From September 18th to 28th, the Balkan Documentary Center, together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Czech Center, is organizing a film festival dedicated to the best documentary cinema, which focuses on topics that provoke heated debates in society.

We have selected inspiring stories, whose authors will present them in person. In our programme, you’ll see those fleeing war. You’ll meet women struggling to overcome their biggest traumas. You’ll witness trans people fighting for their bodily autonomy. You’ll peek inside contemporary political scandals and assassinations.

To many, those topics are taboo. To us, these topics are urgent. The films we have selected recognize this urgency and cross the line of silence.

This year, our festival will take place in our pop-up cinema under the glass domes of Largo Sofia, in Czech Center, Cinema House, and Lumiere Cinema. We invite the cinema goers to our pop-up cinema at the Largo, and the professions to the special meetings, masterclasses, and the forum for new projects, all part of our first Balkan documentary market.

Team:
Martichka Bozhilova, festival director
Neda Milanova, head of industry
Georgi Bogdanov, managing director
Evi Karageorgu, programmer and author of the texts
Konstantin Georgiev, festival coordinator
Kevork Vanlyan, technical supervisor
Nelly Rousseva, translator and editor
Mihail Ilievski, festival production
Mira Vladimirova, social media and guests

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

PR: Radi Georgiev

Visual identity:
Ogilvy