Balgarianovinite.com Caretaker Culture Minister Nayden Todorov attended the opening ceremony of the 30th edition of Sofia Film Fest (SFF) in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture on Thursday. “In the time we live in, all of us have a profound need for forums of high art. We have a profound need for forums such as Sofia Film Fest,” he said.
“Thirty years – that is a generation, that is an era. Today this festival is a meeting place for professionalism, for auteur cinema, a meeting of ideas,” Minister Todorov said. He stressed that “cinema creates the future, but cinema is also a memory of the past.”
SFF Director Stefan Kitanov noted that it is “somewhat strange” to talk about the art of cinema in a world shaken by military conflicts across the globe. “For the fourth consecutive year and without interruption we stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but this year we also add all peoples who are fighting the evil of international terrorism,” he added.
“Our hopes are that the weapons will fall silent and that a new era will begin, in which the new world we are rearranging will have a place for free people who, alongside their everyday lives, will find the time and opportunity to engage with the art called cinema,” Kitanov also said.
The Executive Director of the National Film Centre, Peter Todorov, thanked Stefan Kitanov and his team for showing the best of Bulgarian and world cinema for 30 years and for cultivating good taste. “Within the framework of the festival, the three films with Bulgarian participation that were screened in Berlin in February this year will be shown. They are truly good, and if you watch them, you will not regret it,” Todorov said. Sofia Film Fest’s 30th Edition Opens 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-13 05:49:51 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law