SFF News

The new film by Kostadin Bonev "Geo Milev in the Labyrinth of Time", whose premiere will be part of the Sofia Film Festival

The exceptional artist Lech Majewski will be a part of the International Jury and will receive the Special Award of Sofia Film Festival

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"

The musical drama "Giri" of the debutant Petya Yosifova-Hankins - with a premiere at the 26th Sofia Film Festival

Angel Wagenstein will receive the Sofia Award at the 26th Sofia Film Festival

"Both Sides of the Blade" by Claire Denis opens the 26th Sofia Film Festival

"Women in Cinema" at the 26th Sofia Film Festival

Фестивалът ще представи специална програма с филми на български жени-режисьори

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

"How I Learned to Fly" by Radivoje Andrić is among the gala premieres at the 26th Sofia Film Festival

Impressive films by young directors in the International Competition for The big prize "Sofia - City of Cinema" at the 26th Sofia Film Festival

"HUMBLE" is the debut feature film of Svetoslav Draganov - another Bulgarian title in the international competition of the 26th Sofia Film Festival

Dusan Milic's new film "DARKLING" - with a special gala-screening at the 26th Sofia Film Festival

Andrey Paunov's feature debut "JANUARY" will take part in the international competition of the 26th Sofia Film Festival

LUX Audience Award: Flee, Great Freedom and Quo Vadis, Aida? are nominated for the 2022 edition

Brighton 4th wins best film at Saudi’s first Red Sea International Film Festival

„Brighton 4th“ with three awards at Cottbus FilmFestival

During the prestigious Cottbus FilmFestival, focused on the Eastern European cinema, „Brighton 4th“ was presented with three awards - for outstanding individual performance to Levan Tediashvili as well as FIPRESCI Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Levan Koguashvili's „Brighton 4th“ is Georgian bid for the International Oscar race

„Brighton 4th“ with 3 awards at Tribeca Film Festival, is a co-production with Bulgaria

OPEN CALL for SUBMISSIONS > 26 Sofia International Film Festival 2022

Cristi PUIU will receive FIPRESCI 96 Platinum Award at the 25th Sofia International Film Festival

THE PROGRAMME of 25th Sofia International Film Festival #AUTUMN

The famous German director Andres VEIEL will be a special guest at the autumn edition of the 25th Sofia International Film Festival

„Women Do Cry“'s Bulgarian Premiere will be in the 25th Sofia Film Festival's Programme

The first screening of the Cannes selected film by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova will be on the Sofia Summer Fest's film screen

Kornél Mundruczó will receive the Special Award of the anniversary 25th Sofia Film Festival

The Hungarian director will present in person his 2020 hit "Pieces of a Woman" this September

Mika Kaurismäki with the Sofia Municipality Award at 25th Sofia International Film Festival

The celebrated Finnish director will be a special Sofia Film Festival guest in September. The Cinema House will present a retrospective with the most significant Kaurismäki's films

Levan Koguashvili's „Brighton 4“ will open the #Autumn edition of 25th Sofia International Film Festival

Levan Koguashvili will present in person his film on September 14 on the stage of Sofia Summer Fest. Awarded with three prizes in Tribeca, „Brighton 4th“ is a co-production with Bulgaria, supported by Bulgarian National Film Center.

Levan Koguashvili's „Brighton 4th“ awarded for best film, best actor and best screenplay at the anniversary 20-th international film festival in Tibeca, New York

„Brighton 4th“ made by the Georgian director Levan Koguashvili won three prizes at anniversary 20-th international film festival in Tibeca - awards for best film, best actor (Levan Tediashvili) and best screenplay (Boris Frumin and Levan Koguashvili)!

TICKET INFORMATION

THE AWARDS 25th SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Terry GILLIAM's Masterclass moderated by the film critic Derek MALCOLM – LIVE at the Cinema House!

Cristi PUIU and Terry GILLIAM to receive FIPRESCI 96 Platinum Award at the 25th Sofia International Film Festival

Both directors will be recognized with the special award by the International Federation of Film Critics at 25th Sofia International Film Festival 2021

25-th SOFIA International Film Festival

The 25th Sofia Film Festival will take place in two parts. The main festival is in its traditional period in March, when the films from the programme will be presented both online (in partnership with the world's leading platforms Festival Scope / Shift 72) and in cinemas in compliance with all anti-epidemic measures, and international guests will be exceptions. The focus of the first part of the festival will be the competition programs, the presentation of the new Bulgarian feature and documentary films, current films of established directors and young talents, festival favorites in the last year, and films from special anniversary sections.

