FNE Podcast: Nu Boyana Studios CEO Yariv Lerner

SOFIA: FNE spoke to Nu Boyana Studios CEO Yariv Lerner about the Job Fair the Sofia based studios has been hosting to help Ukrainian refugees and the kind of jobs…
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FESTIVALS: Moving Body Festival 2022 Opens Call for Applications for International Competition

VARNA: Short films experimenting with the video medium, dance and movement, with a strong choreographic sensibility and original concept, are welcome in the international competition of the 7th edition of…
29-03-2022

FNE at Sofia FF 2022: Prize Winners: Sonata Takes Top Prize

SOFIA: The 26th Sofia International Film Festival gave its top prize for best first and second feature films to the Polish film Sonata directed by Bartosz Blaschke, which also was…
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FESTIVALS: Sofia Film Festival 2022 Ready to Kick Off with Sofia Meetings Postponed

SOFIA: The 26th Sofia International Film Fest will take place from 10 to 31 March 2022, going back to its traditional form of a physical event. A total of 80…
03-03-2022

Peter Todorov Appointed New Director of Bulgarian National Film Center

SOFIA: Petar Todorov, experienced manager of independent cinemas and international film festivals, has been appointed Executive Director of the Bulgarian NFC for a five-year term. This happened after he successfully…
24-02-2022

GRANTS: Bulgarian National Film Center Announces Partial 2021 Grants

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center has approved funding for feature, documentary and animated productions since the end of November 2021. The specific amounts for each project will be determined…
17-12-2021

New Minister of Culture Appointed in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Atanas Atanassov, a 31-year-old actor and producer of documentaries, was appointed Minister of Culture on 13 December 2021. He was nominated by Bulgaria’s PM Kiril Petkov, former caretaker Economy…
14-12-2021

FESTIVALS: Bulgaria Postpones 2021 Golden Rhyton FF As COVID Worsens

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s NFC has announced the postponement of the 26th edition of the most important national non-fiction film festival Golden Rhyton, originally scheduled to take place in Plovdiv 3-9 December…
09-11-2021

Bulgaria Introduces COVID-19 Green Pass for Cinemas

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health has launched the COVID-19 Green Certificate as a mandatory requirement for access to cinemas. The initial version of the decision was to enter into force…
26-10-2021

FNE Oscar Watch 2022: Fear to Represent Bulgaria in Oscar Race

SOFIA: Ivaylo Hristov’s black and white drama Fear has been selected as Bulgaria’s candidate for the 94th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature…
13-10-2021

FNE at Golden Rose FF 2021: In The Heart of the Machine Grabs Best Film Award

VARNA: Martin Makariev’s period feature film In The Heart of the Machine received the main prize of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23-29 September 2021). The same film…
01-10-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: Uncle Claus

VARNA: Ivaylo Penchev’s third feature film Uncle Claus, produced by Cinemaq, will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021).…
28-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: Fish Bone

VARNA: Dragomir Sholev’s third feature film Fish Bone will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021). The film is…
28-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: In the Heart of the Machine

VARNA: Martin Makariev’s period feature film In the Heart of the Machine, produced by Forward Pictures Entertainment, will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film…
27-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: February

VARNA: Kamen Kalev’s fourth feature film February will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23–29 September 2021). This French/Bulgarian coproduction was a participant…
27-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: The Naked Truth about Zhiguli Band

VARNA: Victor Bojinov’s The Naked Truth about Zhiguli Band will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021). This low…
24-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: I Don’t Like You

VARNA: Borislav Kostov’s sophomore feature I Don’t Like You will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23–29 September 2021).The film focuses on the…
24-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: Women Do Cry

VARNA: Mina Mileva's and Vesela Kazakova’s sophomore feature Women Do Cry will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021).The…
23-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: January

VARNA: Andrey M Paunov’s debut feature January will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021). The film is a…
23-09-2021

FNE at Golden Rose National Film Festival 2021: Humble

VARNA: Svetoslav Draganov’s debut feature Humble (aka Waterfall CEO) will screen in the main competition of the 39th Golden Rose National Film Festival (23 – 29 September 2021). The film…
22-09-2021