Bulgarian Affairs Foundation
ILEnthusiast
Background
Bulgarian Affairs Foundation was a film production company from Bulgaria. It was established during the war to promote Bulgarian politics and reality.
1st Logo (1941-1948)
Visuals: Over a black background, there is a ring with a filled circle, containing a black horse a man in front standing on a wavy black land below. There is a ribbon which has a black "БЪЛГАРСКИ" with "ДЕЛО" in white below. There is a white banner with "ПРЕДСТАВЯ" inside.
Variants: On some newsreels (like Прегледъ 110 and Прегледъ 127), the background has white grids.
Technique: A still printed image.
Audio: None or the opening theme of the movie.
Availability: Seen on Кинопреглед 3, Прегледъ 58, Прегледъ 93, Прегледъ 110, Прегледъ 127 and Седмичен кино преглед 193.
2nd Logo (1944-1945)
Visuals: Over a black background, there is a white 2 layered ring with a wheat forming a ring with a film roll inside being held on 2 sides by a curve. There are 2 outlined rectangles on each sides with segmented curves being filled as with a drawing of a man smiling at the left and frowning at the right. "ФОНДАЦИЯ БЪЛГАРСКО ДЕЛА" in circled-text is inside the circle. There is a square/2-circle 2-layered outline of a shape below, with 2 torches at each sides behind with "ОТЕЧЕСТВЕН КИНО ПРЕГЛЕД" in serif typeface inside.
Technique: A still printed image.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Отечествен кино преглед 2 and Отечествен Кино преглед 35.
3rd Logo (1944-1945)
Visuals: There is a 2-layered ring with a white stickman standing with its laps with a stylistic camera, filming towards the left. "ФОНДАЦИЯ" in arched format is above it and a cursive "Българско дело" is below it with a serif "ПРЕДСТАВЯ" below it.
Variants:
- On Отечествен кинопреглед 107, the logo is in a stone background
- On Седмичен кино преглед 168, the logo is in a gray background with a stacked, serif "МИНИСТЕРСТВО НАИНФОРМАЦИЯТА И ИЗКУСТВАТА" above with horizontal line underneath.
Technique: A still printed image.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Отечествен кинопреглед 107, Кинопреглед 100 - Към народна република and Седмичен кино преглед 168.