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"Lights. Camera. Power" - Time's cover from March 2018 says it all. Director Greta Gerwig has come into the attention of Oscars right with the first film written and directed by her; and now this happens again with her second one, Little Women. We have a look at her to see what makes her tick.

As we await the 2020 Oscars, we hear something even more exciting from behind the curtains - four of the most beautiful minds in cinema are making new films this year, which (even before they come out) smell of awards. But let's see.

His sister gives him a nickname for Bear when he is only a week old and his name is Edward, so she magically charts his way forward.

Outside of the comic book heroes universe, Star Wars, Game of Thrones or the cosmic number of reworked classics, a lot has happened in the last ten years. Here are some directors, films and phenomena that have rotated into our orbit, and we decided to leave them here to enlighten us when we hit the counter.

You may not know his name and you will hardly recognize him on the street, but you probably remember who his Samurai Jack or Dexter are. Born in Russia as Gennady, Tartakovsky is an animator and filmmaker who also worked on The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars, and the Transylvania Hotel. He's got Emmy and Annie awards, but if it already sounds pretty pop to you, his work's actually far more punk - Genndy sets his own rules and likes to experiment with his films.

Autumn comes with a full basket of new series, from which we bring out 5 flavors ranging from horror and fiction to comedy and comics. If it's not enough, we also tell you about a dangerous wild animation on the front page.

Both exciting and scary is the experience of watching a movie based on a book (or comic book) because you don't stop looking for discrepancies with the source material. Well, whoever loves this type of adrenaline, go set an alarm for the next three movies approaching.

On August 16, our screens will finally be broken by the caption "Quentin Tarantino's 9th movie." You know it is Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, and that the faces of the poster go into a nostalgic-aggressive story about the end of the golden era of cinema.

John Cleese himself, as a part of the comedy group Monty Python, is rarely serious. He is the first man, who said the word "sh*t" on British television and also the man who says goodbye to one of his best friends on a funeral with the word "f*ck". His attitude stays the same with his stand-up Last Time to See Me Before I Die, which comes here in September at the National Palace of Culture.

This is how, right now, we're looking at the new cinema that will come on a screen near you later this year. For some you've heard - Tarantino will bring us back to 1969 with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Almodovar shows Pain & Glory with Banderas as an old director, and Malick brings us to A Hidden Life. In the shadows of those big ones though, let's not forget the other ones that shine just as bright.

After revealing the secrets of Sofia through Missirkov & Bogdanov's camera in 2017, the Explore Bulgaria series turns the same lense to Plovdiv and goes deep into its history and soul in 6 episodes.

Celebrating 40 years since the premiere of the legendary (and regarded as scandalous) Monty Python movie Life of Brian, 400 screen around the world will show it again on April 18th. Two of them are in Bulgaria - Sofia's Dom na kinoto (19:30) and Plovdiv's Lucky Dom na kinoto (18:30).

On March 14 at 6:30 pm in Slaveykov Hall of the French Institute, director and researcher Georges Mourier will give a special lecture on his work on the restoration of the movie Napoleon by Abel Gans from 1927.

New Fox series starts at 10 p.m. on 11 February.

Some say that this Greek director is the new Bergman - because of his generous slow footage; that he is the new Lars von Trier - because of the violence in front of his lens; or that it is the new Michael Haneke - because of the silent shock you live with when you exit the cinema. In fact, Lanthimos is great because he's mostly like himself. Because of this are his recent ten Oscar nominations, including best director. His previous films - The Lobster, The Killing of a Secret Deer, Dog Tooth - pull us  in the subconscious just as strongly as his last one, The Favourite. Right before its' premiere in Sofia, we lay out for you a couple of things about Yorgos.

We're aware that you're not able to watch all the TV series you want, but there is even worse news - 2019 will bring you a bunch of new ones to follow. For the next six, we're afraid, you just have to find time.

We are so excited to join in celebrating the Opening of the Plovdiv 2019 - European Capital of Culture with the most attractive highlight in its programme - The We Are All Colors' Show.

Before the official start of Kinomania we start with a selection of the best by the Swedish director from 8 to 15 November on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.