Cinema at Dolna Dikanya
Author
Organized by “Na kino, na selo”
When
13 July 2025
Where
Village of Dolna Dikanya, Chitaliste “Nikola Pavlov Korchev - 1928”
“Na kino, na selo” and “Nine Elephants” arrive in the village of Dolna Dikanya to create the first cinema-event in the newly opened hall of the People’s Community Centre “Nikola Pavlov Korchev – 1928”.
A new cinema, the fruit of a joint effort between residents in Dolna Dikanya and the festival “Na kino, na selo”, will open its doors for the first time during the festival “Nine Elephants”. The organisers say of the cinema: “The hall has been renovated with the joint efforts of the local community and will be a key space for cinema and culture in the village. The incredible collaborative effort that has gone into the refurbishment is an example of how much we can achieve when we work together and when we believe in the need for community spaces and access to culture. We hope that Dolna Dikanya’s story will be an inspiration for more villages with big dreams.”
On the opening night we will present SHIBIL from 2019 (drama, 115 min.) directed by Nikola Bozadzhiev. This is a new adaptation of Yordan Yovkov’s famous story of the same name about the story of Rada and Shibil and a beautiful tale with an unexpected ending about the love between the fearless khaidutin and the noble maiden.
The screening on July 13th will be just the beginning of the village’s encounters with contemporary cinema – Dolna Dikanya will be part of the 15 cinema-villages of the festival “Na kino, na selo” in 2025. On the same day the village celebrates its holiday – with a rich outdoor program.
Festival “Na kino, na село” aims to make contemporary Bulgarian and European cinema accessible in the smallest settlements in Bulgaria, as well as to create an opportunity for Bulgarian filmmakers to present their work to new audiences. The pilot edition of the festival “Na kino, na selo” was held in the summer of 2024 with three screenings between July and September and was the prerequisite for testing the working model before the expansion of the festival to 10 locations in 2025. The participating villages in 2025 are Trudovets, Lik, Negushevo, Malka Arda, Borovan, Dolni Vadin, Kurtovo Konare, Smolyanovtsi, Deleina and Svezhen, with 6 screenings in each village between April and October.
In cooperation with the People’s Chitalishte “Nikola Pavlov Korchev – 1928” and local citizens.
Links
Presentation of an audio guide that can be listened to alone or in a group during a walk in the city