Do Cry: Last News

Guy Lodge Film Critic The fall of communism in Bulgaria wasn’t a clean break, exactly: With the country’s Communist Party having relinquished its political monopoly in 1989 to make way for a parliamentary democracy, it still won the country’s first free elections the following year. The panic brought on by unfamiliar liberties spirals to chaotic effect in “Triumph,” a thoroughly singular political satire from Bulgarian directing duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, in which old-school power structures and preposterous new-age thinking grind each other down to a vain stalemate.

EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights for Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa’s Tokyo-set drama Renoir ahead of the project’s presentation in the Investors Circle event at the Cannes Marché du Film on Sunday.

Borat 2 star Maria Bakalova will chair the committee selecting Bulgaria’s best international film submission for the 2022-23 Oscar race, the country’s National Film Center has confirmed.

Switzerland’s act for the Eurovision Song Contest, Marius Bear, has praised UK star Sam Ryder for being absolutely lovely off camera, after the Space Man star finished as the runner-up. Marius was one of 25 acts from across Europe (and Australia), to compete in Saturday night’s huge televised event. UK viewers were left doing a double-take through their beer goggles as Sam climbed up the leaderboard, even topping the jury vote. He eventually came second after receiving a healthy score in the public vote, as Ukraine came out on top. Unfortunately, Marius, who sang the song Boys Do Cry, received the dreaded nil points from the public, eventually finishing in 17th place.Fans tuning in saw Sam go up to console his fellow competitor, giving him a much-needed hug after the news, which Marius admitted to Metro.co.uk was ‘a real low moment.’But Marius has promised us Sam is just as wonderful away from the spotlight as he comes across on camera, as he spoke of the UK and Swiss delegations ‘coming together’ as the process continued. He shared: ‘There was friendship and then, for me, it was always important to give [Sam] space.‘Everyone knows Sam Ryder, he’s big on TikTok.

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died aged 67, his family has confirmed.The television and film star, who lent his voice to a number of movies over the course of his career, died after a long illness.‘We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,‘ a statement from his family read.‘In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children.’It continued: ‘Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possibly in Gilbert’s honour.