Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

A film about Alzek Misheff opens the Bulgarian Cinema Days in Bratislava

Алцек Мишев в София
Photo: Personal archive

The Bulgarian Cinema Days in Slovakia will be officially opened tonight at 18.30 at the Lumiere cinema in Bratislava with the premiere of the documentary film "Flying with Fins". The film by director Maria Averina is dedicated to the remarkable Bulgarian-Italian avant-garde artist Alzek Misheff. It was awarded the prestigious Best Bulgarian Documentary Award at the Master of Art 2024 festival, presented by the State Institute of Culture under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.

The Days of Bulgarian Cinema festival in Slovakia will continue with the screening of four other films presenting contemporary Bulgarian cinema in its diversity of genres and themes - "Because I Love Bad Weather", "Memoir of a Betrayal", "Plague", "To put it Mildly". All films will be shown in their original version with Czech subtitles. Admission is free. Tickets can be booked in advance on the Lumiere Cinema website or collected at the door on the day of the screening.

There will also be two screenings - "Flying with Fins" and "Blaga's Lessons" - on October 10 at the SNP Museum in Banská Bystrica.



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

French ambassador to Bulgaria H.E. Joël Meyer (L) and Georgi Gospodinov

Ambassador Joël Meyer to award writer Georgi Gospidinov the French Knight of Arts and Letters order

On 23 October, Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov will be awarded the Knight of Arts and Letters order at the French embassy residence in Sofia. The order will be awarded to Georgi Gospodinov by the French ambassador to Bulgaria Joël Meyer. The..

published on 10/9/24 10:45 AM

Aksinia Ivanova and Ivan Tsankov on the cultural diplomacy of the new Bulgarian emigration in Argentina

The beginning of the 21st century has turned out to be a cornerstone in the lives of Aksinia Ivanova and Ivan Tsankov - fate took them to the distant and exotic Argentina and it became their second home. At that tine they could hardly imagine that one..

published on 10/8/24 3:18 PM

A Bulgarian-Italian comedy tells a love story from the communist era

The new Bulgarian film "Aurora" tells a passionate love story from the 1950s, reported BTA. It is directed by Jackie Stoev, who created some of the most entertaining Bulgarian films, and Nikola Boshnakov. The plot is about an Italian journalist..

published on 10/8/24 12:06 PM