A total of 102 films were screened including 12 titles in the international feature film competition. The international jury was composed of Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria, president), Kirill Razlogov (Russia), Igor Cobileanski (Moldova) Jesper Andersen (Denmark) and Csaba Fazekas (Hungary).

For the first time Love is Folly introduced 10 films in the new competition programme Youth Cinema, Films For Young Adults accompanied by a Festival Film Academy, an educational project of the Congress and Festival Centre, related to the Varna - European Youth Capital 2017 programme.

The festival opened with Karen Shakhnazarov’s Anna Karenina.Vronsky’s Story and wrapped with Pablo Larraín’s Jackie. This year the festival organised focuses on Hungary, Denmark, Russia and Indonesia.

The culmination of the festival was the performance of emblematic film music masterpieces by the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra.

International Jury Awards:

Best Film:
The Citizen (Hungary)
Directed by Roland Vranik

Special Jury Award:
Solo, Solitude (Indonesia)
Directed by Yosep Anggi Noen

Best Actress:
Rimma Zyubina for The Nest of The Turtledove (Ukraine)
Directed by Taras Tkachenko

Best Actor:
İnanç Konukçu for Wedding Dance (Turkey)
Directed by Çiğdem Sezgin

Other awards:

Union of the Bulgarian Filmmakers Award:
Melancholy (Iran)
Directed by Morteza Atashzamzam

Bulgarian Film Critics’s Award:
Reykjavík (Iceland)
Directed by Ásgrímur Sverrisson

Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication from the St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University Award:
Wedding Dance (Turkey)
Directed by Çiğdem Sezgin

Audience award:
Love and Other Catastrophes (Denmark)
Directed by Sofie Stougaard

Golden Aphrodite Life Achievement Award: Emilia Radeva