KINOMANIA will screen seven contemporary films from world cinema at the NHK Cultural Centre in Burgas from 12 to 24 November, according to the festival programme. Burgas is taking part for the third year in a row.

The line-up includes biographical and family stories, psychological dramas, science fiction and a crime thriller from established directors.

The festival opens on 12 November at 7pm with "Minotaur" by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia). The film won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 2026, and France has put it forward for the 2027 Oscar for best international feature. It is set in Russia in 2022. Gleb, a successful corporate director, watches his life fall apart because of his job and an unstable environment, and the strain pushes him into a spiral of violence. The cast includes Dmitry Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Anatoly Bely and Varvara Shmykova.

Three films are on the programme for 22 November. The day starts at 2pm with the biographical drama "Anna Magnani", the directing debut of Italian actress and director Monica Guerritore. The film follows the actress's life after her success in Hollywood, when she faces severe personal and professional trials and fights to keep her identity and her loyalty to her art. Magnani won the Oscar for best actress in 1956 for "The Rose Tattoo". In 2025 the film was in the official selection of the Rome Film Festival.

At 4:15pm comes the family adventure "Atlas of the Universe" by Paul Negoescu, a Romanian-Bulgarian co-production. Ten-year-old Filip buys two right shoes by mistake and sets off to find the left one. Along the way he makes new friends and learns life lessons, told with a child's imagination and humour.

At 6pm the French film "The Phantom of the Opera" is on, a modern take on Gaston Leroux's novel directed by Alexandre Castagnetti. Deva Cassel, Romain Duris, Julien de Saint Jean and Dorothée Gilbert star. Young ballerina Anastasia joins the Paris Opera Garnier, where dancers are rehearsing a cursed production, "Orpheus", supposedly composed by the Phantom. She falls for a mysterious pianist, and before the premiere, strange incidents begin in the theatre.

On 23 November at 7pm, the festival shows "Fjord" by Cristian Mungiu (Romania), winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2026. Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Lisa Carlehed play the leads. The devout Romanian-Norwegian Gheorghiu couple live in a small village by a fjord and grow close to their neighbours, the Halbergs. Their children become friends despite their differences, until teachers find bruises on Elia, the family's eldest daughter. The film looks at the line between traditional upbringing, family values and violence.

The final day, 24 November, brings two titles from the official competition at Cannes 2026. At 6pm comes "Invisible in a Box" by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan), with Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto. A couple who lost their son take in a humanoid robot that looks and sounds like the dead child. The film deals with grief, memory, human presence, the nature of love and the possibilities of artificial intelligence.

The festival closes at 8:30pm with the crime thriller "Paper Tiger" by James Gray (US), starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller. Two brothers in 1980s New York build their future but sink into the world of the Russian mafia, which tests their relationship and their lives.

On 6 November we reported that Cinelibri 2026 ends in Burgas with two screenings at the NHK Cultural Centre: "Fatherland" on 7 November and "Water for the Flowers" on 8 November, both at 7pm.

Tickets are on sale at the "Chasovnika" box office and online.