Bulgaria’s Cash Rebate Backs First Projects
Bulgaria has officially introduced its 25% cash rebate program, and the first three projects to shoot under the scheme have now been set. The films are: Crossing, a “major studio production” that is keeping details under-wraps; The Herd, a Bulgarian majority coproduction directed by Milko Lazarov, known for his Berlinale 2018 closing film Aga and produced by Red Carpet Films’ Vesselka Kiriakova; and The Caller, directed by Richard Switzer and produced by Tylor Konney. Each project will be eligible to recoup €1.1M from the rebate. The scheme is operated by the Bulgarian Film Commission Foundation, which was formed in September 2021. “This is a long awaited step in the further development of the film industry in Bulgaria. I am extremely happy to have had the opportunity, as a CEO of the Bulgarian National Film Center (2017-2021), to work for the introduction of the necessary changes in the Bulgarian Film Act,...
Bulgaria has officially introduced its 25% cash rebate program, and the first three projects to shoot under the scheme have now been set. The films are: Crossing, a “major studio production” that is keeping details under-wraps; The Herd, a Bulgarian majority coproduction directed by Milko Lazarov, known for his Berlinale 2018 closing film Aga and produced by Red Carpet Films’ Vesselka Kiriakova; and The Caller, directed by Richard Switzer and produced by Tylor Konney. Each project will be eligible to recoup €1.1M from the rebate. The scheme is operated by the Bulgarian Film Commission Foundation, which was formed in September 2021. “This is a long awaited step in the further development of the film industry in Bulgaria. I am extremely happy to have had the opportunity, as a CEO of the Bulgarian National Film Center (2017-2021), to work for the introduction of the necessary changes in the Bulgarian Film Act,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Tom Grater and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
There wil be a cap of €1m per project.
Bulgaria is set to introduce a 25% cash rebate to attract international film and TV producers to shoot in the country.
There could be a cap of €1m per project, according to Jana Karaivanova, executive director of the Bulgarian National Film Center (Bnfc). She was talking on an online panel as part of Germany’s connecting cottbus market this week.
“We had been working very intensively for the last 1½ years on the introduction of an incentive ,” Karaivanova explained. “We are probably the only country left in Europe who didn’t yet have one.
Bulgaria is set to introduce a 25% cash rebate to attract international film and TV producers to shoot in the country.
There could be a cap of €1m per project, according to Jana Karaivanova, executive director of the Bulgarian National Film Center (Bnfc). She was talking on an online panel as part of Germany’s connecting cottbus market this week.
“We had been working very intensively for the last 1½ years on the introduction of an incentive ,” Karaivanova explained. “We are probably the only country left in Europe who didn’t yet have one.
- 11/6/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Rights sell around the world including to Germany, France, Latin America and Thailand.
Millennium Media has completed production of Megan Fox thriller Till Death on the Covid-safe Nu Boyana facility in Bulgaria and announced it has sold out most of the world.
Principal photography took place over the summer in what was the first production in Bulgaria since the lockdown. The shoot wrapped on September 7 with no reported cases of Covid-19.
Production occurred under strict protocols that included testing 72 hours prior to arrival, testing twice a week, and a three-day quarantine established in agreement with the Bulgarian ministry of health and Bulgarian Film Center.
Millennium Media has completed production of Megan Fox thriller Till Death on the Covid-safe Nu Boyana facility in Bulgaria and announced it has sold out most of the world.
Principal photography took place over the summer in what was the first production in Bulgaria since the lockdown. The shoot wrapped on September 7 with no reported cases of Covid-19.
Production occurred under strict protocols that included testing 72 hours prior to arrival, testing twice a week, and a three-day quarantine established in agreement with the Bulgarian ministry of health and Bulgarian Film Center.
- 9/12/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
News announced at the annual Sofia Meetings and Sofia International Film Festival.
Bulgaria is poised to launch a financial incentive to attract high-budget international film and TV production to the south-eastern European country. The news was announced at last week’s Sofia Meetings (March 13-17) the biggest annual event of the Bulgarian film industry which runs as part of the Sofia International Film Festival (Mach 7-17).
“Bulgaria is practically the only country in Europe which doesn’t yet have an incentive but at the end of 2018 the government declared they are willing to do this and very fast,” said Jana Karaivanova,...
Bulgaria is poised to launch a financial incentive to attract high-budget international film and TV production to the south-eastern European country. The news was announced at last week’s Sofia Meetings (March 13-17) the biggest annual event of the Bulgarian film industry which runs as part of the Sofia International Film Festival (Mach 7-17).
“Bulgaria is practically the only country in Europe which doesn’t yet have an incentive but at the end of 2018 the government declared they are willing to do this and very fast,” said Jana Karaivanova,...
- 3/18/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
In the fall of 2010, faced with cuts in public financing, Bulgarian filmmakers and other members of industry bodies swept across the capital, Sofia, in a wave of protests against austerity measures introduced by the right-wing ruling party. At the time, the country’s fledgling film industry was in a state of crisis. But eight years later, “the situation is completely different,” says Jana Karaivanova, executive director of the National Film Center. “Bulgarian filmmaking is thriving.”
A selection of contemporary Bulgarian cinema is on display this week at the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival, with the Focus Bulgaria sidebar spotlighting eight feature films and documentaries from the Eastern European nation. Beginning with Stephan Komandarev’s “Directions,” which world premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard last year, the program showcases the growing cinematic output of a country still building an industry from the ground up.
“It’s impossible not to notice that Bulgarian...
A selection of contemporary Bulgarian cinema is on display this week at the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival, with the Focus Bulgaria sidebar spotlighting eight feature films and documentaries from the Eastern European nation. Beginning with Stephan Komandarev’s “Directions,” which world premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard last year, the program showcases the growing cinematic output of a country still building an industry from the ground up.
“It’s impossible not to notice that Bulgarian...
- 5/31/2018
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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