COMPETITION PROGRAM OF THE 30TH SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026

20.03.2026

First or Second Feature Film Competition “Sofia – City of Film”

For the 24th consecutive year, the main award “Sofia – City of Film”, provided by Sofia Municipality, will be presented.

The international jury includes:

Matteo Zoppis (Italy)
Zhanna Ozirna (Ukraine)
Yana Titova (Bulgaria)
Pavel Vesnakov (Bulgaria)

Chairman: György Pálfi.

The program includes 12 films:

Broken Voices
Hold Onto Me
The Condor Daughter
Women Out of Order
Life in a Beat
Cinema Jazireh
Lust
Nina Roza
Trial of Hein
A Safe Place
Dump of Untitled Pieces
Nomad Shadow

Balkan Competition

12 selected films from the region:

3 Days in September
God Will Not Help
Whites Wash at Ninety
Otter
How Come It’s All Green Out Here?
Receptions
Mother
Milk Teeth
Diversion
Early Winter
Yugo Florida
Made in EU

Bulgarian Short Film Competition

12 selected films including:
Balconada, Brazil, Found at Sea, Ravanera, Clay, The Day She Will Be Born, Eva, Soar, The Blue Angels, A Great Day, Black Dog, Impromptu.

The award is provided by Dolly Media Studio and is worth €9,500.

Documentary Competition

Featuring titles premiered at major festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Sundance.

Chairman: Vitaly Mansky.

Includes:
Ancestral Visions of the Future, Child of Dust, Truth or Dare, Crocodile, Cuba & Alaska, A Fox Under a Pink Moon, London, Past Future Continuous, Put Your Soul In Your Hand and Walk, Super Nature, Trillion, Khartoum.