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The State Institute for Culture in partnership with the 11-th edition of the "Master of Art" Film Festival
For a sixth consecutive year, the State Institute for Culture will be an institutional partner of the Master of Art Film Festival, which will be held from 6th to 26th February 2026. The program presents documentaries dedicated to art in all its forms, and brings to life the stories and works of names such as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Erik Satie, Caravaggio, Titian, Haruki Murakami, Dante Alighieri, Piero della Francesca and many more. The 11th edition of festival includes screenings in a number...
Screening of the Award-winning Documentary "Vasko and the Violin" in Berlin
On November 6, 2025, at 6 p.m., the documentary "Vasko and the Violin" - winner of the Award of the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the best Bulgarian documentary film on art from the 10th "Master of Art" festival - will be screened in the Berlin cinema "Brotfabrik". The screening is part of the second edition of the DOK-ART festival, organized by the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Berlin, which presents a selected selection of contemporary Bulgarian...
The State Institute for Culture is part of the Festival Program of "MASTER OF ART" Koprivshtitsa, 2021
The Master of Art Film Festival is a unique cultural event and the only International Film Festival for Artistic Documentary Films in Eastern Europe, which takes place in Bulgaria. Its program is dedicated to documentary cinema, which examines creative views on art history, contemporary art, and notes multicultural diversity today. The sixth edition of the film festival "Master of Art" will be held in 6 cities - Sofia (August 25 - September 12), Plovdiv (August 25-September 12), Varna...
The Spring Edition of MASTER OF ART Opens at Lumiere Cinema
A Bulgarian film about the creation of art medals and a film about the cult photographer Helmut Newton open the spring edition of MASTER OF ART on April 22, 2021 in Lumiere cinema, which is partnered by the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs.The Art Documentary Film Festival is preparing for its spring edition. In the period from the 22nd to the 29th of April 2021 in the art cinemas of Sofia will be able to watch 18 new full-length and 4 short films, included in...