From 17 to 22 December 2025, the 29th Golden Rhyton Film Festival took place in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. The festival is the country’s leading national forum dedicated to documentary and animated cinema, bringing together dozens of films in competit

The Bulgarian National Film Center has announced that director Milko Lazarov’s film The Herd will be the country’s official submission to the Academy Awards in the category of Best International Feature Film.

he Sofia International Film Festival presented 171 films from 58 countries across 5 continents.