The film industry in Bulgaria has really taken off in recent years, becoming a vibrant industry that is set to boom, both in terms of local and international productions, whether action or documentary, feature or short or even a Bollywood epic. The list of international stars coming to film in Bulgaria is endless and includes Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Shah Rukh Khan, Sylvester Stallone, Ben Kingsley to name but a few. The days of only churning out B-grade action movies are coming to an end - in fact this year 'Touch Me Not' a co-production between Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France and Germany, won the Golden Bear at the 68th Berlinale and 'Ága' by director Milko Lazarov closed the main official program (out of competition) in Berlin, a first for a Bulgarian film in its history. Much of the credit for recent changes must go to what is happening at Nu Boyana.The former state owned Boyana film studios were established in 1962 as the country's main television and film production facility producing in its hey-day up to 25 feature films a year plus 20 or so TV films and countless shorts and animated films. In 2006 the studios were privatised and bought by Nu Image, but not without concern from the Bulgarian filmmaking industry, whose fears included that the studios would only be used only for low grade international productions, local staff would be laid off or even worse that the land would be sold off for real estate. View more
- Nu Boyana Studios
- Nu Boyana Film Studios is within 20 min drive from Sofia International Airport.The studio is Located off Sofia's ring road, at the foothills of the Vitosha mountain.
Address: 84 Kumata Street, Cinema Center Boyana, 1616 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone:
+359 2 933 2500; +359 2 91 917
