The Bulgarian nomination for the Academy Awards Best International Feature Film is Blaga’s Lessons, directed by Stephan Komandarev.
The decision of the selection panel was unanimous, the National Film Centre says. The film about a recently widowed elderly woman who falls victim to telephone scammers recently won the Crystal Globe Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, as well as the best actress award for Eli Skorcheva, who made a comeback after a 30-year absence from the screen.
"Through his plays, Jean-Pierre Martinez strives to restore the prestige of comedy as a mirror held out to society" - the playwright's website states. Martinez is the author of 101 comedies performed all over the world, which are studied in French schools..
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is one of twelve writers from around the world invited to become international members of the British Royal Society of Literature, the organisation announced on its website . The writers were selected by a committee..
The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Veliko Tarnovo "Sts. Cyril and Methodius" celebrates its half-century anniversary with an interesting exhibition based on student theses and works by current professors from the university in the old capital..
The Natalia Simeonova Foundation has filed documents for registration of a community center that will be named after the legend of Bulgarian rock music..
"Thank you to Petar Angelov, Michaela Velichkova, Sonia Chakarova and all the members of the representative folklore ensemble Shevitsa for the..
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