Best Bulgarian animation movies

The Beast Is Still Alive (2016)

A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past and find answers and explanations for the catastrophic fall of communism.

The Devil in the Church (1969)

A young modern woman goes to church and all hell breaks loose.

A Naughty Kitten (1959)

Little Anna (1958)

It is only the child who is able to view the world with a pure heart and to laugh at it lovingly and to justify it through laughter. Anna mocks stupidity, injustice, ugliness in human behavior. At times, she also exposes herself to ridicule in her impulse to gain knowledge of the world. She makes us laugh but she also evokes love.

The Six Penguins (1970)

Bulgarian stop motion animation that follows the adventures of six penguins.

The Old Tram (1981)

Father (2012)

When did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you? In FATHER the reality of life is turned upside down to create an impossible dialogue - the dialogue between a child and a father that never happens.

Balgar: The Movie (2014)

Balgar is a brand known among the 10-18 age group, almost 100%. Balgar is a peculiar subculture phenomenon that in less than five years managed to become a favorite of tens and even hundreds of thousands of teenagers. And now come down from the computer to conquer the big screen. The first Bulgarian full-length animated film from more than 40 years. The first Bulgarian independent animated film. The first Bulgarian 3D Stereoscopic Movie.

February (1978)

In the village, snow-covered, you can hear the terrible howl of a wolf. One by one, the peasants ride on a sledge to kill him. However, each time the sleigh returns without a person. The women from the village are scared. They take it upon themselves to find their men and find them in a pub to eat and drink. The men are having fun, but don't forget to send someone outside to howl like a wolf. Women attack men.

Shock (1993)

A bored cartoonist draws a pretty woman. Then, a discarded character, a strongman, comes to life and approaches the woman, and the cartoonist finds himself snatched into the paper world., where he battles the strongman, in an effort to impress the woman.

Balgar: The Movie 2 - Space Adventure (2017)

The sequel to Balgar: The Movie.

The Apple (1963)

A short story about 4 brothers, a zmei, and an apple.

Solo (1982)

De Facto (1973)

A building collapses and the authorities have to find the causer.

Libido (1988)

Attempts of a mosquito to conquer a lush fly.

The Three Fools (1970)

Film inspired by folklore about the adventures of three simple minded souls.

Firebird (2016)

An artistic impression, driven by the rhythm of the music and the freedom of the dance, creates a magical world, where Love is the leading metaphysical force that overpowers life and death.

Lilly and the Magic Pearl (2015)

One submarine fairy-tale, in which the matter is about surface things. Friendship, parting, hope... Words, which we have slightly forgotten in our days, but they are important – and this is why we would like to recollect them again. Little Lilly listens from the telephone box on the beach a fairy-tale, which leads her to the seabed. There she meets an ugly monster – the fish Hrilly – and together they start looking for the magic pearl, which: “Shines in the sea of the children’s games a pearl, which

Oceania (2021)

A film about the personality as a natural phenomenon and the individual’s instinct. The determination and the fate of a fish out of its school.

Ballad of Ferris the Self-appointed Knight and Smokie the Fire Breathing Dragon (2024)

In the form of a ballad, the wandering bard Peyo tells us about the blacksmith Ferris, who decides to become a knight and thus change his fate. The encounter with Smokie the dragon will help him make deep conclusions about his own life.

Trace (2022)

A young man is trying to hold his life and career together. He writes. When he learns that his wife is pregnant, everything collapses. He enters the dark space of his fears, where he is confronted by memories of his childhood. He needs to face the absence of his own father and embrace the pain. Only then he is ready to accept his newly born child and become a parent.

Zoetrope (2017)

Two robots journey through a labyrinth and encounter curious characters and extraordinary objects as they reflect on their own existence.

To Put It Mildly (2022)

Little Svetlio has taken the six plastic Indians in his crib and is struggling to sleep. Suddenly, a big Dog appears in the room and explains to Svetlio his mission - he has come to save him. Firstly, because he is a St. Bernard by nature. Svetlio goes on an adventure because of a simple lie.

Mishou (2020)

Far and wide only snow, ice and a pleasant silence. Until a helicopter drops a load of noisy tourists. A humorous animation about animalistic interaction and the human ignorance of nature.

Forest Republic (1953)

The Daisy (1965)

The Kettle-Drum (1973)

An artist's hand tries to draw a drummer with various tools and techniques, but he cannot do it for some reason. Finally he pinches his index finger and draws the drummer with his red blood. The drummer starts hitting the drum and the artist tries to erase it with no success. At the end the artist's hand remains white and motionless while the blood-drawn drummer keeps drumming.

A Marriage (1984)

A groom-to-be wakes up in the morning of his wedding to strange visions triggered by his impatience... Though the nuptial feast is in full flow, the groom is still daydreaming. On the wedding night, the bride ups and melts away before his eyes exhaling air as a deflated balloon...

The Lighting Rod (1962)

A lightning rod is guarding the house roof, but when the lightnings strike, it appears the rod if afraid of them.

The Chicken (1982)

A bird struggles against a strong headwind, but things are not as they seem.