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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 will be  Cristi Puiu and  The works of famous writer and director  Cristi Puiu is one of the re...

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...

MFI Script 2 Film Workshops open 2021 call for applications A previous edition of the MFI Script 2 Film Workshops Organised by the Mediterranean Film Institute (MFI), the MFI Script 2 Film Workshops advanced script and project development training programme has launched the call for its 2021 session. Placing its focus squarely on story design development and implementation across various narrative formats (feature films, documentaries and TV series), the programme consists of four intensive workshop sessions, both residential and online, based primarily on group work, master classes, lectures...

Georgian/French Coproduction Beginning Acquired by MUBI TBILISI: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s film Beginning has been acquired by the streaming platform Mubi for the USA and UK (Svod Release). This Georgian/French coproduction was selected for Cannes 2020 Official Selection. Paris-based Wild Bunch International is handling the sales. The release date is 29 January 2021. In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, the familiar world of Yana, the wife of the community leader, slowly crumbles. Yana’s inner discon...