Blaga’s Lessons, Bulgaria’s International Film Oscar submission, has set a release in multiple countries. The film. written and directed by Stephan Komandarev, will hit theaters in Germany in January ...

The resignation of Bulgaria’s government after violent protests is a warning for other European countries. Even amid signs that the worst of the eurozone problems and associated downturn may be past, ...

Powered by a superb Eli Skorcheva as an elderly widow sinking into the underworld, Stephan Komandarev's latest merges spiraling tragedy with perilously dark farce. Premiering in the main competition ...

'Blaga's Lessons' team: Eli Skorcheva, Stephan Komandarev, Eike Goreczka (Courtesy of KVIFF) Bulgarian crime story “Blaga’s Lessons” by Stephan Komandarev scored the top prize and $25,000 at the 57th ...

In one fell swoop, 70-year-old widow Blaga Naumova goes from being cash-strapped to cash-stripped. All her life, she’s carefully pinched pennies to accumulate a modest cushion of life savings that she ...