13-09-2016

FESTIVALS: Bulgarian Golden Rose Film Festival Announces Lineup

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    VARNA: Twelve feature films will be screened in the national official competition of the 34th Golden Rose National Film Festival from 19 to 25 of September 2016. Three of them are majority coproductions and two are minority coproductions.

    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