Monday
12 October 2026
17:25
Bulgarian filmmaker
Ina Sotirova has won the Best Emerging Filmmaker award at the inaugural
Caribbean Film Awards, held on 10 October in Wilmington, USA.
Sotirova’s short film StinkyMango received three nominations: Best Short
Film, Best Actor for Sheldon Shepherd, and the Caribbean Cultural Heritage
Award. Sotirova herself was also nominated for Best Emerging Filmmaker, the
award she ultimately won at the event.The Caribbean Film Awards
recognizes outstanding achievements in filmmaking, acting, directing,
storytelling, music, and cultural impact throughout the Caribbean and its
global diaspora.
Hours before the
ceremony,InaSotirova gave a special
interview to Radio Bulgaria, sharing her excitement at being among the nominees
and discussing her latestfilm, Sisters and the Storm,which shehadbeenworkingonuntilrecently.
The film was also nominated for Best Documentary. Read moreonthetopicinthearticlepublishedonRadioBulgaria’swebsite.
- Bulgarian filmmaker Ina Sotirova receives five Caribbean Film Awards nominations
Tanslated by Kostadin Atanasov
This publication was created by: Kostadin Atanasov
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