Draft:AGITPROP

One of AGITPROP's first projects was the creation of the TV segment "Photomaton," which told the story of photography and was broadcast on Bulgarian National Television.

The company's first major success came with the documentary film "Georgi and the Butterflies", directed by Andrey Paounov. The film was awarded the Silver Wolf at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Following the success of Georgi and the Butterflies, AGITPROP and Andrey Paounov collaborated on two more films — The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories and{{Cite web |title=The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories (Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii) |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/83675/?utm_source |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}} The Boy Who Was a King. Together, the three films form an "unofficial trilogy about the absurdities of the transition period."{{Cite web |last=Capital.bg |date=2011-09-15 |title=Цар и режисьор |url=https://www.capital.bg/light/lica/2011/09/15/1156879_car_i_rejisyor/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.capital.bg |language=bg}} All three films have been screened at prominent international festivals and have received various awards. Subsequent notable productions include Corridor #8 (directed by Boris Despodov, premiered at the Berlinale){{Cite web |title=Georgi BOGDANOV |url=https://art-collection.europarl.europa.eu/en/artists/georgi-bogdanov/?utm_source=chatgpt.com}} and Tsvetanka (directed by Yuliyan Tabakov).

In 2014, AGITPROP produced the first Bulgarian television series for the National Geographic Channel — Explore Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Опознай България), which was renewed for additional seasons in the following years.{{Cite web |title=EXPLORE BULGARIA и NGC БЪЛГАРИЯ тръгват на обиколка из непознати природни и исторически забележителности у нас |url=https://woman.bg/article/2023080320042335696 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Woman.bg |language=bg}}{{Cite web |last=Дневник |date=2014-03-12 |title="Опознай България" с National Geographic започва снимки през април |url=https://m.dnevnik.bg/zelen/2014/03/12/2259954_opoznai_bulgariia_s_national_geographic_zapochva/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.dnevnik.bg |language=bg}}The third season (2016), titled Expedition Rhodopes, focused on the natural and historical landmarks of the Rhodope Mountains, while the fourth season (2017) was dedicated to the city of Sofia.

In 2017, AGITPROP completed its narrative feature debut with the film The Infinite Garden, directed by Galin Stoev. The film was selected to open the 2017 Kinomania Film Festival.

In the following years, AGITPROP co-produced the films Touch Me Not (2018) by Adina Pintilie, which won the Golden Bear at the 2018 Berlinale,{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/awards-juries/awards.html/y=2018/o=desc/p=1/rp=40 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.berlinale.de |language=en}} and Exemplary Behavior by Audrius Mickevičius, which received the top three awards at Dok Leipzig 2019, including the Golden Dove for Best Film.{{Cite web |last=Blaney2019-11-04T15:28:00+00:00 |first=Martin |title='Exemplary Behaviour' victorious at DOK Leipzig |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/exemplary-behaviour-victorious-at-dok-leipzig/5144368.article |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Screen |language=en}}

The documentary projects Palace of the People (2018){{Cite web |date=2019-08-19 |title=Review: Palace for the People |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/376812/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}and The Cars We Drove into Capitalism (2021),{{Cite web |title=AGITPROP |url=https://www.europeanproducersclub.org/agitprop |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=europeanproducerclub |language=fr}} directed by Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov, stand out as key works in the company's portfolio. Both films have been broadcast on BBC, NHK, DR, SVT, and over 20 other television channels worldwide.

In 2019, the company produced the television drama series Father's Day for Bulgarian National Television. This was the first series project from Eastern Europe to receive support from the European Union's Creative Europe MEDIA programme. The series was acclaimed as the best Bulgarian television series of the year and achieved record-high viewer ratings.{{Cite web |title="Денят на бащата" - BG сериалът, който предизвика силен отзвук, по БНТ 2 |url=https://www.24chasa.bg/ozhivlenie/article/8596631 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.24chasa.bg |language=en}}

Among the company's recent productions is the film A Provincial Hospital, directed by Iliyan Mitev, Ivan Chertov, and Zlatina Teneva. The film won the Ecumenical Jury Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary, 2022 {{!}} inter-film.org |url=https://www.inter-film.org/auszeichnungen/22222222/prize-ecumenical-jury-karlovy-vary-2022 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.inter-film.org}}

In 2024, AGITPROP co-produced one of the most successful European television series — the Serbian drama Operation Sabre (directed by Goran Stanković and Vladimir Tagić). The series premiered at Canneseries 2024,{{Cite web |title=Operation Sabre |url=https://canneseries.com/en/series/operation-sabre-1/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=canneseries.com}} where it won the award for Best Ensemble Cast,{{Cite web |title=Beta's "Operation Sabre" wins Canneseries Award |url=https://www.betafilm.com/news/874?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Beta Film GmbH |language=en}} and later received the Best Series award at the Serial Killer Festival 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=Serbian series Operation Sabre scoops the top prize at Serial Killer |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/467925/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}} Operation Sabre is broadcast on MAX and ARTE, as well as on television channels in Spain and Portugal.

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