13-06-2016

Losers Wins Bulgarian Film Academy Awards

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    Losers by Ivaylo Hristov Losers by Ivaylo Hristov

    SOFIA: Ivailo Hristov’s ironical black and white film Losers (produced by Pro Film) won six awards including film of the year, topping the list of fourteen feature films from 2015 that competed in the Bulgarian Film Academy annual awards.

    This is the third important recognition for Losers after receiving the Golden George at the 37th Moscow International Film Festival and the Golden Rose at the 33rd Golden Rose National Film Festival. The film was nominated for 12 of the 13 award categories and grabbed the awards for best script (Ivailo Hristov), best sound design (Svetlozar Georguiev), best editing (Toma Washarov), best actor (Ovanes Torossian) and best supporting actor (Deyan Donkov).

    Iglika Triffonova was awarded best director for her Hague drama The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son, coproduced by Bulgarian Klas Film, Dutch Phanta Vision and Swedish Film Lance International. The film was also awarded for best DoP (Rali Ralchev), best music (Teodossi Spassov) and best editing (Toma Washarov).

    Svetla Tsotsorkova’s Thirst, produced by Front Film won best debut. For her performance in the film Monika Naidenova was awarded best actress, while Georgy Todorov - Josi won best production designer (shared with Ivan Cherkelov’s Family Relics produced by Gala Film).

    The short feature film section was comprised of 11 titles and the winner was Svetlosar Georgiev’s The Son. The documentary section was comprised of 23 titles. Best documentary film award went to Anna Petkova’s The Aggression. Assia Kovanova’s and Andrei Koulev's Love with Occasional Showers won as best animated film.

    The life achievement award went to 80-year-old film director Georgui Stoyanov known for his films The Penleve Case (1968), A Cricket in the Ear (1976) and Constantine the Philosopher (1986).

    The award ceremony took place on 7 June 2016 in the Bulgarian Army Theatre and was broadcast by Bulgarian National Television, partner of the event.

    Complete list of Bulgarian Film Academy awards winners:

    Nencho Ilchev n Losers byIvaylo HristovBest Feature Film: Losers
    Directed by Ivaylo Hristov
    Produced by Pro Film
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Short Feature Film: The Son
    Directed by Svetlosar Georgiev
    Produced by Trivium Films
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Documentary: Aggression
    Directed by Anna Petkova
    Produced by Gala Film
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Animated film: Love With Occasional Showers
    Directed by Assia Kovanova, Andrei Koulev
    Produced by Koulev Film – Anri Koulev
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best TV Feature Film (diploma): Barter
    Directed by Atanas Kiryakov
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best First Feature: Thirst
    Directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova
    Produced by Front Film
     Aleksandar Benev and Monika Naydenova in Thirst by Svetla TsotsorkovaSupported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best First Documentary: Almost Everything
    Directed by Valerii Krisenko
    Produced by Magic Mount
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best First Animated Film: Mine Only
    Directed by Yoana Atanasova
    Produced by Geopoly
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Feature Film Director: Iglika Triffonova for The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son
    Produced by Klas Film
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best documentary Film Director: Anna Petkova for Aggression

    Best Animated Film Director: Assia Kovanova, Andrei Koulev for Love with Occasional Showers

    ex aequo Yovko Kolarov, Nastimir Tzatchev for Terraforming
    Produced by Nagual
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Feature Film Script: Ivaylo Hristov for Losers

    Best Documentary Film Script: Alexander Grozev for Vasil Gendov – Myth and Reality
    Directed by Iliya Kostov, produced by Nike-I
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Music: Teodosiy Spasov for Barter and The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son ex aequo Valentin Stamov for Vasil Gendov – Myth and Reality

    Alexander Belev and Blaje Dimitrov in Family Relics by Ivan CherkelovBest Feature Film DoP: Rali Ralchev for The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son and Family Relics

    Best Documentary Film DoP: Emil Topuzov for the documentary Botev: In the Shadow of the Monument
    Directed by Jesko Davidov
    Produced by Magic Shop
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Actress: Monika Naydenova for Thirst

    Best Actor: Ovanes Torosyan for Losers

    Best Supporting Actress: Stanka Kalcheva for While Aya was Sleeping
    Directed by Tsvetodar Markov
    Produced by Filmarc
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Supporting Actor: Ventsislav Zankov for Family Relics ex aequo Deyan Donkov for Losers ex aequo Ovanes Torosyan for The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son

    Best production designer: Georgi Todorov - Josi for Thirst and Family Relics

    Stoyan Radev in Corpse Collector by Dimitar DimitrovBest costumes: Aysidora Zaydner for Botev: In the Shadow of the Monument and for the feature Corpse Collector
    Directed by Dimitar Dimitrov
    Produced by MagicShop
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best editing: Toma Washarov for Losers and The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son

    Best Sound: Svetlozar Georguiev for Losers and 11th A Grade
    Directed by Michaela Komitova
    Produced by Korund X
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Book: Alexander Grozev for Cinema in Bulgaria part II (1956 – 1969)

    Best critic: Genoveva Dimitrova

    Life Achievement Award: Georgui Stoyanov