Two Bulgarian films win awards at Sarajevo Film Festival
More proof of recent resurgence of Bulgarian cinema and its standing with international film festival judges came from Sarajevo, where two Bulgarian films won awards at the 17th annual Sarajevo Film Festival, which focused this year on Balkan films and directors.
Ave, from director Konstantin Bozhanov, which was previously screened at Cannes, won the special jury award in the main competition, and Nadezhda Kosseva's Втори дубъл (Take Two) won the first special mention in the short film programme.
Seven Bulgarian films were screened in Sarajevo, including The Island by Kamen Kalev, starring Laetitia Casta. The film was shown outside the main competition, which was open only to first-time directing projects (Kalev's debut, Eastern Plays, has received rave reviews since its release in 2009).
The other Bulgarian films were Chromones (in the Operation Kino shorts section); My Mate Manchester United and Rules of Single Life (both in the documentaries competition); and Shelter (part of the In Focus section).
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