The documentary film "The Heart of the Other Bulgaria" by journalist Milena Milotinova had its premiere at the Central Military Club in Sofia. The film is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad. The documentary is..
In the autumn of 1992, a decree of the Council of Ministers in Bulgaria established the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad to coordinate state policy towards Bulgarians living around the world. Its first president, Georgi Danailov, put together a team and the..
The documentary film "Vaklush", directed by Nikolay Vasilev, has been awarded the "Golden Firefly" statuette in the "Best Social Justice Feature Film" category at the Cannes World Film Festival "Remember the Future". The film was shot between 1998 and..
''I wish that more Bulgarians would start appreciating their culture and country without waiting for foreigners to appreciate them first’’. These words belong to Alexander Eppler, an American of Russian descent who calls himself a Bulgarianophile...
A film set has become the new classroom of the children of the Bulgarian Sunday School "Assen & Ilia Peikov" in Rome. The pupils are hard at work filming a documentary dedicated to three prominent fighters for Bulgarian independence - Catholic..
And there is no road, no train. Me - a lonely pebble, standing and grasping the tiny blade of grass ripped to the root – this verse from Boris Hristov’s poem Heartstroke gives the title frame of a film story. The plot takes us back to Bulgaria's..
Few people have probably heard of Alexander Eppler – an American of Russian descent who is in love with Bulgaria and the Bulgarian kaval . As a teenager he was fascinated by the magic of Bulgarian folklore when he went to a concert by a Bulgarian..
The documentary “ 49,172 ” and the exhibition “The Jews in the Bulgarian lands” from the archives of the Saints Cyril and Methodius National Library, were presented in Los Angeles. The film “ 49,172 ”, directed by Plamen Petkov and produced by..
Today, Bulgaria celebrates its National Day of Liberation - March 3. It is 145 years since Bulgaria's Liberation from Ottoman rule and the return of Bulgaria on the European political map. The good news is that these days Bulgaria is everywhere in..
The Bulgarian Sunday school Asen and Iliya Peykovi and students from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia are working on a joint project – a documentary about three prominent figures who fought for the national..
