SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center allotted 1,987,397 EUR / 3,887,000 BGN at its second session in 2019. Nine fiction films, including two with higher budgets, three with lower budgets, one debut feature and three short films, will receive production funding. Six minority coproductions will be supported with 459,906 EUR / 899,500 BGN.
Nine projects received development funding.
For the moment, all the projects are only approved by the Selective Committee. Therefore, all the amounts are provisional and are not formally confirmed. In order to be considered as final, the producers must get the approval of the Financial Committee.
The grants were announced successively on 25 September and on 19,26 and 29 November 2019.
Click HERE to see the grants chart.
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