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BULGARIAN FILMS 2013 2014 FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS 3 THE JUDGMENT Sadilishteto 2014, 112’, DCP Director: Stephan Komandarev Scriptwriters: Marin Damyanov, Emil Spahiyski, Stephan Komandarev Cinematography: Krasimir Andonov Music: Stefan Valdobrev 4 Cast: Asen Blatechki, Miki Manojlović, Ovanes Torosian, Ina Nikolova Production: Argo Film Ltd (Bulgaria), Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany), Propeler Film (Croatia), Sektor Film (Macedonia) Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center, MEDIA Programme of the EU Contacts: Argo Film Ltd., 5 Yantra Str., B, Sofia 1124; mobile: +359878308238; [email protected] For 25 years Mityo has lived with a terrible secret: as a soldier on the Bulgarian border, he was forced to kill a couple that tried to escape to the West. Nowadays, Mityo is on the border again, this time smuggling immigrants to the EU. He had lost everything that has mattered to him – his wife and the confidence of his son. In order to get his son back, Mityo has to seek forgiveness for his sin. FEATURE FILMS LIVING LEGENDS Zhivi legendi 2014, 100’ Director: Niki Iliev Scriptwriters: Niki Iliev, Nikolay Vasilevski, Sanya Borisova–Ilieva Cinematography: Grigor Kumitsky Music: Borislav Boyadjiev – Boche, Rumen Boyadjiev Jr Cast: Orlin Pavlov, Niki Iliev, Sanya Borisova–Ilieva, Dimo Alexiev, 5 Liubomir Kovachev, Stephan Shterev, Michele Placido Producers: Niki Iliev, Boiko Iliev, Yan Yanev Production: Euro Dialog, bTV Studios Contacts: [email protected] Pavel is a man in his thirties holding a high-end position in an upscale bank. One day he has an accident and goes into a coma. When he wakes up, he proves to suffer partial loss of memory and can remember nothing but his high school graduation. The people he now feels closest to are his former schoolmates, and he decides to return to his small hometown by the sea and find them. Though an adult, Pavel now has the mentality of a teenager. None of his classmates, however, feel like him. Life has left them all disappointed and inertia-driven. Pavel decides to spend his money on making a wild childhood dream of his friends come true, a dream they never have had enough courage to fulfil. He tells none of them about it. FEATURE FILMS RAPID RESPONSE CORPSE 2 Korpus za barzo reagirane 2 2013, 96’ Director: Stanislav Donchev Scriptwriters: Vasko Mavrikov, Stanislav Donchev, Evgeni Budinov Cinematography: Dobromir Nikolov Cast: Diana Lyubenova, Bashar Rahal, Vasko Mavrikov, Evgeni Budinov, Ivelin Naydenov, Kitodar Todorov Producers: Stanislav Donchev, Vladimir Petrov, Emil Simeonov 6 Production: Indie Film, Pro Films, Dynamic Arts Contacts: Pro Films – Ilinden, Bl. 127, Entr. B Sofia 1309; phone/fax: + 359 2 822 36 81; [email protected]; www.profilms.bg While guarding their new client, the guys from RRC accidentally stumble upon an international nuclear weapon deal. The one, who invented the weapon, is a Bulgarian that goes by the nickname of Himika. He has received part of the sum in advance from an English billionaire. They have to meet in Sofia and close the deal. In the meantime, art forger and international secret agent of Romany extraction, Kutrum is also on the scent of the bomb. The situation is about to explode when he finds Mrs. Georgieva in a country far away from Bulgaria, where the supposed detonator is. FEATURE FILMS RAT POISON Otrova za mishki 2014, 90’ Director: Konstantin Burov Scriptwriter: Ventzislav Vasilev Cinematography: Krasimir Andonov Music: Valeria Krachunova Cast: Nikolay Yovin, Biser Marinov, Petar Genkov, Ivan Panayotov, Lora Dekova, Deyan Georgiev, Dimitar Terziev, Petar Varbanov, 7 Georgi Kremenski Producer: “Bulfilm” Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center Contacts: Nina Altaparamkova, +359 888 83 94 88 In 1983, Plamen finds himself in a reformatory school for juvenile criminals. There he meets Ivan, Gudata and Chernio and together they tread the path that leads to thefts and burglaries. With the fall of Communism in 1989 the political system changes dramatically. Still, are these four able to change? FEATURE FILMS ROSEVILLE Vila Roza 2013, 120’ Director: Martin Makariev Scriptwriter: Boby Zahariev Cinematography: Ivan Vatzov Cast: Kalin Vrachanski, Elena Petrova, Lidiya Indzhova, Plamen Manasiev, David Chokachi Producers: Svetlin Neinski, Dimitar Gotchev, Alexander Penev, 8 Martin Makariev Production: Forward Pictures; Camera Contacts: A+ Films, 35 Trakiya Str., Sofia 1507; phone: +359 2 421 9743; [email protected] In the early autumn of 1985, militia is investigating a shocking and mysterious accident in an isolated chalet in the Balkan Mountains. Roseville is a film interpretation of the events inspired by eyewitnesses’ stories and clues found in the chalet. Vasil and Nadya, a recently married young couple