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November 24 2026

It is just an impossible task to present only 20 young directors who were guests at Sofia International Film Festival. Especially after introducing the International competition for first and second feature film our festival started to draw attention as desirable destination for great number of first time directors and many of them became well known contemporary authors. And so that's why we choose 60:

  • Alvaro Brechner
  • Aleksei German Jr.
  • Alexei Muradov
  • Angelina Nikonova
  • Andrzej Jakimowski
  • Anna Melikian
  • Babak Payami
  • Catalin Mitulescu
  • Cristi Puiu
  • Cristian Mungiu
  • David Lanzmann
  • Dalibor Matanic
  • Damian Kozole
  • Darko Lungulov
  • David Mackenzie
  • Denis Cote
  • Dom Rotheroe
  • Dusan Milic
  • Eran Kolirin
  • George Ovashvili
  • Guka Omarova
  • Hanna Slak
  • Hueseyin Karabey
  • Ilya Khrzhanovski
  • Jan Cvitkovic
  • Janez Burger
  • Jasmila Zbanic
  • Kakha Kikabidze
  • Kornél Mundruczó
  • Lenny Abrahamson
  • Mait Laas
  • Malgorzata Szumowska
  • Manijeh Hekmat
  • Marion Laine
  • Michael Di Jiacomo
  • Milutin Petrovic
  • Miroslav Momčilović
  • Ognjen Sviličić
  • Ozcan Alper
  • Pawel Pawlikowski
  • Petr Zelenka
  • Radivoje Andric
  • Razvan Radulescu
  • Samuel Maoz
  • Semih Kaplanoglu
  • Sergej Stanojkovski
  • Siegfried
  • Srdan Golubovic
  • Srdjan Vuletic
  • Srdjan Kolevic
  • Stefan Arsenievic
  • Svetozar Ristovski
  • Tudor Giurgiu
  • Uni Straume
  • Veit Helmer
  • Victor Ginzburg
  • Vinko Moderndorfer
  • Vladimir Blaževski
  • Yesim Ustaoglu
  • Zeki Demirkubuz
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