Nadejda Koseva’s debut feature had its International Premiere last week
in Warsaw and received the Special Jury Award for the Actress
Martina Apostolova and the Award of the Ecumenical Jury
At the 36th “Golden Rose” Bulgarian National Feature Film Festival
the film received also the Award for Debut Feature,
Best Actress Award for Martina Apostolova
and the Award of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers
The International premiere of “IRINA” was in the main Competition of the 34th Warsaw International Film Festival. The film will participate also in the competition programmes of several prestigious international film forums this autumn.
Nadja Koseva has three very successful festival shorts in her filmography. “The Ritual”, part of the omnibus film “Lost & Found”, opened The Forum of Young Cinema in Berlin. “Omelette” was awarded with Special Mention in Sundance, and “Take Two” took Special Mention in Sarajevo.
“IRINA” tells a story of a young woman who lives in a small mining town. She needs to save her family from the poverty so her decision is to become a surrogate mother, carrying some strangers’ child for money. In time Irina will discover what means to love and to forgive…
Presented as a project at SOFIA MEETINGS, “IRINA” was developed with the support of MEDIA Programme of the EU, SEE Cinema Network, ScripTeast and the Bulgarian National Film Center. The film is an Art Fest Production, in co-production with Front Film, Doli Media Studio, Right Solutions, with the support of Bulgarian National Film Center.
The cast of “IRINA” includes Martina Apostolova, Hristo Ushev, Irini Jambonas, Kasiel Noah Asher, Alexander Kossev, Krassimir Dokov. The script was written by Svetoslav Ovcharov, Bojan Vuletic and Nadejda Koseva. DOP is Kiril Prodanov, art director - Ivelina Mineva, costume designer - Viktor Andreev, make-up artist - Petya Simeonova, editor - Nina Altaparmakova, music was composed by Petar Dundakov, sound recordist and mixer - Momchil Bojkov. Co-producers - Svetla Tsotsorkova, Dobromir Chochov, Todor G. Todorov. Producer is Stefan Kitanov. International sales agent is the French company Alpha Violet.
Congratulations to Nadejda Koseva, Martina Apostolova, the cast and the crew of the film!
