Four more minority coproductions will be screened in the parallel programme Open Horizons. While most of the feature films from the competition are supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, only six out of over 30 short films which will be screened in the festival are supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center.
One jury will decide the awards for both feature film and short film competition. The jury will be presided by Kamen Kalev, who was awarded Best Director for Face Down (produced by Bulgaria’s Waterfront Film, France’s Le Pacte and Belgium’s Left Field Ventures) at the 33rd Golden Rose in 2015. The other members of the jury are Stefan Ivanov, Peter Dundakov, Teodora Duhovnikova and Borislav Kolev.
The festival will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Bulgarian National Film Center and its collaboration with Creative Europe Media. “Since 1991 the BNFC has supported 138 feature films, 236 documentaries and 124 animated films with a total amount of nearly 80 m EUR. Since 2003 Creative Europe Media is allotting almost 500,000 EUR per year to Bulgarian producers, distributors and festivals. This is a considerable support for our national cinema”, NFC acting director Kamen Balkanski and Head of the Media office Creative Europe Desk Bulgaria told the local media.
The festival will also organise a round table dedicated to coproductions between Balkan countries. Official representatives from the Greek Film Center, Film Center Serbia and the Macedonian Film Fund are invited to share their experience.
FEATURE FILM COMPETITION:
Eighteen (Bulgaria)
Directed by Atanas Hristoskov
Produced by Incoms Project
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center
Glory (Bulgaria, Greece)
Directed by Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Produced by Abraxas
Coproduced by Graal Film, Screening Emotions, Aporia Filmworks, Red Carpet
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Greek Film Centre
Godless (Bulgaria, Denmark)
Directed by Ralitza Petrova
Produced by Klas Film
Coproduced by Snow Globe
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Danish Film Institute, Eurimages
Holiday Makers (Bulgaria)
Directed by Ivaylo Penchev
Produced by Urban Media
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center
Hristo (Bulgaria, Italy)
Directed by Grigor Lefterov, Todor Matsanov
Produced by Lema Film
Coproduced by IdeaCinema
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center
Inches Above the Ground (Bulgaria)
Directed by Maxim Genchev
Produced by Amrita Art
Labyrinths of Love (Bulgaria, Russia)
Directed by Vladimir Shterianov
Produced by Beta Lenta
Coproduced by Karo Production
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Memories of Fear (Bulgaria)
Directed by Ivan Pavlov
Produced by Art 47
Coproduced by Audiovisual Orpheus, Doli Media Studio
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center
Monkey (Bulgaria)
Directed by Dimitar Kozev-Shosho
Produced by Spotlight
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center
The Paradise Suite (Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden)
Directed by Joost van Ginkel
Produced by KaBoAl
Coproduced by PRPL, Bastide Films, Göta Film, Film i Väst
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Netherland‘s Film Fund, the Netherlands Production Incentive, the Swedish Film Institute, Eurimages
The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son (Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden)
Directed by Iglika Triffonova
Produced by Klas Film
Coproduced by Phanta Vision, Filmlance International
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Bulgarian National Television, the Netherland‘s Film Fund, the Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Television
The Singing Shoes (Bulgaria)
Directed by Radoslav Spassov
Produced by Menclips
Coproduced by Kanina Film, Dream Team Films
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Sofia Municipality, the National Palace of Culture
