Windless by Pavel Vesnakov Receives Best Film Award at Vasil Gendov Awards 2025

SOFIA: Pavel Vesnakov’s Windless received the Best Feature Film Award at the closing ceremony of the fourth edition of the National Film Festival “Vasil Gendov” - Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers…
18-05-2025

PRODUCTION: Kostadin Bonev Shoots Bulgarian/Albanian/Italian Coming-of-Age She Who Remains

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Kostadin Bonev is currently in production with his Bulgarian/Albanian/Italian coproduction She Who Remains, based on a novel by the award-winning Bulgarian writer and actor Rene Karabash.
15-05-2025

FNE at Cannes 2025: Bulgarian/Austrian Project Garden Alley 08 Pitched at Cannes Film Market 2025

SOFIA: Garden Alley 08, a Bulgarian/Austrian feature film project directed by Olga Koleva and produced by Pavlina Jeleva of Geopoly, will be showcased at First Features LAB Pitch Session on…
13-05-2025

FNE at Cannes 2025: Bulgarian Cinema in Cannes

Meet talented Bulgarian filmmakers and producers while also catching up with our co-production and financial schemes at the Festival de Cannes and Marché du Film. As per usual, you can…
13-05-2025

PRODUCTION: Petar Krumov in Postproduction with Bulgarian/Belgian Coming-of-Age Drama Barefoot Bull

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Petar Krumov is currently in postproduction with his debut feature, the Bulgarian/Belgian coproduction Barefoot Bull. The film produced by Rossitsa Valkanova is a bittersweet coming-of-age drama.
06-05-2025

Bulgarian National Film Center Launches Digital Platform

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center (NFC) has launched the digital platform Filmcenter.bg providing information, contacts and resources about the Bulgarian film industry.
21-04-2025

Winners of 29th Sofia IFF and 22nd Sofia Meetings 2025

SOFIA: Honeymoon by Ukrainian director Zhanna Ozirna received the Sofia City Film Award in the International Competition for First and Second Films at the 29th Sofia International Film Festival.
25-03-2025

Sofia Film Festival 2025 Announces Lineup

SOFIA: The 29th Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) will take place from 13 to 31 March 2025 under the motto "Time for Cinema", and it will open at the National…
06-03-2025

FNE at Berlinale 2025: Bulgarian Cinema in Berlin

Dear colleagues and friends, Bulgaria is waiting for you at EFM 2025! Berlinale gives you an opportunity to meet talented Bulgarian filmmakers and producers while also catching up with our…
09-02-2025

BOX OFFICE: Admissions to Domestic Films almost Tripled in Bulgaria in 2024, with One Domestic Film Leading Top 10

SOFIA: The domestic biopic Gundi - Legend of Love by Dimitar Dimitrov was the most watched film in Bulgarian cinemas in 2024, while another domestic film, The Vacation by Dimitar…
06-02-2025

Winners of 28th Golden Rhyton Documentary and Animated Film Festival

PLOVDIV: Geri's Wish by Tonislav Hristov and White Shoulder for a Black Man by Anri Kulev won the awards for Best Documentary and Best Animated Film, respectively, at the 28th…
14-01-2025

PRODUCTON: Iglika Triffonova Shoots Bulgarian/Dutch/Romanian Feature Kalunyo

SOFIA: The prominent Bulgarian director Iglika Triffonova is currently in production with her feature Kalunyo. The film produced by the Bulgarian producer Rossitsa Valkanova and coproduced by the Dutch producer…
10-12-2024

Bansko Film Fest 2024 Starts in Bulgaria

BANSKO: The 23rd edition of the International Festival of Mountaineering and Extreme Cinema, Bansko Film Fest, will screen 75 films from 39 countries from 20 to 24 November 2024 in…
19-11-2024

New Film Facility to Be Built in Bulgaria by Local Production Company

SOFIA: The Bulgarian production company Solent Film plans to invest 15.3 m EUR / 30 m BNG in a new film centre near Sofia.
12-11-2024

Bulgaria and Kosovo Sign Coproduction Agreement

SOFIA: The ministries of Culture of Bulgaria and Kosovo have signed an agreement in Pristina regarding film coproduction.
05-11-2024

BOX OFFICE: Domestic Biopic about Legendary Football Player Sets All-time Opening Record in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Dimitar Dimitrov’s biopic Gundi – Lengend of Love has set a record for the biggest opening weekend in the modern history of Bulgaria's film distribution with 726,364 EUR /…
22-10-2024

Awards of 5th Sofia DocuMENTAL

SOFIA: Czech director Klára Tasovská won the Best Female Director Award for her film I'm Not Everything I Want to Be at the 5th Sofia DocuMENTAL, held 29 September -…
10-10-2024

PRODUCTION: Nikolay Stefanov Shoots Intergenerational Trauma Documentary

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Nikolay Stefanov follows the reopening of the cold case of his father’s killing 30 years ago in a documentary, while also exploring the ideas of masculinity and…
06-10-2024

Triumph Wins 2024 Golden Rose National Film Festival

VARNA: Triumph by Kristina Grozeva and Peter Valchanov won the Best Film Award at the 42nd Golden Rose National Film Festival, which was held in Varna 19 – 26 September…
29-09-2024

Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival 2024 Kicks Off in Varna

VARNA: A total of 16 feature films, 19 short fiction films and five fiction TV series are screening in the three official competitions of the 42th Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature…
19-09-2024