Bulgarian movies for rent?

December 6, 2006 10:16 PM

Bulgarian movies, or movies with Bulgarian subtitles, available to rent either (a) in Toronto area, or (b) to buy or rent over the internet?

Mainstream releases would be nice. This is for my girlfriend's parents, who are recent immigrants to North America and whose English is not great.

posted by limon to computers & internet (3 comments total)

I can't reccomend particular titles or confirm that such and such store has Bulgarian films, but the best video stores in Toronto are:

Film Buff (one on Roncesvalle another at Queen and Greenwood)
Suspect (one on Markham another at Queen and Bathurst)
Queen Video (Queen and Spadina, Bloor in the Annex, Little Italy)
Film Fest DVD (one blk west of Yonge and Eglinton)
Revue (Danforth west of Chester)

If anyone'll have Bulgarian titles, it'll be these stores. As for mainstream movies subtitled or dubbed, I doubt you'll find 'em.
posted by dobbs at 10:44 PM on December 6, 2006

I think Bulgarian is going to be really, really tough to find.

This isn't quite what you're asking for, but if you're into downloading movies off the internet, you can go to The Bulgarian Subtitles Site, where they have subtitles for just about every movie and TV show you can think of. You just download the subtitle file, drop it into the same folder as the movie, and most any divx/xvid player will display them.

(I'm quite impressed with how quickly they get new subtitles up there, too. Last year my friend's mother was visiting for a few months from Bulgaria. She speaks no English at all but my friend wanted her to be able to join the family in watching TV. She ended up getting very into Desperate Housewives and Prison Break. We only had to wait two days or so after each US airdate before the subtitles were posted. The Internets are amazing!)
posted by llamateur at 5:16 AM on December 7, 2006

Try the consulate, I've found consulates and diplomatic missions to be very useful for this sort of thing.

Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria
65, Overlea Blvd., Suite 406
Toronto, Ontario M4H 1P1
Tel.: [phone]
Tel./Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
posted by loquax at 7:02 AM on December 7, 2006