Complete schedule of the events and screenings and their locations within the festival.
THURSDAY, 09.07.26
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
19:00 Festival opening
Petra Kelly – Act now! (Competition)
Germany, 2024, 109 min., dir. Doris Metz
Bulgarian Premiere
21:30 Concert: Iliana Beshkova and Rosenquarzexpress
FRIDAY, 10.07.26
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
14:30 Horizons – Where Education Meets Heart: Ukrainian Kids in Bulgaria Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Bulgaria, Germany, 2025, 49 min., (Q&A)
16:00 BULGARIAN PANORAMA (48 min)
Natural Film
(Q&A)
Bulgaria, 2026, 24 min., dir. Kalina Nikolova
A Few Happy People
Bulgaria, 2025, 24 min., dir. Maria Stanislavova Andreeva
17:00 Change My Mind (Competition) (Q&A)
Czech Republic, 2025, 100 min., dir. Robin Kvapil
Bulgarian premiere
19:00 The Last Prometheus Of Donbas (Competition) Q&A
Ukraine, 2025, 104 min., dir. Anton Shtuka
Bulgarian premiere
21:00 Stardust (Competition) (Q&A)
Germany, 2025, 89 min., dir. Nils Eberwein
Bulgarian premiere
RHODOPEAN DRAMA THEATER “NIKOLAY HAITOV”
10:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (52min)
Soil Color
Iran, 2025, 12 min., dir. Farhad Doroudgar
Bulgarian premiere
The Captain
Tajikistan, 2024, 40 min., dir. Ali Arkain
11:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (74 min)
Perfectly A Strangeness
Canada, 2024, 15 min., dir. Alison McAlpine
Flayers
France, 2025, 10 min., dir. Hippolyte Burkhart-Uhlen
Boom 7
Netherlands, 2025, 26 min., dir. Marit Vreeswijk, Gabriela Forfotӑ
Goddess
Iran, 2025, 23 min., dir. Hadith Moradi, Parisa Abdollahini
12:30 The House Of Cini Boeri (Competition)
Italy, 2025, 60 min., dir. Maddalena Bregani
Bulgarian Premiere
13:30 Masayume (Competition)
Japan, 2026, 110 min., dir. Nao Yoshigai
Bulgarian Premiere
15:30 Truth Or Dare (Competition)
Bulgaria, Finland, 2025, 84 min., dir. Tonislav Hristov
17:00 Zlatyu’s Dog (Bulgarian panorama) (Q&A)
Bulgarian, 2025, 74 min., dir. Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
19:00 Sun Ray Over Paris (Bulgarian panorama) (Q&A)
Bulgaria, 2026, 80 min., dir. Andrey Chertov,
21:00 Queens Of Joy (Special screening)
Ukraine, 2025, 90 min., dir. Olga Gibelinda, 18+
Bulgarian premiere
SATURDAY, 11.07.26
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
15:30 Municipal Councillor (Competition) (Q&A)
Bulgaria, 2026, 58 min., dir. Adela Peeva, Antony Donchev
17:00 Kommunist (Competition)
Germany, 2026, 120 min., dir. Lutz Pehnert
International premiere
19:00 Searching for Satyrus (Competition) (Q&A)
Azerbaijan, USA, 2025, 101 min., dir. Rena Effendi
Bulgarian premiere
21:00 Past Future Continuous (Competition)
Iran, Norway, Italy, 2025, 80 min., dir. Morteza Ahmadvand, Firouzeh Khosrovani
RHODOPEAN DRAMA THEATER “NIKOLAY HAITOV” 10:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (31 min)
Underground Serenade (Competition)
Portugal, 15 min., dir. Lukas Berger
Bulgarian premiere
Concerto
South Africa, 2025, 16 min., dir. Jurg Slabbert
Bulgarian premiere
11:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (101 min)
Today Is A Gift
Canada, 2026, 25 min., dir. David Rendall
Emilia
Spain, 2024, 20 min., dir. Rafa Arroyo
А Group Of Citizens (Q&A)
Bulgaria, 2025, 19 min., dir. Miroslav Golemanski
Galina Vasilievna Vs. (Q&A)
Russian Federation, 2025, 37 min., dir. Egor Gavrilin
14:00 And The Fish Fly Above Our Heads (Competition)
Lebanon, 2025, 70 min., dir. Dima El-Horr
Bulgarian Premiere
17:00 Riefenstahl (Special screening)
Germany, 2024, 115 min., dir. Andres Veiel
19:00 The Last Prisoners Of “Belene” Concentration Camp (Bulgarian panorama) (Q&A)
Bulgaria, 2026, 56 min., dir. Dimitar Kotcev – Shosho
20:30 A Few Chunks Of Cheese (Competition) (Q&A)
Bulgaria, 2026, 70 min., dir. Nikola Boshnakov
22:00 Kompleta (Special screening)
Poland, 2025, 65 min., dir. Tomasz Sliwinski, Magda Hueckel, 18 +
Bulgarian Premiere
SUNDAY, 12.07.26
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
11:00 Bulgaria Of All Places (Special screening) (Q&A )
Bulgaria, Germany, 2006, 94 min., dir. Christo Bakalski
13:30 Blum: Masters of their own destiny (Special screening)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024, 76 min., dir. Jasmila Zbanic
15:00 A Dragon Flew Over (Bulgarian panorama) (Q&A )
Bulgaria, 2025, 35 min., dir. Vlada Tomova
19:00 AWARD CEREMONY
19:30 Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Denmark, Czechia, Germany, 2025, 90 min., dir. David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin
21:00 Concert: GREESH band
RHODOPEAN DRAMA THEATER “NIKOLAY HAITOV”
10:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (93min)
Inanimate Objects
UK, 2024, 21 min., dir. Alexandra Markovic, Julia Konarska
Bulgarian Premiere
Sorrowful Memory
México, 2025, 29 min., dir. Jorge Enrique González Venegas Bulgarian Premiere
Actually, I didn’t Want To Stay Long
Germany, 2025 23 min., dir. Andreas Grützner
Bulgarian Premiere
Talking Hate (Q&A)
Italy, 2025, 20 min., dir. Antonietta Elia
Bulgarian premiere
12:00 Living With The Taliban (Competition)
Poland, 2024, 53 min., dir. Siarhei Marchyk, Witold Repetowicz
Bulgarian Premiere
13:00 The last ambassador (Competition)
Austria, 2025, 80 min., dir. Natalie Halla
Bulgarian Premiere
14:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (80 min)
Suitcase
Poland, 2025, 8 min., dir. Dasha Brian
Bulgarian Premiere
Inga (Q&A)
Poland, 2025, 28 min., dir. Krzysztof Kopczyński
Bulgarian Premiere
Border
Estonia, 2025, 19 min., dir. Sasha Shprotzer
Bulgarian Premiere
My Grandmother is a Skydriver
Germany, Ukraine, 2025, 10 min., dir. Polina Piddubna
Bulgarian Premiere
A surprise short film screening, 15 min., (Q&A)
16:15 Sun Bay (Competition) (Q&A)
Israel, 70 min., 2025, dir. Ido Weisman
Bulgarian Premiere