The Iranian film "The Black Cat", Turkish and Hungarian feature debuts at the Sofia Film Fest International Competition

We present you three films from the International Competition for the first and second film of the 25th Sofia Film Festival - "The Black Cat" is the second feature film for the Iranian director Karim Mohammad Amini; "The Cemil Show" is the feature film debut of Turkish director Baras Sarhan; Hungarian director Balázs Krasznahorkai's first feature film is "Ravine".

Serbian, Greek and Bosnian stories in the colorful palette of the Balkan Competition at the 25th Sofia Film Festival

PROGRAMME

The new LUX European Audience Film Award

OPEN CALL for SUBMISSIONS > 25 Sofia International Film Festival 2021 - Deadline extended!

SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is the leading competitive film festival in Bulgaria, accredited by FIAPF, included in the FIPRESCI calendar, and announced by Variety as one of the top 50 unmissable film events in the world.

Agnieszka Holland with the special “FIPRESCI 94 Platinum Award” at the 24th Sofia International Film Festival

Goodbye, Goran Paskaljevic...

The PROGRAMME of 24 Sofia Film Festival - AUTUMN

Farewell, Jirí Menzel!

24 Sofia Film Festival AUTUMN starts with the latest Milcho Manchevski's film "WILLOW"

The famous Macedonian director will present his film in Sofia and will receive the special Sofia Film Festival award on September 25th at the Sofia Summer Fest platform

Operational Programme „Innovations and Competitiveness 2014-2020“

Farewell, Sir Alan!

THE AWARDS 24th SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

24 Sofia Film Festival SUMMER - The Programme

ONLINE * OPEN-AIR * CINEMA HOUSE 25th of June – 19th of July 2020

24th Sofia International Film Festival - Summer #RESTART

ONLINE * OPEN-AIR * CINEMA HOUSE >>> 25th of June – 19th of July 2020 >>> SIFF AUTUMN is Coming Soon

17th Sofia Meetings' Works in Progress will be presented ONLINE at Festival Scope from 27th May - 31st May 2020

17th Sofia Meetings' Works in Progress will be held online at Festival Scope from 27th May - 31st May. WORKS IN PROGRESS directed by promising European talents will be seen by festival programmers, sales, distributors and potential co-producers.

IMAGINE

On Friday, Day 16, we present to you the special video message by the legend of Polish and world cinema, the director Krzysztof Zanussi. From this day's program we present another film from the “New Bulgarian Features” section – “Wildlings” by Martin Makariev, with video message by the actor and producer Aleksander Sano. We have selected two short films by Drago Sholev – “Before Life, After Death”, Jameson Award winner in 2005 and then selected at the “Semainde de la Critique” in Cannes, and also the film “I Have Something to Tell You”. You'll see also an interview by the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher.

IMAGINE

On Day 15 we present the feature debut of Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova “Cat in the Wall”, which premiered in Locarno 2019 and had a successful festival run around the world. “Reunion” by Niki Iliev is one of the 8 independent Bulgarian films in the program of the 24th SIFF, created without any government support, a box-office hit last year. In this day's programme is also the premiere of Lubomir Halatchev’s documentary “Stories of Birds, Men and Other Wonders” about the genius Bulgarian writer Yordan Radichkov. The short film of today’s Day 15 of our virtual Diary is “Life with Sofia” by Svetla Tsotsorkova. The film won the Jameson Short Film Award in 2004 and was selected from Sofia for the “Semaine de la critique” in Cannes.

IMAGINE

In Day 14 of this imaginary diary we present two Bulgarian films with the special video greetings by their authors – “Could You Kill” by Ivan Nichev and Nikola Bozadzhiev’s debut “Shibil”, based on the short story by Yordan Yovkov. There is also information for two of the most anticipated films at the festival - “The Dead Don’t Die” by Jim Jarmisch and “Family Romance LLC” by Werner Herzog. We present to you also the first part of the special masterclass at Cinema House given by the cult independent American director Abel Ferrara.