page_title: Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
section_title: Rectors
hierarchical_section_title: Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts / Rectors
caption_attribution_description: English: Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria Български: Национална академия за театрално и филмово изкуство „Кръстьо Сарафов“
context_page_description: The Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts is an institution of higher education based in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
  It is the first Bulgarian university in the field of theatre and film arts. It was founded in 1948, being the only public and state-run institution of its kind in the country.
  The academy, welcoming about 120 new students a year, is located in three neighbouring buildings in the centre of Sofia, and includes a Training Drama Theatre, a Training Puppet Theatre, a cinema and video hall and an educational audiovisual centre, as well as an academic information centre that stores 60,000 volumes of Bulgarian and international literature. NATFA has a student dormitory in Studentski grad.
  As of 2006, new actors are taught by leading Bulgarian professors in acting in the classes of professors Stefan Danailov, Dimitrina Gyurova, Zdravko Mitkov, Margarita Mladenova, Plamen Markov, Snezhina Tankovska, and Atanas Atanasov.
context_section_description: Dimitar Mitov (1948–1952)
  Lyubomir Tenev (1952–1953)
  Boyan Danovski (1953–1954)
  Dimitar Mitov (1954–1961)
  Zhelcho Mandadzhiev (1961–1964)
  Vasil Kolevski (1964–1968)
  Stefan Karakostov (1968–1970)
  Ivan Chipev (1970–1976)
  Krastyo Goranov (1976–1981)
  Nadezhda Seykova (1981–1987)
  Encho Halachev (1987–1989)
  Hristo Rukov (1989–2001)
  Zdravko Mitkov (2001–2003)
  Stanislav Semerdzhiev (2003–2011)
  Lubomir Halatchev (2011–incumbent)
caption: The NATFA edifice in Sofia
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