Feature film jury:

Jury President: Stephan Komandarev, director/writer/producer, winner of Golden Rose Award at the 32^ndt edition of the Festival for his The Judgement,

and Jury members:

Antonia Kovacheva, film critic, Director of Bulgarian National Film Archive;

Kiran Kolarov, director/writer/producer;

Krasimir Andonov, cinematographer and

Yanina Kasheva, actress

Bestowed as follows:

Golden Rose Award for Best Feature Film goes to Losers, producer Pro Film – Asen Vladimirov; writer/director Ivaylo Hristov; cinematographer Emil Hristov.

For a credible story about the mental loneliness and the hopeless life of young people in Bulgaria. Strong performers’ presence and visual solutions.

Special Award of the City of Varna goes to Family Relics, producer Gala Film – Galina Toneva and Kiril Kirilov; writer/director Ivan Cherkelov; cinematographer Rali Ralchev.

For devotedness, talent and cinematic perfectionism in all elements of the film narrative.

Special mention for TV Film for Barter, producers BNT/ARS Digital; writer Yuri Dachev, Atanas Kiryakov; director Atanas Kiryakov; cinematographer Ivan Tonev.

For the ability to achieve emotional impact using ascetic art techniques.

Best Director Award goes to Kamen Kalev for Face Down.

For masterful cast of and work with both professional and unprofessional performers in building an authentic and gripping story.

Best Screenwriter Award goes to Marin Damianov for Corpse Collector.

For non-conventional vantage point at characters typical of the outskirts of life.

Best Cinematographer Award goes to Veselin Hristov for Thirst.

For masterly work with light and the visual solutions, creating a feeling of drought-ridden environment and people.

Best Actress Award goes to Elena Telbis for her role in Losers.

For the holistically built character having a strong and commanding presence.

Best Actor Award goes to Stefan Denolyubov for his role in While Aya Was Sleeping.

For the versatilely built character of a talent cast out from society by conformist times.

Best Feature Film Debut goes to Thirst, director Svetla Tsotsorkova.

For the powerful, ingenious and memorable story.

The Jury gave two Honourable Mentions for individual achievements:

Honourable Mention for music to Kaloyan Dimitrov (Viktoria, Face Down and Snow).

For the convincing dramaturgic role of music in films varying in genres and subject matters.

Honourable Mention to Claudia Cardinale for making a generous gesture to young Bulgarian film.

Short films Jury:

Jury President: Prof. Stanimir Trifinov, director/producer and

Jury members: Boryana Mateeva, film critic and Nikolay Todorov, director

Bestowed as follows:

 Golden Rose Award for Best Short Film goes to The Son, director Hristo Simeonov; writers Hristo Simeonov and Deyan Enev; cinematographer Veselin Hristov.

For the unadulterated authenticity of the cinematic observation and the proficiency to render emotionally the tragic existence of Romany people using scanty details.

And to Ecce Homo, writer/director Dimitar Kutmanov; cinematographer Flora Fecske.

For the striking expression of the black-and-white representation, which turns a family drama into an existential Christian tale unfolding in no particular time or place.

At the 33^rd edition of Golden Rose Festival of Bulgarian Feature Film awards were also given as follows:

The Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers Award to Family Relics, director Ivan Cherkelov.

The Critics Guild Award (UBF) to Losers, director Ivaylo Hristov.

People’s Choice Award to Losers, director Ivaylo Hristov.

Accredited Journalists’ Award to Losers, director Ivaylo Hristov.

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The obverse of the medal features the vision of the Centenary as designed by Nikolay Tonkov, famous for his Like.Bulgaria campaign. The reverse carries as an incuse the well-known logo of the National Film Centre both in Cyrillic and Roman letters against a halftone dot pattern.

Technical specs: diameter: 40mm; alloy oxidised silver-plated brass; mintage: 150.

