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OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival focuses on Ukraine

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The OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival will be held in Sofia in the period November 8 to November 15th. The forum is realized with the support of the National Film Center, Sofia Municipality, the Embassy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian State Film Agency. 

This year, the festival team has prepared over 100 titles from 61 countries. 53 films are Ukrainian, created in co-production or by Ukrainian directors, which will have premiere screenings in Bulgaria. All films will be evaluated by a professional jury, as members are film-makers, historians, folklorists, anthropologists and ethnographers from Ukraine and Bulgaria.



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