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531 articles available in total starting from 14/03/2005. Last article published on 25/09/2026.

Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure wins the top prize at the 44th Golden Rose Film Festival

Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure wins the top prize at the 44th Golden Rose Film Festival

First-time filmmaker Viktor Ivanov and directorial duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov have also emerged among the major winners at this edition  

25/09 | Golden Rose 2026 | Awards

Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

Interview: Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

“There is something about forgiving a person in death, and accepting them”

The Bulgarian first-time director reveals the real absurdist story behind his tender feature, and elaborates on the creative process of transferring life on screen  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Kostadin Bonev • Director of She Who Remains

Interview: Kostadin Bonev • Director of She Who Remains

“I find powerful the transformation of a young woman who changes her identity to survive and is forced to live in someone else’s skin”

The Bulgarian director discusses his adaptation of René Karabash’s novel, and the challenge of turning a novel without much dialogue into a screenplay  

23/09 | Golden Rose 2026

Review: What Remains

Review: What Remains

Yeşim Ustaoğlu crafts a film at once profound and prosaic, realistic and poetic, in the form of a road movie painting a portrait of a woman in search of restorative freedom  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Review: My Father’s Shoes

Review: My Father’s Shoes

Bulgarian filmmaker Hristo Simeonov’s debut is a gentle portrait of a young woman attempting to recover an integral part of herself while mourning an ever-present absence  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Review: Brace Your Heart

Review: Brace Your Heart

Amanda Kernell’s third feature places a young Sámi woman’s struggle for independence at the heart of a restrained tale of love, trauma and resilience  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Ilmar Raag’s A Girl from Tallinn in post-production

Ilmar Raag’s A Girl from Tallinn in post-production

The six-part mystery-thriller unfolds in Tallinn and Kyiv across two timelines, as a decades-old murder investigation drags the past back into the present  

17/09 | Production | Funding | Estonia/Ukraine/Bulgaria

Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

Interview: Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

"The main character strives for a kind of purity that allows her to be herself and to fear nothing"

The Turkish filmmaker sheds light on her new movie, centred on a woman who takes to the road to try to find herself  

16/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

Interview: Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

“The key words at the heart of the story are ‘liberation’, ‘healing’ and ‘forgiveness’”

The Swedish director shares some thoughts on her creative journey and whether there is any shared DNA between her latest film and her prior works  

16/09 | Toronto 2026 | Platform

Review: Guria

Review: Guria

VENICE 2026: Levan Koguashvili stops at nothing to deliver humour – and hazelnuts – in this film showing a world that’s still catching up  

14/09 | Venice 2026 | Venezia Spotlight

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