arrives for their vacation in Roseville. They are greeted by the manager of the chalet, Georgi and his close friend, Dora. Later, an old friend of Georgi, Steven Cort joins them. Vasil’s presence provokes a hurricane of mysterious events that put everybody’s common sense on trial. Everyone has to face the terror of one’s own fears while the invisible force that wants to control them stalks them in the dark, violently knocking on the door of FEATURE FILMS their consciousness. THREE DAYS IN SARAJEVO Tri dni v Saraevo 2014, 50’, 35mm Director: Nikolay Todorov Scriptwriter: Nikolay Todorov Cinematography: Kiril Prodanov Music: Hristo Namliev Cast: Margita Gosheva, Miliana Lenak, Senad Basic, Dragan Suvak Production: Screening Emotions, NU Boyana Film, 9 Kontrast Films, KCB Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center Contacts: Screening Emotions OOD, 40 Filip Totyo Str., Sofia 1510; Elena Mosholova, mobile: +359 898 390 713; Polly Angelova, mobile: +359 894 700 869, [email protected]; Two young women from different countries nightdream about a city they have never been to. They get acquainted on the Internet and decide to visit the place together, looking for clues to their dreams. The city feels close in a strange way. They immerse into its mysteries, discover its spirit and run into its secrets only to find an answer to their questions. FEATURE FILMS VIKTORIA 2014, 155’, 35mm, DCP, Digi-Beta, HDCam, DVD Director: Maya Vitkova; Scriptwriter :Maya Vitkova Cinematography: Krum Rodriguez; Music: Kaloyan Dimitrov Cast: Irmena Chichikova, Daria Vitkova, Kalina Vitkova, Mariana Krumova, Dimo Dimov Producer: Maya Vitkova, Viktoria Films (Bulgaria) Co-producer: Anca Puiu, Mandragora (Romania) Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center, MEDIA Programme of the EU Contacts: Viktoria Films, 2 Tzar Ivan Asen II Str., 10 Tzarevetz Building, fl. 2, Sofia; phone/fax: +359 2 481 37 12; mobile: +359 884 905 220; [email protected], www.viktoriathefilm.com Dreaming of the West, Boryana is determined not to have a child in communist Bulgaria. Nonetheless, her daughter Viktoria enters the world in 1979, curiously missing a belly button, and is declared the country’s Baby of the Decade. Pampered by her mother state until the age of nine, Viktoria’s decade of notoriety comes crashing down with the rest of European communism. But can political collapse and the hardship of new times finally bring Viktoria and her reluctant mother closer together? Told in three parts and spanning several decades, Viktoria is both intimate and epic, unfolding a mother-daughter story while also working as a wry, philosophical fable with broad historical scope. (...) John Nein, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Institute Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2014 – Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize; Rotterdam International Film Festival 2014 – Nominated for the Hivos Tiger Award; Göteborg Film Festival 2014 – Nominated for the FEATURE FILMS Ingmar Bergman International DebutFilm Award BUFFER ZONE Buferna zona 2014, 126’, DCP COMING SOON Director: Georgi Djulgerov Scriptwriter: Georgi Djulgerov Cinematography: Georgi Chelebiev Music: Mira Iskarova, Hristo Namliev Cast: Rousy Chanev, Stefka Yanorova, Rozalia Abgarian, Tigran Torosian, Hristina Ivanova, Snezhina Petrova, Ivaylo Hristov 11 Production: Nadejda Koseva, Svetla Tsotsorkova – Front Film Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center Contacts: Front Film, 7 Victor Grigorovic Str, ap. 5, Sofia 1606; mobiles: +359 898 552388, +359 888 325022, fax: +359 2 9516244, [email protected] ME, the main character Todor Cherkezov has survived a car accident in which his wife was killed. He himself has been left half-blind. A man of vision, he “envisions” several dreams, through which he realizes his own guilt and finally feels compassion. FEATURE FILMS CONCERT FOR THE SURVIVORS Koncert za ocelelite Bulgaria/Israel COMING SOON Director: Ivan Nichev Scriptwriter: Yuri Dachev, Ivan Nichev, Tatiana Granitova Production: Nissim Levy – Cinepaz Eood Supported by Bulgarian National Film Center Contacts: [email protected], [email protected] 12 The film is supposed to be both funny and very sad. The storyline brings together three adolescents in 1943: daydreamer Shelly from Kavala, Greece and two boys madly in love with her: Moni, a talented Jewish painter and Jojo, a Christian and a charming musician, both from the same neighbourhood in Sofia. Shelly along with 11,682 Jews from northern Greece and Macedonia is doomed to the Nazi death camps. Moni is making his best to rescue her, but to no avail… FEATURE FILMS THE PETROV FILE Dosieto Petrov Bulgaria/Germany, 100’, DCP, 35mm COMING SOON Director: Gueorgui Balabanov Scriptwriters: Gueorgui Balabanov and Jean-Claude Carriere Cinematography: Stefan Ivanov Cast: Mihail Bilalov, Hristo