On the same occasion, earlier this year a silver commemorative coin with an embedded medallion ‘100 YEARS OF BULGARIAN CINEMA’ was released in circulation and a new commemorative stamp ‘100 Years of Bulgarian Cinema’ was validated.

Experts and professionals such as Ivan Popyordanov, Sevda Shishmanova, Miroslav Borsos, Diana Andreeva, Galina Toneva, Bozhidar Manov, Mira Staleva, Henry Koulev among others will deliberate on the role of Bulgarian film within the framework of Bulgaria’s general cultural strategy, the economic performance of audiovisual industry, film festivals and their sustainability, cultural habits of households, film heritage digitisation, etc.

Sessions:

9–10 October 2015, Conference Hall 2, Cherno More Hotel

All interested are welcome to the stand of CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA in the foyer of Hall 1 of the FCC, Varna, 6–19 October.

Four of the movies participating in the Festival, have received development support by the MEDIA Sub-programme:

THIRST (2015, dir. Svetla Tsotsorkova), FAMILY RELICS (2015, dir. Ivan Cherkelov), VIKTORIA (2014, dir. Maya Vitkova) and WHY ME? (2015, dir. Tudor Giurgiu).

More information about CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA at www.creativeeurope.bg

In 2014–2015, the music therapist of Karin Dom worked with 20 children in various conditions, affected by ASDs, Down’s syndrome, GDD, speech problems, sensory deficits, hyperactivity. During these months the kids showed stabilization in their condition, development in expressive language, adequate expression of various emotions through musical elements such as rhythm, tunes, harmonies, etc., stress reduction, improved communicative and cognitive performance.

Given the achieved for the time being results, Karin Dom believe that music therapy reaches the set therapeutic goals, motivating them to expand their activities and joining efforts with the physiotherapists to work also with children affected by cerebral palsy and motor problems. Introducing music helps creating a nicer and lighter atmosphere, improving motor skills and in play situations with music and songs physiotherapy exercises are done.

We shall donate the funds raised from the sales of the posters and the catalogue of the Festival to acquiring musical instruments for children with special needs, to make music therapy even funnier and more effective.

Hopefully, many will lend a helping hand. The results of the campaign will be announced at the closing night.

Karin Dom Foundation is an active civil organization established in 1994 by Mr. Ivan Stancioff, former Bulgarian Ambassador to the UK and to the Republic of Ireland and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs.
More information about Karin Dom Foundation at: www.karindom.org

AUTHORS AND POSTERS: Bulgarian Film’s Centenary exhibition will be unveiled at Boris Georgiev Art Gallery, Varna, featuring a wide informative range of posters of one hundred Bulgarian movies providing also biographical details about their authors.

Bulgarian posters of such movies as Doomed Souls; Ladies’ Choice; Bonne Chance; Inspector!; Favourite No. 13; Matriarchy; Up in the Cherry Tree, etc., will be put on display.

The posters were authored by such artists as Alexander Poplilov, Hristo Alexiev, Alexander Sertev, Ralits Stanoeva, Bojidar Yonov, Alexander Balkanski, Veni Kantardjieva, Simeon Krustev, etc.

The timeline of the exhibition extends over seven decades, from the early 1930s until the turn of the twenty-first century, brimming over with film premieres and popular flicks.

Opening:

2 October 2015, City Art Gallery

The second 100 YEARS BULGARIAN CUINEMA exhibition was put on display in Stara Zagora; within Varna Photo Fest; at the National Assembly; New Bulgarian University, and Sredets Hall of the Ministry of Culture. It was also mounted on the occasion of Bulgarian film’s centenary to show unknown moments of the making of classical Bulgarian movies. Its documentary character seeks to offer a retrospective overview of popular actors, directors of photography and directors.

Owing to the gimlet-eyed photographers, who worked as part of film crews, and the painstaking care of the Bulgarian National Film Archive we have interesting pictures some of which have been used to promote Bulgarian film industry (until the 1990s) and which are now valuable archival material and a sweet memory.

Opening:

5 October 2015, Festival and Congress Centre