Европейските филмови клишета в новото българско кино
European film clichés in the new Bulgarian movies

Summary/Abstract: It is a general truth that the best part of films made in Europe are oriented towards the film professionals rather than towards the viewers. European filmmakers are seeking to produce art or auteur films rather than ‘mainstream’ ones. Well, films meant for mass audiences are also made, but as a percentage of the output these are less than art films. There is an array of reasons why it is so: from the awareness that small European film industries are unable to compete with Hollywood to the filmmakers’ aspiration to present ingenious works, steering clear of the film clichés to which viewers have grown accustomed in the movies. The main reason lies in the way of securing film budgets: in the US this process is market-based, while in Europe it is done through funds subsidising filmmaking. There are, of course, exceptions both in the American and European film industries, still, the main financing mechanisms for filmmaking work just like that. Unfortunately, we cannot pass over in silence the fact that many of Bulgarian filmmakers make unwatchable, barren of originality and more often than not bad movies, a far cry from the standards of good European film, labelling their works ‘art film’ to excuse audience disinterest.

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