03-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Sofia IFF Lineup Announced

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    Adultery by Yavor Vesselinov Adultery by Yavor Vesselinov

    SOFIA: The festival programme for the 19th International Sofia Film Festival has been announced. This year Sofia is celebrating 100 years of Bulgarian Cinema. The film festival will gather films, guests, stars, journalists and cinema fans from 5-29 March 2015.

    The festival is organized by Art Fest with the help of the Municipality of Sofia and in partnership with the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, the National Palace of Culture, the National Film Center and the Bulgarian National Television with the support of the MEDIA programme of the European Commission.

    International Competition:

    Borderless (Iran)
    Directed by Amirhossein Asgari

    Theeb (UAE, Quatar, Jordan, UK)
    Directed by Naji Abu Nowar

    Mr. Kaplan (Spain, Uruguay, Germany)
    Directed by Alvaro Brechner

    Patrick's Day (Ireland)
    Directed by Terry McMahon

    Line of Credit (Georgia, France, Japan)
    Directed by Salome Alexi
    Production 3003 Film Production
    Supported by Georgian National Film Centre

    Hilda (Mexico)
    Directed by Andres Clariond

    We Are Young, We Are Strong (Germany)
    Directed by Burhan Qurbani

    No One's Child (Serbia, Croatia)
    Directed by Vuk Ršumović
    Produced by Art&Popcorn, BaBoon Production, Kinorama
    Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    For Some Inexplicable Reasons (Hungary)
    Directed by Gabor Reisz

    Adultery (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Yavor Vesselinov
    Produced by Teach.Co Art Company
    Supported by the Sofia Municipality

    The Quiet Hour (UK, Ireland)
    Directed by Stéphanie Joalland

    Urok/The Lesson (Bulgaria, Greece)
    Directed by Cristalina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
    Production: Abraxas Film
    Coproduction: Graal Film
    Supported by ZDF, American Foundation for Bulgaria, Central Cooperative Union