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BULGARIA / Result of the Golden Rose 2020

The 38th competition for the Golden Rose was held from September 24th to October 1st in Varna, Bulgaria. Of the 19 films in competition, Ivaylo Hristov’s Fear was awarded Best Film “for its ability to tell a story about daunting issues with a certain irony.” This is the second time the director has won the …

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BULGARIA / SPI – FilmBox available on Net1

The international company SPI and the Bulgarian telecom operator Net1 have signed a distribution agreement making ten channels from SPI’s portfolio available to Net1 subscribers. SPI’s cinema channels include FilmBox, FilmBox Plus, FilmBox Extra and FilmBox Arthouse. The premium channel FilmBox Extra offers a selection of blockbuster hits and award-winning films. FilmBox and FilmBox Plus …

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BULGARIA / Report on the Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF)

This year, the Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) is taking place in two parts, one in the summer, the other in the autumn. The summer section ran from June 25th to July 19th with 111 films from 48 countries being shown to the public in 2 formats: physical screenings in Sofia at Cinema House and …

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BULGARIA / Increased public financing for minority co-productions and national productions

Bulgarian National Film Center

The Bulgarian National Film Centre has announced an increase in its budget for production support. Unchanged for 3 years, it will increase by 11.5% in 2019, from €6.74 million to €7.52 million. The budget will be split between five categories: feature films, feature-length documentaries, short films, animated films and “small budget” films. The fund allocated …

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BULGARIA / Registration for the Sofia Festival extended

The registration deadline for the Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria’s largest film festival, has been put back. Non-Bulgarian films now have until October 21st, while Bulgarian films have until December 1st. Bulgarian short films have until January 10th to register in their category. As well as the Bulgarian short film competition, there are competitive sections …

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BULGARIA / Henri Maillot in the limelight at the Menar Film Festival

The film “Opération Maillot” was shown at the 8th Menar Film Festival. Directed by the Algerian Okasha Touita, it’s about a junior French army officer, Henri Maillot, who deserted during the Algerian war for independence, taking with him an important stock of arms for the Algerian guerilla fighters.

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