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Sofia Festival Director Stefan Kitanov on Showing Solidarity With Ukraine at the 2023 Fest

Early last year, Stefan Kitanov, director of the Sofia International Film Festival, thought that after two years of lockdowns and online events, things were finally getting back to normal. “For two years I was out of all festival events and travels, I avoided all public events and spent time in our family house outside the […]

Sofia Film Festival Kicks Off With Environmental Message, Strong Industry Lineup

It’s not a coincidence that Volker Schlöndorff’s latest film The Forest Maker, the environmental essay documentary about Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo, who found a way to grow trees in the most barren areas of Africa, is opening the 27th Sofia International Film Festival kicking off Thursday in the Bulgarian capital. One of the major film festivals […]