Festivals and markets / Festival detail
Description
For 16th year Sofia International Film Festival will gather together in Sofia films, guests, stars, journalists and cinema fans from 9th until 18th March 2012. Featured in Variety’s Top 50 of cinema festivals, the event presents Bulgaria to the world as the host one of the important film festivals in Europe and takes place annually in March. What started as a thematic music film festival, went through 15 previous editions to become the cinema event of the year, bringing the current world cinema trends to the domestic viewers in Bulgaria and the latest in Bulgarian cinema to the rest of the world.
The Festival is recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) - it was announced by Variety as one of the 50 unmissable film events in the world.
Grand Prix for First or Second Film - International Feature Film Competition
The Big Five/ Cinema Today - The Masters
Cinema Tomorrow - Discoveries/ Special Screenings
New Bulgarian Cinema (Kodak Award for the Best Bulgarian Feature)
Balkan Competition/ Documentary Competition
Short Film Programme/ Tributes and Retrospectives/ Operation Kino
www.siff.bg or programme@sofiaiff.com
| Year founded | 1997 |
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| Focus | Feature-length films, Documentary films, Debuts and second films, International festival |
| Web site | http://www.sofiaiff.com |
| Industry event | Sofia Meetings |
