Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

We shall do our best to have Blaga’s Lessons as the Bulgarian Oscar nomination, Stephan Komandarev says

Eli Skorcheva in Blaga's Lessons
Photo: Facebook/stephan.komandarev

“We shall do our best to be the Bulgarian nomination for an Oscar for a foreign language film,” said Stephan Komandarev, director of Blaga’s Lessons, which won the Crystal Globe Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. “That is up to the jury of the Bulgarian National Film Centre. We shall do our best to present the film wherever we can,” he said.

“To be successful at the Academy Awards you have to have a very good film, but also lots of money for a campaign – money for American publicists and for streaming platforms. I know that because I have been a Bulgarian nomination twice. A screening costs USD 10,000,” Stephan Konamdarev said for BGNES news agency.

The film touches audiences because the stories about the Bulgarian pensioners are understandable wherever you may be. These are things that are not just Bulgarian, they can happen anywhere, Stephan Komandarev said. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

The Night of the Musicals Brings Broadway Magic to Veliko Tarnovo

The Night of Musicals takes place tonight at the Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports in Veliko Tarnovo.    Artists from the USA, Australia, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, and Italy, supported by internationally..

published on 4/29/25 8:45 AM

"Parisian Nights" - ballet premiere at the Stara Zagora Opera in its jubilee year 2025

The first major ballet event in the festive jubilee programme celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Stara Zagora Opera is the premiere of "Parisian Nights" , set to music by Weber, Rachmaninoff and Offenbach. The libretto, choreography and staging are..

published on 4/27/25 8:30 AM

Tom Stoppard's hit play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead premieres at the National Theatre

With Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , young Boyan Kracholov - one of the most compelling contemporary Bulgarian theatre directors - makes his debut on the main stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre. Kracholov won the 2017 Askeer Award in the..

published on 4/26/25 9:05 AM