The 29th Sofia International Film Festival is welcoming its audience from March 13 to 31, 2025. The preliminary program kicks off on March 10 at the Czech Cultural Center with a retrospective of one of the festival’s special guests – Bohdan Sláma. The SIFF program in Sofia continues until April 4.
The festival is organized by Art Fest under the patronage of the Sofia Municipality, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Bulgarian National Film Center, and the Creative Europe MEDIA program of the European Union, in partnership with the National Palace of Culture, various cultural institutions, sponsors, partners, and friends.
We eagerly await in Sofia the filmmakers of the competition programs, who will personally present their films to the Bulgarian audience in cinema halls, as well as many world-renowned guests with their latest films. Sofia Film Fest in Plovdiv will be held from March 21 to April 6, the Varna edition from March 21 to 29, and Sofia Film Fest On The Coast in Burgas from March 20 to 28.
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The visual theme for the 29th Sofia Film Festival is made by proof. The clip was produced with the assistance of ProCamera Rental, UFO, NATFIZ “Krastyo Sarafov”, and Positive Possum.
Sofia Film Fest is produced with the support of UNIQA Insurance Company – Bulgaria, Grand Hotel Sofia, Bulgaria Air, Moto-Pfohe Rent a Car, and the Audience LUX Award.
Festival partners include the British Council, Italian Cultural Institute, French Cultural Institute, Polish Institute, Goethe Institute, Romanian Cultural Institute, Austrian Cultural Forum, Czech Center – Sofia, List Institute – Hungarian Cultural Institute, Instituto Cervantes, Doli Media Studio, Maison de MITKO DAMOV, hotels Sveta Sofia, Rosslyn, V1, Intercontinental, and many other organizations, media outlets, and friends.
Sofia Film Festival is made possible with the financial support of the Sofia Municipality, the Ministry of Culture, the Bulgarian National Film Center, and the Creative Europe MEDIA program of the European Union.
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