centre in Varna, Bulgaria 26 – 30 August 2026.

VARNA: A total of 16 feature films, 29 short fiction films and three fiction TV series will screen in the three official competitions of the 44th Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival, which will take place in Varna from 17 to 24 September 2026.