''The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent'' was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Live Action Short Film. It is a co-production with Bulgarian participation was and was created in collaboration with Katya Trichkova from Contrast Films.
The film is based on real events and takes place in 1993 in Štrpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces during an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers – Tomo Buzov – dares to stand up against them. The short film has won the Golden Palm for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival and the European Film Award in the same category. It is directed by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, and there is also Bulgarian involvement in the costumes, sound design, makeup and hairstyling.
Bulgaria's Consul General in New York Angel Angelov has taken part in an online discussion organized by an educational platform on Holocaust issues and dedicated to the saving of Bulgarian Jews in the Second World War, BTA reports. A special guest..
An exhibition titled "PICASSO: Graphics from the National Gallery Collection " will open at 18:00 pm this evening at Kvadrat 500 in Sofia. The National Gallery's collection includes twenty-one graphic works by Picasso, thematically connected to his..
Turning a new page, 2025 comes with hope and faith in better days, in peace that will prevail, in happiness and love. On the first day of January - Golyam Sechko, as it is known in the Bulgarian tradition - the mood is upbeat and smiles are everywhere...
The well-known Cameroonian writer and activist, winner of the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2020, Djaili Amadou Amal , is visiting Bulgaria to participate in..
The Bulgarian film ''Don’t Close Your Eyes'' has won five awards at the Christian Film Festival in the USA, BTA reported, citing the producers. It was..
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