28/03/2023 - The film, which is a co-production between Mexico and Italy, has scooped a total of three awards at the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
28/03/2023 - The film, which is a co-production between Mexico and Italy, has scooped a total of three awards at the 27th Sofia International Film Festival
Every premiere of a new Bulgarian movie is a cause for celebration. Our joy is unparalleled when exactly a month before Christmas we can dive into the spirit of the holiday and feel through the big screen the warmth of the most.
Philip Avramov and Lyuben Chatalov in
Uncle Christmas
After a string of popular comedies, the most recent of which being
Last Call (winner of the Audience Award at the 2020 Golden Rose Film Festival), Bulgarian director
Ivaylo Penchev is in early post-production with his new ensemble tragicomedy,
Uncle Christmas. The film is being staged by Penchev’s Cinemaq, in co-production with Bulgarian outfit Urban Media, represented by
Stoyan Stoyanov. The team hopes it will be able to release the film in December.
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The screenplay, written by
Bozhan Petrov, Penchev and
Vesel Tsankov, centres on various characters – for example, a man working as Santa Claus, a girl dreaming of walking again and a waitress caring for her ill mother – who get involved in various tragicomic situations as they go off in pursuit of what they crave most, be it family, identity, forgiveness, love, compassion or friendship.
Philip Avramov and Lyuben Chatalov in
Uncle Christmas
After a string of popular comedies, the most recent of which being
Last Call (winner of the Audience Award at the 2020 Golden Rose Film Festival), Bulgarian director
Ivaylo Penchev is in early post-production with his new ensemble tragicomedy,
Uncle Christmas. The film is being staged by Penchev’s Cinemaq, in co-production with Bulgarian outfit Urban Media, represented by
Stoyan Stoyanov. The team hopes it will be able to release the film in December.
(The article continues below - Commercial information)
The screenplay, written by
Bozhan Petrov, Penchev and
Vesel Tsankov, centres on various characters – for example, a man working as Santa Claus, a girl dreaming of walking again and a waitress caring for her ill mother – who get involved in various tragicomic situations as they go off in pursuit of what they crave most, be it family, identity, forgiveness, love, compassion or friendship.