The Optimists
A recounting of the rescue of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust by their friends and neighbors.
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A recounting of the rescue of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust by their friends and neighbors.
The story of two adolescents, Moni and Zhozho, who meet 17-year-old Zheni in 1943 and with whom both fell in love. The events that follow unfold while Bulgaria has to decide on the deportation of 11 343 Jewish citizens i
Seven-year-old Petyo can't wait to grow up and is counting the days until the start of the school year, when one sunny morning he is lied to by his mother that his father has gone abroad. Petyo is sent on an enforced vac
The first captured Bulgarian soldiers during the fight with the Serbs in the Second Balkan War were transported by train to Belgrade on 21st June 1913. In the following months, several thousand Bulgarian officers and sol
The film tells the story of Bulgarian yogurt and its popularization in Japan, which began in 1970 at the Osaka International Exhibition Expo. It traces how Bulgarian yogurt won the hearts of the Japanese and became a glo
An adult, animated, political satire. Funny and witty. Provocative and controversial. Situated in the hippy years...'groovy man, groovy!'
1991. Two years after their adventure in Romania, young Pago, Rice and Bibi have returned to their quiet and monotonous lives. When Bibi decides to meet Yuliya, a Bulgarian girl with whom he has been corresponding for mo
When the 'Big Four' - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - shared a stage together on 22nd June 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria, the show was beamed live into over 550 theatres worldwide via satellite in a special HD cinema
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the wo
A documentary film exploring the legacy of the Holocaust in Bulgaria and the Balkans through the personal stories of three Bulgarian Jews.