I not so secretly dig Bulgarian films--last year it was <a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/03/14/eastern-plays/" target="_self">Eastern Plays</a>, the year before that <a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2008/10/20/new-bulgaria-the-world-is-big-and-salvation-lurks-around-the-corner/" target="_self">The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner</a>.

This year it seems that the films <a href="http://www.tilt.bg/" target="_self">Tilt</a> (which apparently has the biggest distribution of any Bulgarian film released since 1989) and <a href="http://www.programata.bg/?p=30&amp;c=1&amp;id=60969&amp;l=2" target="_self">Foot Prints in the Sand</a> are the big Bulgarian films. Both are currently playing in movie theaters across Sofia and on top of this there's the <a href="http://siff.bg/index.php" target="_self">Sofia International Film Festival</a> which is opening next week.

The challenge is that my Bulgarian really isn't good enough to see a film without subtitles so in standard movie theaters, I am out of luck. I can follow the basics but I don't know any slang. Heck, I don't even know how to swear in Bulgarian. These two things combine to make standard movie watching in Bulgarian difficult.

Last year, I saw Eastern Plays with subtitles during the Sofia International Film Festival. Sure, now I know more Bulgarian than last year but I certainly don't know enough to really understand what's going on.

The year however it's not clear to me which films in the festival will have English subtitles. I assume that I knew this based on the festival's website but this year I don't see this information listed anywhere. Leading me to ponder: how did find this out last year?

And then there's the burning question: will Tilt play with English subtitles?!