The Ministry of Culture (, Ministerstvo na kulturata) of the Republic of Bulgaria is the ministry charged with overseeing and stimulating the cultural work in the country and preserving its cultural heritage.
The Ministry of Culture was established as a separate institution on 6 February 1954, previously being part of the Ministry of Enlightenment. It was then active under various names until promoted back to a ministry in 1990, but once again briefly united with the Ministry of Education and Science in 1993.
Marian Bachev was appointed as Minister for Culture in 2025.
The Bulgarian National Film Center (BNFC or NFC; also spelt Centre) is an executive agency under the Minister of Culture that helps to fund filmmaking and related activities. It is supported partly by the government's budget and partly by revenues from its own activities. Its functions include the support and/or organisation of the following:
Funding is provided for film projects selected on a competitive basis by an expert National Creative Committee. Grants provide at least 30% and up to 80% of the film's budget.
Since 2005, the BNFC has represented Bulgaria in the European Film Promotion organisation. It also works in cooperation with public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television, the Bulgarian National Film Archive, the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers and other organisations in the field of audiovisual in the production, distribution and preservation of Bulgarian films
The NFC is located at 2A Dondukov Blvd in Sofia.
Bulgarian entries for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film have been submitted since 1970. Until 2007, they were selected by the Bulgarian National Council on Cinema, and from 2007, by the Bulgarian National Film Council. The body was referred to as Bulgarian National Cinema Council in 2019, when it was presided over by producer Vladimir Andreev, and selected ÃÂga as the Bulgarian entry.
In 2024, the film Triumph was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, by a unanimous decision of a five-member selection committee appointed by the BNFC.
The Bulgarian National Film Archive is another legal entity under the Ministry of Culture. It was established to acquire, restore, preserve, and store film and film-related archival artefacts of Bulgarian and international culture.