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The History of Bulgarian Cinema from 1898 to the Present Day |
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| 1898 | ||||
| – Ferencz Echer gives the country’s first public screening. [MORE] | ||||
| 1910 | ||||
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– The country’s first film, Bagaran e Galant (Bulgarian’s are Gallant) is produced by Vassil Gendov. Five years later he will produce a full-length version. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1914 | ||||
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| Such is War [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1915 | ||||
| 13/1 - | Vassil Gendov makes Balgaran e Galant, the country’s first feature film. It is a remake of his 1910 short of the same name. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1917 | ||||
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| Lyubovta e ludost (Vasil Gendov) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1922 | ||||
| 22/12 - | Nikolai Larine’s Pod Staroto Nebe, the first feature-length Bulgarian film, premieres at the Theatre Moderne in Sofia. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1933 | ||||
| 2/10 - | The country’s first sound film, Vassili Guendov’s Buntat na rabite (The Slave’s Revolt) premieres at the Modern Theatre in Sofia. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1934 | ||||
| 27/11 - | Peter Stojchev’s Pesenta na Balkana (The Song of the Mountains), Bulgaria’s first sound film, is released. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1948 | ||||
| – The Bulgarian State Film Industry establishes a department of cartoon and puppet films. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1950 | ||||
| 20/3 - | Boris Borozanov’s Kalin orelat, the first feature film made in Bulgaria since the nationalisation of the industry by the communist government, is released. Ivan Dimov stars in the title role. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1951 | ||||
| 19/2 - | Zahari Zhandov’s Trevoga (Alarm), the first film fully produced at Boyana Film since the industry’s nationalisation in 1948, is released. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1952 | ||||
| – Dimo Lingurski’s puppet animation, Master Manol (The Fearful Bomb), is the first colour film made in Bulgaria. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1955 | ||||
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Yunak Marko (Todor Dinov) [MORE] [ADD} |
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| 1958 | ||||
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Na malkija ostrov (On the Small Island) (Rangel Vulchanov) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1964 | ||||
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Kradetzat na praskovi (The Peach Thief) (Vulo Radev) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1967 | ||||
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Otklonenie (Sidetrack) (Grisha Ostrovski, Todor Stoianov) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1969 | ||||
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Ikonostasyt (Iconostasis) (Todor Dinov, Hristo Hristov) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1979 | ||||
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The Unknown Soldier’s Patent Leather Shoes (Rangel Vulchanov) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1988 | ||||
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Time of Violence (Ludmil Staikov) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Where Do We Go From Here? (Rangel Vulchanov) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1989 | ||||
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Ivan and Alexandra (Ivan Nichev) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Margarit and Margarita (Nikolai Volev) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Prosecutor (Liubomir Sharlandjev) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1990 | ||||
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Laguerat (Georgi Dyulgerov) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2010 | ||||
| 11/6 - | Dimitar Mitovski’s Mission London, a comedy about life at the Bulgarian Embassy in London becomes the most profitable Bulgarian film ever made. It earns 2.4 million Leva (£1 million) in its opening weeks, almost recouping it costs before going on international release. [ADD] | |||
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Bulgarian filmmakers stage a third protest over the Culture Ministry’s failure to commit to a filmmaking budget by staging a march from the Culture Ministry to the Council of Ministers building in Sofia. [ADD] |
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| 2011 | ||||
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Love.net, Ilian Djevelekov’s comedy about the trials of internet dating, is released. The writers of the film based their storylines on responses from the users of country’s leading online dating agency to requests for stories about their encounters. Hristo Shopov, Vladimir Penev, Zahari Baharov, Lilia Maraviglia, Koyna Ruseva and Diana Dobreva star. [ADD] |
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