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44 articles available in total starting from 31/08/2010. Last article published on 13/08/2025.

Review: February

Review: February

Bulgaria's Kamen Kalev plunges into timelessness and explores the union between man and the earth through a fascinating and austere environmental film, recipient of the Cannes 2020 label  

23/10/2020 | Bulgaria/France

Jivan Avetisyan’s Gate to Heaven ready for release

Jivan Avetisyan’s Gate to Heaven ready for release

The international war drama, co-produced by eight countries, will star Richard Sammel in the lead role  

19/06/2020 | Production | Funding | Armenia/Lithuania/Germany/France/USA/Bulgaria/Czech Republic/Italy

Siamak Etemadi • Director of Pari

Interview: Siamak Etemadi • Director of Pari

"Our lead actress carries the story very strongly all the way trough the character's journey"

BERLINALE 2020: Iranian-born, Athens-based director Siamak Etemadi talked to us about his Panorama-screened first feature Pari, featuring an unflinching main performance by Melika Foroutan  

05/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Review: Pari

Review: Pari

BERLINALE 2020: Siamak Etemadi’s debut feature depicts an Iranian mother’s compelling journey in a foreign place, paved with conflict, sacrifice and possible rebirth  

26/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Pari

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Pari

Writer-director Siamak Etemadi’s debut feature is set to world-premiere in the Panorama section of the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival  

19/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Review: Rounds

Review: Rounds

In his new film, Stephan Komandarev explores the challenges in Bulgarian society 30 years after the fall of communism  

22/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova  • Directors of Cat in the Wall

Interview: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova • Directors of Cat in the Wall

“We wanted to create a bridge between the East and the West to check if the grass was greener on the other side”

We chatted to Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, who are showing their first fiction feature, Cat in the Wall, at Sarajevo after a world premiere at Locarno  

21/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

Interview: Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

"This film aims to diagnose the sickness in our society, to show the problems and to prompt the audience to search for the answer"

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of police officers on patrol in Sofia over the course of one night  

19/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Review: Cat in the Wall

Review: Cat in the Wall

Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova’s first fiction feature explores the challenges of being an immigrant in London  

16/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

The first clapperboard slams for Kamen Kalev’s February

The first clapperboard slams for Kamen Kalev’s February

The Bulgarian filmmaker has kicked off the shoot for his fourth feature, produced by Waterfront Film and co-produced by Koro Films  

20/02/2019 | Production | Bulgaria/France

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