Filmmaker Stephan Komandarev, whose credits include two previous Bulgarian Oscar entries including the shortlisted The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner, wrapped a movie trilogy about ...
The resignation of Bulgaria’s government after violent protests is a warning for other European countries. Even amid signs that the worst of the eurozone problems and associated downturn may be past, ...
This may be the comeback of the decade. In her first film role in almost 30 years, Bulgarian actress Eli Skorcheva — who had gone into self-exile from cinema, changing careers and working odd jobs ...
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Petar Stanchev is the kind of student Bulgaria needs to keep. Last year, according to the country’s Association of Private Universities, more than half of its college-bound students ...
Powered by a superb Eli Skorcheva as an elderly widow sinking into the underworld, Stephan Komandarev's latest merges spiraling tragedy with perilously dark farce. Premiering in the main competition ...
Blaga's Lessons, a Bulgarian-German film, on July 8 won the main Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary film festival, one of Europe's top movie events. The film by Bulgarian director Stephan ...
'Blaga's Lessons' team: Eli Skorcheva, Stephan Komandarev, Eike Goreczka (Courtesy of KVIFF) Bulgarian crime story “Blaga’s Lessons” by Stephan Komandarev scored the top prize and $25,000 at the 57th ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one fell swoop, 70-year-old widow Blaga Naumova goes from being cash-strapped to cash-stripped. All her life, she’s carefully ...
Bulgarian crime story “Blaga’s Lessons” by Stephan Komandarev scored the top prize and $25,000 at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Saturday, capping a week of celebrating art film, stars and ...