Stephan Komandarev’s Rounds took three awards: the film received both the Audience Award and the City of Varna Special Award, and the Best Actress Award went to Irini Jambonas.
The Jury Special Award went to The Pig by Dragomir Sholev, who was also named Best Director.
The international jury included three Bulgarian members: director Milko Lazarov (president), actress Joreta Nikolova and DoP Emil Christov. The international members were the Italian selector Renata Santoro and the Croatian director Hrvoje Hribar.
No Honourable Special Prize for life achievement was awarded.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Grand Prix for Best Feature Film:
The Father (Bulgaria, Greece)
Directed by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Produced by Abraxas Film (Bulgaria)
Coproduced by Graal Films (Greece)
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Greek Film Center , Biennale College Cinema, Eurimages, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Grand Prix for Best Short Fiction Film
Nina
Directed by Hristo Simeonov
Produced by Screening Emotions
Danny Lerner Award provided by Nu Boyana Film Studios
The Father
Jury Special Award
The Pig (Bulgaria, Romania)
Directed by Dragomir Sholev
Produced by Gorilla Film
Coproduced by New Boyana Film Studios, B2Y, Screening Emotions, Papillon Film (Romania)
Supported by SEE Cinema Network, UNICEF
City of Varna Special Award
Rounds (Bulgaria, Serbia)
Directed by Stephan Komandarev
Coproduced by Argo Film (Bulgaria), See Film Pro (Serbia)
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Film Center Serbia, Eurimages
Best Director Award
Dragomir Sholev for The Pig
Best Script Award
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Decho Taralezhkov for The Father
Best Cinematography Award
Vesselin Hristov for Sister (Bulgaria, Qatar)
Directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova
Produced by Omega Films
Coproduced by Audiovideo Orpheus, Doha Film Institute, Qatar
Best Actress Award
Irini Jambonas for Rounds (Bulgaria, Serbia)
Best Actor Award
Ivan Barnev and Ivan Savov for The Father
Best Debut Feature
Cat In The Wall (Bulgaria, UK, France)
Directed by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Produced by Activist38 (Bulgaria)
Coproduced by Glasshead Limited (UK), Ici et Là Productions (France), Bulgarian National Television
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, ARTE Région Ile de France, Post Republic Germany, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Special Mentions
Bad Girl (Bulgaria)
Directed by Marian Valev
Produced by the Bulgarian National Television
A Picture With Yuki (Bulgaria, Japan)
Directed by Lachezar Avramov
Produced by The Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria)
Coproduced by the Bulgarian National Television, WA Entertainment (Japan)
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Creative Europe – MEDIA
The Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers Award
Sister (Bulgaria, Qatar)
The Critics Guild Award
A Picture With Yuki
Insomnia (short)
Directed by Radoslav Kamburov
Produced by Filmarc
Audience Award:
Rounds (Bulgaria, Serbia)
The Bulgarian Association of Film Director’s Award for short film debut
Ivan
Directed by Nadejda Hristova
Produced by Concept studio
Special Mention to Short Film
Home Far Away
Directed by Dimitar Kutmanov
Honourable Special Prize
Not awarded
