"Stoichkov - The Movie" will tell the story of the life and career of the Legendary Eight on the big screen. The premiere of the film is planned for the end of 2027, and the team's ambitions are for the large-scale cinema project to be unparalleled and to become an event that will excite the entire country in the coming years and leave a mark on the international stage. The news was announced at a special event on September 25, 2025 at MINA Sofia - the first immersive space in the capital. Behind the camera stands the visionary director Martin Makariev - a professional with an unerring eye, for whom there are no insurmountable cinematic boundaries. His talent, together with the creative team consisting of Alexander Sano and Vladimir Pamukov, will take viewers beyond the image of Stoichkov and reveal the most dramatic, most intimate and greatest moments in the life of the man who has become an emblem and eternal pride for Bulgaria. The story was entrusted to Georgi Angelov – a screenwriter, with whom Makariev is once again joining forces, following an already proven successful creative formula.
“At our first meeting with the team for the film, they provoked me with the words: “Hristo, you have an important unfinished business in this life!” I looked at them first in surprise, and then in disgust. And they quickly explained: “You have a great story, but you don’t have a film!” But then what are you waiting for, I answered them! Do it! And make it beautiful, because… My left hand is still good at it!”, said Hristo Stoichkov.