14Apr2023 Stefan KITANOV was appointed as an honorary Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) The British Embassy in Sofia announced in its official press release that His Majesty King Charles III has appointed honorary award to the founder and director of Sofia International Film Festival for his significant contribution to promotion of UK film in Bulgaria
05Mar2023 Three adrenaline-filled films in the program "Extreme" of the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
21Feb2023 "Out of Season" by Ivan Panev and "Scent of Linden" by Sisi Denkova are among the Bulgarian premieres of the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
20Feb2023 "Armageddon Time" starring Anthony Hopkins and the BAFTA-nominated "Corsage" with the magnetic Vicky Krieps at the 27th Sofia Film Festival
16Feb2023 "Block" by Todor Mattsanov and "Anna" by Borimir Ilkov will be premiered at the 27th Sofia Film Festival
15Feb2023 The world-famous director Bille August will be a special guest of the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
15Feb2023 "Memoir of a betrayal" by Georgi Dyulgerov and "Spring Equinox" by Ivan Pavlov - with premieres at the 27th SFF in March
09Feb2023 "No Bears" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi and "Aftersun" by Charlotte Wells are in the program of the 27th SFF
07Feb2023 Krzysztof Zanussi will personally present his latest film "The Perfect Number" at the 27th SIFF
06Feb2023 Six Intriguing Films from the Balkan Competition of the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
30Jan2023 "A provincial hospital" and "My Uncle Luben" in the Documentary Competition of The 27th Sofia Film Fest
30Jan2023 World Class Films in International Competition of the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
26Jan2023 Sofia Film Festival embraces the "green idea" and opens the 27th edition of the festival with Volker Schlöndorff's "The Forest Maker"
24Jan2023 Cate Blanchett in Todd Field's "TAR" and Agnieszka Smoczyńska's "The Silent Twins" - special highlights of the 27th Sofia International Film Festival program
16Jan2023 The Bulgarian premiere of „RHEINGOLD“ is in the 27th Sofia International Film Festival's programme Gangsters and emigrant's troubles, combined with Xatar's rap music in Fatih Akin's new box office hit
12Jan2023 "The Good Driver" by Tonislav Hristov and "The Art of Falling" by Orlin Milchev will have their premieres in the International Competition of the 27th Sofia International Film Festival The Sofia Film Festival's International Competition for first and second feature films traditionally includes 12 features from around the world and they will be judged by an international jury. In 2023 the selection includes two Bulgarian films - "The Good Driver" and "The Art of Falling".
09Jan2023 Oscar winner Jan Sverák will present his latest film "Betlémské svetlo" at the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
20Dec2022 Jessica Woodworth's latest film "LUKA", a co-production with Bulgaria, will have its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2023 The film will participate in the "Big Screen" competition of the festival
15Dec2022 The world famous director Milcho Manchevski will be the president of the International jury of 27th Sofia International Film Festival 2023 He will present his newest film "KAYMAK". The Bulgarian audience will have the opportunity to see a retrospective of his films in Sofia in March.
12Apr2022 Mira Staleva, Sofia IFF's executive director and head of Sofia Meetings is among the newly elected members of the EFA's board The new board of European Film Academy was assembled and started work in March 2022
05Mar2022 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! Sofia International Film Festival's statement about the war in Ukraine
03Mar2022 With a screening of "MOON BLOW" The 26th Sofia Film Festival will celebrate 100 years since the birth of the legend NINO MANFREDI
20Feb2022 The memory of an iconic artist comes to life in the film "VOEV" with a premiere at the 26th Sofia Film Festival
20Feb2022 The new film by Kostadin Bonev "Geo Milev in the Labyrinth of Time", whose premiere will be part of the Sofia Film Festival
15Feb2022 The exceptional artist Lech Majewski will be a part of the International Jury and will receive the Special Award of Sofia Film Festival
13Feb2022 Four more remarkable works will compete for the Grand Prix "Sofia - City of Cinema" Four more remarkable works will compete for the Grand Prix "Sofia - City of Cinema"
10Feb2022 The musical drama "Giri" of the debutant Petya Yosifova-Hankins - with a premiere at the 26th Sofia Film Festival
02Feb2022 "Women in Cinema" at the 26th Sofia Film Festival Фестивалът ще представи специална програма с филми на български жени-режисьори
01Feb2022 Oleg Sentsov's new project - "RHINO" with a special screening at the upcoming 26th Sofia Film Festival Oleg Sentsov's new project - "RHINO" with a special screening at the upcoming 26th Sofia Film Festival
31Jan2022 "How I Learned to Fly" by Radivoje Andrić is among the gala premieres at the 26th Sofia Film Festival
31Jan2022 Impressive films by young directors in the International Competition for The big prize "Sofia - City of Cinema" at the 26th Sofia Film Festival
20Jan2022 "HUMBLE" is the debut feature film of Svetoslav Draganov - another Bulgarian title in the international competition of the 26th Sofia Film Festival
18Jan2022 Dusan Milic's new film "DARKLING" - with a special gala-screening at the 26th Sofia Film Festival
18Jan2022 Andrey Paunov's feature debut "JANUARY" will take part in the international competition of the 26th Sofia Film Festival
04Jan2022 LUX Audience Award: Flee, Great Freedom and Quo Vadis, Aida? are nominated for the 2022 edition