Balkan competition consists of eleven new feature films from the region such as Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva’s second film Glory, produced by Bulgaria’s Abraxas Film in coproduction with Greece’s Graal Film.
Four new Bulgarian feature films will have their premieres, including Iglika Triffonova’s Lift for Patients, produced by Klas Film. Twelve new Bulgarian short films will compete for the Jamison Award.
The president of the international jury will be Romanian director Cristi Puiu.The other members of the jury are: Canadian actress Deborah Kara Unger, German expert Manfred Schmidt, German-Bulgarian film director Elitza Petkova and Bulgarian actress Anjela Nedyalkova.
Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens' fourth feature film King of Belgians will open the festival on 9 March 2017. The film is a coproduction between Flemish Belgian Bo Films, French Belgian Entre Chien et Loup, Dutch Topkapi and Bulgarian Art Fest.
International Competition:
Godless (Bulgaria, Denmark)
Directed by Raliza Petrova
Produced by Klas Film
Coproduced by Snow Glob
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Danish Film Institute, Eurimages
Light Thereafter (Bulgaria, Belgium)
Directed by Konstantin Bojanov
Produced by Multfilm
Coproduced by Left Field Ventures
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center,
House Without Roof (Germany,Irak (KRG), Qatar)
Directed by Soleen Yusef
Bad Influence (Chile)
Directed by Claudia Huaiquimilla
My Happy Family (Germany, Georgia, France)
Directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
Produced by Augenschein Filmproduktion
Coproduced by Polare Film, Arizona Productions
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center
Beneath the Silence (Israel)
Directed by Erez Mizrahi and Sahar Shavit
The Last Family (Poland)
Directed by Jan P. Matuszynski
Produced by Aurum Film
Coproduced by HBO Polska, Lightcraft, Universal Music Polska
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Requiem for Mrs. J. (Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
Directed by Bojan Vuletic
Produced by See Film Pro
Coproduced by Geopoly Film, Skopje Film Studio, Non-Stop Production, Surprise Alley
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Macedonian Film Agency, CNC France, Eurimages
Snow (Turkey)
Directed by Emre Erdogdu
Quit Staring at My Plate (Croatia, Denmark)
Directed by Hana Jusić
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduced by Croatian Television, Beofilm
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Center, the Danish Film Institute, Eurimages
Hristo (Bulgaria, Italy)
Directed by Grigor Lefterov and Teodor Matsanov
Produced by Lema Film
Coproduced by Idea Cinema
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center
Moon Dogs (United Kingdom, Ireland)
Directed by Philip John
