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Cinelibri International Book and Movie Festival in Sofia
An annual autumn festival that screens films adapted from books, always paired with discussion of the source text, running across Sofia and several other Bulgarian cities including Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. Founded in 2015 and self-described as the first festival worldwide organized entirely around book-to-film adaptations, it draws literary translators, publishers and directors alongside general audiences each edition.
Cinelibri bills itself as the world's first festival built entirely around films adapted from books, and the premise still shapes the program: every screening pairs a novel or short story with its cinematic version, and many sessions add a discussion between the two forms rather than treating the film as a stand-alone object.