Bulgarian National Film Center

"European Film Promotion's activities are films' best friends."
Irina Kanousheva

The Executive Agency National Film Center (EA NFC) is an administration implementing the Cinema Industry Law (CIL). The main functions of the Agency are to finance film production, to support the distribution and exhibition of films, to manage the promotion of Bulgarian films within the country and abroad, to maintain the register under CIL, to stimulate the development of film culture.

EA NFC administers producer's rights of Bulgarian films, when granted such rights under an act or a contract.

EA NFC represents Bulgaria at the Board of management of Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe. NFC is the coordinator for Bulgaria of the European Audiovisual Observatory and of the MEDIA Plus Program of the EU. The national MEDIA Desk Bulgaria is operating within the NFC.

For the creation, the distribution and the preservation of Bulgarian filmsNFCcollaborates closely with the Bulgarian National TV, the Bulgarian National Film Archives and the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers.

The EA NFC is the organiser of the Festival of Bulgarian Feature Film Golden Rose / Varna and the Festival of Bulgarian Documentary and Animation Film Golden Rhyton / Plovdiv. Under its initiative and with the efforts of its team since 1996, the International Film Festival of European co-productions EURO FILM FEST is held in Sofia.

The Bulgarian National Film Centre has been an EFP member since May 2005.