Sofia MENAR Opens with Award-Winning Films from the Middle East and North Africa
The 17th edition of Sofia MENAR will open on January 17 with the Jordanian film Inshallah a Boy
Critically acclaimed Bulgarian documentary "Sofia's Last Ambulance" has been selected for the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight in New York.
Established in 2001, MoMA's annual two-week showcase of recent nonfiction film and video takes place each February. This year's event is to take place between February 15 and March 4.
This year's festival includes an International Selection of 20 feature-length films and several shorts, all of which are US or New York premieres that will be presented by the filmmakers.
The Bulgarian movie will be presented on the opening day of the festival.
"Sofia's Last Ambulance" follows a three-member paramedic crew in one of Bulgaria's dwindling fleet of emergency ambulances. The camera's focus is on the intimate emotions and reactions of a doctor, nurse, and driver—not their patients—as they respond to situations both the serious and absurd.
The film premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2012 (Critics' Week), where it won the "Visionary Award". It was the second documentary ever to compete in the section's 51 year history.
Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences have challenged claims made in Serbia that question the Bulgarian identity of the population in the Western Outlands
Ivan Vazov is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in Bulgarian literature and culture.
The house-museum of Rayna Knyaginya in Sofia, a cultural monument of local importance, has completed a major renovation and is now open to the public
Today, January 20, 2025, marks one of the most significant winter holidays in the Bulgarian folk calendar—Petlyovden, or Rooster's Day
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church today commemorates St. Athanasius the Great, recognized as the "father of Orthodox theology"
On January 17, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors St. Anthony the Great, a revered figure known for his ascetic life
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