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The Sofia International Film Festival is poised to have an adventurous 25th anniversary German Lessons by Pavel Vesnakov One can only imagine what it must be like to be on the team of the Sofia International Film Festival. One year after the 2020 edition was cancelled only days before it was supposed to begin, the festival again faces an enormous amount of uncertainty, which must have been especially daunting given the fact that the 25 th edition should have been a celebratory one. But one can still hope for the best while preparing for the worst, and the Sofia IFF seems poised to show that c...

Yana Marinova and Luiza Grigorova-Makariev in Wildlings by Martin Makariev SOFIA: Critical for culture and film worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was equally difficult for the film industry in Bulgaria. The first severe restrictions of social and cultural life came after the vote of the Bulgarian Parliament in favour of a state of emergency from 13 March 2020, imposing a lockdown for a month. All culture and entertainment venues including cinemas were obliged to close. As a result, only days after the official announcement of its 2020 lineup, the Sofia FF had to postpone its 24th editi...

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 capacity as of 1 February 2021, and the festival’s opening ceremony is planned to take place in the Na...