CAO Sherry Keneson-Hall helped kick-off the 23rd Annual Kinomania Film Festival in Sofia on November 5th during the festival’s official press conference. Keneson-Hall announced the nine U.S. films supported by a grant from the U.S. Embassy Embassy in Sofia. These particular films showcase a wide variety of styles in American cinema. There are both classic and contemporary musicals, independent films, dramas, comedies as well as a documentary.

The U.S. Embassy has supported this film festival for several years. Kinomania is the oldest Bulgarian film festival and, prior to the fall of communism in 1989, was one of the only places to see foreign films (including American) in Bulgaria.