behind the building of the Earth and Man National Museum
Charles Perrault’s fairy-tale characters come to life on our stage!
“… Once upon a time, there was a little girl so beautiful that there was no one more beautiful in the whole world. Her mother loved her with all her heart, and her grandmother loved her even more. Her kind grandmother knitted her a little red cap that suited her so well that everywhere people began to call her Little Red Riding Hood. And so on, and so forth…”
Author Charles Perrault
Adaptation by Keva Apostolova
Director Georgi Georgiev
Set Design by Vesela Sarivanova
Music by Razvigor Popov
Cast: Lili Shomova, Robert Yanakiev, Ivet Radulova, Anatoli Lazarov, Donka Avramova-Bocheva, Mariana Zhikich
Running Time: 60 minutes
Recommended Age: 2+

In front of the Presidency

The ceremonial change of the guard in front of the Presidency marks the national and public holidays in Bulgaria. The officialchange of the guard takes place on the first Wednesday of every month at 12:00 o’clock.

behind the building of the Earth and Man National Museum
We will close this year’s edition of the Festival of Bulgarian and European Children’s and Youth Cinema with *John Vardar vs. the Galaxy*.
The craziest and most colourful animated film for children and grown-up children, *John Vardar vs. the Galaxy*, takes us on an indescribable interstellar adventure. Dubbed into Bulgarian by the much-loved Orlin Pavlov, Silvia Petkova, 100 Kila and Kitodar Todorov, now only one very ordinary bloke from planet Earth with the resounding name of John Vardar can get us out of this zany mess of intergalactic proportions. When Zark, a creature resembling a shapeless rubbish bin, abducts John onto his spaceship, he is forced to battle green monsters, a blue alien hacker, tin robots and pink man-eaters to save himself. The reward, however, is well worth it – new, genuine friends and a great love.
This zany animated film won’t solve our problems with heating bills, but it will at least make us forget about them for a while and have a laugh at the cinema with our little ones – and those not-so-little ones too. ‘John Vardar vs. the Galaxy’ is a charming, quirky and hilariously funny family film – for everyone who has ever dreamt of going into space and believes that aliens exist. And even if they don’t.
The galaxy’s salvation lies in the hands of the very last person who should ever be entrusted with such a momentous task!
Genre: animation, children’s, family, sci-fi, comedy
Countries: co-production between North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary
Year of production: 2024
Running time: 86 mins
Dubbed into Bulgarian
Director and screenwriter: Goce Tsvetanovski
Art director: Mihail Dimitrievski
Music: Miroslav Dimov
Voices: Orlin Pavlov, Yavor Yanakiev – 100 Kila, Silvia Petkova, Kitodar Todorov, Alexander Kalinov, Bogomil Kalinov, Kalin Kalinov
Producers: Alan Castillo, the Kalinov Brothers, Eva Konrad, Lado Skorin
The festival is held with the financial support of the National Film Centre

behind the building of the Earth and Man National Museum
“Golden Cockerel 2025” in the category
BEST ACTOR Yordan Rusin
for his role as MOSYU BONIFAS
The Cannes Film Festival! The most glamorous of all possible occasions for celebration. In the late afternoon, just a few hours before the triumphant premiere of her latest film, the lifeless body of the last true diva of the global film world—Grace Gervais—is discovered on the terrace of a luxury hotel.
The cast of suspected murderers is impressively colorful and even amusing: an extravagant actor, a jealous impresario, a flamboyant blonde, and a rookie thief. Each of them has their own version of what happened, and every one is ready to instantly rewrite the chronology of events, just to get their hands on the murdered star’s diamonds. Only the hotel manager—Monsieur Boniface, an unproven descendant of Hercule Poirot—is capable of uncovering the truth amid the thick fog of delusions, clumsy lies, and lustful thoughts.
The lively French Riviera has never before witnessed a more unpredictable series of irreversible events!
Never has Hollywood offered such a catalog of criminal conspiracies! Is it possible for real life to be this unrestrained, or is it simply that when you throw a few celebrities together, things are bound to spiral out of control?
Comedy or crime—you choose! Or why not both?
Author Robin Howden
Translation and Direction Ventsislav Asenov
Set Design and Costumes Chaika Petrusheva
Music Pavel Vasev
Stage Combat Emil Videv
Photographer Ivan Donchev
Starring Lily Shomova, Boyan Mladenov, Anatoli Lazarov, Georgi Nyagolov, Kostadinka Aratlkova/Nikol Otashliyska, Yordan Rasin
Runtime: 120 minutes

Rated 16+