First World Cinema Panorama in Bulgaria 1987 (Poster Gallery)

32 good movies in ten days. At that time, films released 1-2 years ago were considered very new. The screenings were at the National Palace of Culture, and tickets were sold in several cinemas. When the tickets were released the night before, huge queues formed in front of the ticket office.

The first world cinema panorama started in 1987. It was held in the period 20-30 November 1987 in the National Palace of Culture “Lyudmila Zhivkova”, today the National Palace of Culture. Later, all films from the Kinopanorama program were distributed throughout the network of cinemas in the country.

The idea for its creation was born in an informal conversation between the director Lyudmil Staykov, then director of DSO (State Economic Association) “Bulgarian Cinematography” and film critic Atanas Svilenov. The panorama includes representative works from around the world, many of which have received awards at the most prestigious film festivals and today have become classic works of the seventh art.

The program and movies from this first movie panorama:

1. Amadeus – USA, Directed by Milos Forman
2. When Father Was Away on Business, Director – Emir Kosturitsa
3. Vagabond – France, Directed by Agnes Varda
4. Platoon – USA, Director – Oliver Stone 
5. Runaway Train – USA, Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
6. Hero of the Year – Poland, Directed by Felix Falk
7. Children of a Lesser God – USA, Directed by Randa Haines
8. Ginger and Fred – Italy, Directed by Federico Fellini
9. Good morning, Babylon – Italy, Directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
10. Crocodile Dundee – Australia, Directed by Peter Feyman
11. The Sacrifice – Sweden, Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
12. The Name of the Rose – Italy / Germany, Director – Jean-Jacques Annaud
13. Interview – Italy, Directed by Federico Fellini
14. The Mass Is Ended- Italy, Directed by Nani Moretti
15. A Tale of Love – Italy, Director – Francesco Maselli 
16. Love magic – Spain, Directed by Carlos Saura
17. The Mission, Directed by Roland Joffe
18. Mona Lisa, Director – Neil Jordan 
19. Repentance – the USSR, Directed by Tengiz Abuladze
20. The Beverly Hills Police Officer II – USA, Directed by Tony Scott
21. The Kid Brother – USA / Canada / Japan, Directed by Claude Gagnon
22. A successful man – CUBA, Directed by Humberto Solas
23. The Beekeeper – Greece, Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
24. Single woman looking for dating – USSR, Director – Vyacheslav Krishtofovich
25. Goodbye, boys – France, Directed by Louis Malle
26. My Sweet Little Village – Czechoslovakia, Directed by Jiri Menzel
27. The Death of Mario Ricci – Switzerland, Directed by Claude Goretta
28. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel – Argentina, Directed by Fernando Solanas
29. Subject – the USSR, Directed by Gleb Panfilov
30. Hannah and her sisters – USA, Directed by Woody Allen
31. Chronicle of a Death Foretold  – Italy / France, Directed by Francesco Rosi
32. Love, Mother – HUNGARY, Directed by János Rózsa