Produced by Schiwago Film the film has already won over 25 awards at different festivals among which the Young German Cinema Award for Screenwriting at Filmfest München and theAudience Award at the Talinn Black Nights Film Festival. First time director Gerster is known for his work for director Tom Tykwer at X-Filme and as Wolfgang Becker’s assistant on Goodbye, Lenin.
The international jury headed by Turkish director Yesim Ustaoglu gave its Special prize to The Last Elvis by Armando Bo from Argentina, another much awarded film. The film also received the Young Jury award.
Best director went to American Adam Leon for his Gimme the Loot.
Bulgarian director Milko Lazarov was awarded for his debut film Alienation in which a 50 year old Greek man wants to buy an unborn Bulgarian baby. The film is produced by the Bulgarian National Television.
The Paraffin Prince produced by Bulgarian director Pavel Vesnakov was awarded Best Short Film and Bulgarian director Youlian Tabakov received a Special Mention for his creative documentary Tzvetanka.
The Association of Film Producers in Bulgaria presented a Special Award to the Chief Executive Officer of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH (MDM) Manfred Schmidt, in recognition of his and MDM’s persistent belief in the quality of Bulgarian films by supporting 12 Bulgarian films.
This 2013 SIFF presented 246 films from 49 countries and hosted over 150 international guests. The Media supported co-production market of SIFF Sofia Meetings (14-17 March 2013) marked its tenth year anniversary.
Awards
Focusfox Grand Prix Award for best film in the International Competition for first and second films - Oh, Boy (Germany) by Jan Ole Gerster
Production Schiwago Film
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Special Jury Award - The Last Elvis by Armando Bo (Argentina)
Production
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K&S Films
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Best Director Award - Adam Leon for Gimme the Loot (USA)
Production
Seven for Ten
Best Bulgarian Short Film - The Paraffin Prince by Pavel Vesnakov (Bulgaria)
Production
Pavel Vesnakov
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Best Documentary - The Machine which Makes Everything Disappear by Tinatin Gurchiani (Georgia-Germany)
Production
Alethea
TTFilm
Producers
Tinatin Gurchiani, Kakha Macharashvili
Documentary Special Mention Jury - Tzvetanka by Youlian Tabakov (Sweden-Bulgaria)
Production
Agitprop
www.agitprop.bg
Best Balkan Film - Beyond the Hill by Emin Alper (Turkey-Greece)
Production
Bulut FIlm
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www.bulutfilm.com
Bulgarian Guild Of Film Critics Award for film from the Balkan Competition - Araf - Somewhere in Between by Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey-France-Germany)
Production
Ustafglu FIlm
www.ustaoglufilm.com
Best Bulgarian Feature Film Award - Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria)
Production
BNT
www.bnt.bg
executive producer - Christo Jivkov
FIPRESCI Award - A Month in Thailand by Paul Negoescu (Romania)
Production
HI Film Productions
www.hifilm.ro
Audience Award from the International Competition and the Balkan Competition - Circles by Srdan Golubovic (Serbia-Germany-France-Croatia-Slovenia)
Production
Film House Baš Celik
www.bascelik.net
Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion
www.neue-mediopolis.de
La Cinéfacture
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Vertigo/Emotionfilm
www.emotionfilm.si
Propeler Film
www.propelerfilm.com
Young Jury Award - The Last Elvis by Armando Bo (Argentina)
Production
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K&S Films
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