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28/03/2023 - The film, which is a co-production between Mexico and Italy, has scooped a total of three awards at the 27th Sofia International Film Festival

28/03/2023 - The film, which is a co-production between Mexico and Italy, has scooped a total of three awards at the 27th Sofia International Film Festival

March 11-31, 2021 (part 1) Absolutely rich programme, exceptional participants! A quarter of a century after the start of the Music Film Fest in 1997, the Sofia  International Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary. Started as a thematic festival of cinema and music, which has undergone upward development over the years, Sofia Film Festival has become one of the most important film events in Central and Eastern Europe, the only Bulgarian film festival accredited by FIAPF, included in t...

Send to Kindle For six years in a row at the Sofia Film Festival we have the honor and pleasure of presenting the special  FIPRESCI Platinum 90 Award, provided by the International Federation of Film Critics. In pre-pandemic times it has been given in person by  Klaus Eder, General Secretary of the Federation, and in Sofia it has been awarded to Béla Tarr, Goran Paskaljevic Ildikó Enyedi, Bille August, and Agnieszka Holland. In 2021, the world-renown filmmakers who will receive this hounor ...

SOFIA: Stefan Kitanov, the director of the Sofia International Film Fest, announced that the 25th anniversary edition will still take place in the context of the ongoing pandemic, but will be split into two parts. The first part is to take place 11-31 March 2021 and a second part will be announced as a special edition later during the year. The festival will be held both physically and online in an extended time frame. The Bulgarian government authorised theatres to operate at 30% of their capa...