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A list of the most notable films produced in Bulgaria during the 2010s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Bulgarian films, see Category:Bulgarian films.
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| Title | English title | Director | Cast | Notes |
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| Хотел Рай | Paradise Hotel | Sophia Tzavella | [ citation needed ] | |
| Мисия Лондон | Mission London | Dimitar Mitovski | Ralph Brown, Alan Ford | [ citation needed ] |
| Лов на дребни хищници | HDSP: Hunting Down Small Predators | Cvetodar Markov | [ citation needed ] |
| Title | Title (Latin) English | Director | Length | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Тилт | Tilt | Viktor Chouchkov | |||
| Love.net | Ilian Djevelekov | ||||
| Kecove | Sneakers | Valeri Yordanov | |||
| Операция „Шменти капели“ | Operation Shmenti Capelli | Ivan Mitov | |||
| Лора от сутрин до вечер | Lora from Morning Till Evening | Dimitar Kotzev | |||
| Avé | Konstantin Bojanov | ||||
| Title | Title (Latin) English | Director | Length | Cast | Notes | |
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| Sofia's Last Ambulance | Sofia's Last Ambulance | Ilian Metev | [ citation needed ] |
| Title | Title (Latin) English | Director | Length | Cast | Notes |
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| Урок | The Lesson | Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov | 111 minutes | Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivanka Bratoeva, Stefan Denolyubov | One of three finalists for the European Parliament LUX Film Prize. [1] |
| Потъването на Созопол | Sinking of Sozopol | Kostadin Bonev | 101 minutes | Deyan Donkov, Snezhina Petrova, Svetla Yancheva and Stefan Valdobrev | [ citation needed ] |
| Title | Title (Latin) English | Director | Length | Cast | Notes |
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| XIa | The 11th Grade | Georgi D. Kostov | 84 minutes | Yana Marinova, Nikolai Sotirov, Bashar Rahal, Ralitsa Paskaleva, Boris Kashev, Ioan Lov, Veselin Troyanov, Boyka Velkova, Stanislav Yanevski, Daria Simeonova | [2] |
| Момичето от НиЗката Земя | The Girl From The Vile Land | Nick Stanchev | 100 minutes | Georgi Grozev, Joanna Izabela-Vurbanova, Niki Stanchev and Simeon Vladov | [ citation needed ] |
| Title | Title (Latin) English | Director | Length | Cast | Genre(s) | Notes |
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| Слава | Glory | Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | 101 minutes | Stefan Denolyubov, Margita Gosheva | Drama | |
| Безбог | Godless | Ralitza Petrova | 99 minutes | Irena Ivanova, Ivan Nalbantov | Drama | A Bulgarian-Greek coproduction. Hamptons International Film Festival Award for Best Narrative Feature Film |
| Докато Ая спеше [3] | While Aya Was Sleeping | Cvetodar Markov (also spelled Tsvetodar Markov) | 88 minutes | Stefan Denolyubov | Drama | A Bulgarian-Danish-French coproduction. Golden Leopard and various other international awards. |
| XIa | XIa | Georgi Kostov | 83 minutes | Yana Marinova, Bashar Rahal | School Drama |
| Title | Title (Latin) English | Director | Length | Cast | Notes |
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| Бензин | Benzin | Asen Blatechki | TBA | Asen Blatechki, Kalin Vratchanski, Sully Erna | Bulgarian " The Fast and the Furious" |
| 3/4 | Ilian Metev | ||||
| Directions [4] [5] | |||||
| Western [6] | |||||
| XIIa | Magdalena Ralcheva | 93 minutes | Radina Kardzhilova, Maria Kavardzhikova, Aneliya Mangarova, Kal Minev, Deyan Georgiev, Vasilena Atanasova, Maria Bakalova, Darin Angelov, Elena Boycheva | Sequel of The 11th Grade | |
Nina Kamenova Dobreva, credited professionally as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce in the CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2015).
Sevda Shishmanova is a Bulgarian producer, director and journalist of Bulgarian Turkish origin.
Ivan Barnev is a Bulgarian actor. He is best known for his performance as Jan Dítě in I Served the King of England (2006), as well as his frequent collaborations with filmmakers Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov in films such as The Lesson (2014), The Father (2019) and Triumph.
11 Minutes is a 2015 Polish-Irish thriller film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It stars Richard Dormer, Paulina Chapko, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Andrzej Chyra, Dawid Ogrodnik, Agata Buzek, Piotr Glowacki, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Ifi Ude, Jan Nowicki, Anna Maria Buczek, and Lukasz Sikora. Set in Warsaw, it tells the story of multiple people's lives over the course of eleven minutes in a single day. The film had its world premiere in the Competition section at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2015. It was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire — Cannes is a documentary film award created in 2015. It is awarded to the best documentary presented in one of the sections of the Cannes Film Festival. Initiated by the Civil Society of Multimedia Authors and its President Julie Bertuccelli, the prize is awarded in partnership with the Institut national de l'audiovisuel and with the support of Cannes Film Festival and its General Delegate Thierry Frémaux. Since 2017, the Audiens Cultural Personal Joint Group has also been a partner.
The Judgment is a 2014 Bulgarian drama film directed by Stephan Komandarev. It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Home Care is a 2015 Czech-Slovak drama film directed by Slávek Horák. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Like Crazy is a 2016 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti. It tells the story of two women from different backgrounds who become friends while being treated at a mental institution. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Sieranevada is a 2016 Romanian film directed by Cristi Puiu and starring Mimi Brănescu. The plot follows a successful neurologist who attends a family meal supposed to commemorate his deceased father. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Hevn (Revenge) is a 2015 Norwegian-Canadian drama film directed by Kjersti G. Steinsbø.
The Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival is held in Varna in September or October. Also known as Golden Rose National Film Festival or simply Golden Rose Film Festival, the event was first held in August 1961 under the name "Bulgarian Film Festival"; it ran annually until 1974 and after that it was usually held every two years. The 34th Golden Rose Film Festival was held September 19 to 25, 2016.
Glory is a 2016 Bulgarian drama film written and directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov. The second film in the directors' "newspaper-clippings trilogy", the film is a social-realist parable exploring the themes of corruption, class differences, and the rural-urban divide, in contemporary Bulgarian society. It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The Good Postman is a 2016 documentary film directed by Tonislav Hristov. The film offers a tragicomic perspective on the 'refugee crisis' of 2015 from a small Bulgarian village located near the Turkish border. The village has suffered decades of economic and demographic decline. The handful of remaining residents observe refugee families from Syria and elsewhere as they cross the border, and ponder inviting them to settle in the vacant village houses. This proposal, advocated by the village postman and main protagonist Ivan, polarizes opinions and brings into focus the local people's own fears, hopes and disappointments.
Blaga's Lessons is a 2023 drama film directed and produced by Stephan Komandarev, who co-wrote it with Simeon Ventsislavov. The film stars Eli Skorcheva as Blaga, a retired schoolteacher in Shumen, who is grieving the recent death of her husband and falls victim to a criminal scam while trying to raise the money to pay for his gravestone.
Stephan Komandarev is a Bulgarian film director, producer and screenwriter. His films have been selected on three occasions as Bulgaria's submission to the Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film competition.
