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447 articles available in total starting from 14/03/2005. Last article published on 02/06/2025.

Balkan Documentary Center extends submission deadlines for its 2025 training programmes

Balkan Documentary Center extends submission deadlines for its 2025 training programmes

The centre offers filmmakers and storytellers extensive opportunities with its Balkan Watchers, Docu Rough Cut Boutique and BDC Discoveries schemes  

10/01 | Balkan Documentary Center 2025

Uniqa launches programme to support female filmmakers in Southeast Europe

Uniqa launches programme to support female filmmakers in Southeast Europe

The Female Filmmakers Support Programme aims to support and empower women in film from the six countries where UNIQA Insurance operates in Southeast Europe  

06/01 | Industry | Market | Serbia/Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Bulgaria/Romania/Montenegro

Review: Geri’s Wish

Review: Geri’s Wish

Tonislav Hristov’s eighth documentary feature follows a young woman on the brink of adulthood who, having been abandoned by her mother, has already faced myriad life challenges  

23/12/2024 | Films | Reviews | Bulgaria/Finland

Geri’s Wish and White Shoulder for a Black Man win the top prizes at the Golden Rhyton Film Festival

Geri’s Wish and White Shoulder for a Black Man win the top prizes at the Golden Rhyton Film Festival

53 documentary and animated films competed at the annual Bulgarian gathering while 19 other titles were shown in the parallel programme Open Horizons  

23/12/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Bulgaria

Tzvetan Dragnev • Director of Balkan Black Box

Interview: Tzvetan Dragnev • Director of Balkan Black Box

“I prefer to leave things fragmented, just as they are in real life”

The Bulgarian filmmaker speaks about his affinity for places and characters that are off the beaten track while breaking down his third documentary feature  

13/12/2024 | /Bulgaria

Eliza Petkova, Nicolas Kronauer • Director and producer of The Worker

Interview: Eliza Petkova, Nicolas Kronauer • Director and producer of The Worker

“The film stands for the dissonance between what we hope for and what actually awaits us in the world”

The Bulgarian director and German producer break down their upcoming film, which won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event  

29/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Eliza Petkova • Director of Silent Observers

Interview: Eliza Petkova • Director of Silent Observers

“I was questioning the idea that we’re more intelligent than, or simply superior to, the animal world”

The Bulgarian director discusses the joys and surprises of working with animals during the making of her new hybrid documentary  

27/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Review: Silent Observers

Review: Silent Observers

Eliza Petkova’s new documentary adopts the point of view of five animals in a remote Bulgarian village  

22/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

REPORT: Based-on-Books @ Cinelibri 2024

REPORT: Based-on-Books @ Cinelibri 2024

We take a closer look at five of the twelve projects pitched at the Sofia-based industry gathering  

30/10/2024 | Cinelibri 2024

Film Initiative’s Gabrielle Gonçalves explores the bridges between filmmaking and publishing

Film Initiative’s Gabrielle Gonçalves explores the bridges between filmmaking and publishing

The expert delved into the journey from page to screen, emphasising the need for innovation and strategic rights handling  

30/10/2024 | Cinelibri 2024

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