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Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival 2020 Awards
Golden Rose Award for Best Feature Film goes to
Fear, producers: Pro Film – Assen Vladimirov, Transformеrs, Sonus, Kinolight, Revo Films; writer: Ivaylo Hristov; director: Ivaylo Hristov; director of photography: Emil Christov
‘For the skill to narrate ironically about daunting challenges’
Special Jury Award to
Scenes from the Life of an Actress, producers: Gala Film – Galina Toneva, Kiril Kirilov, BNT; writer: Ivan Vladimirov; director: Ivan Vladimirov; director of photography: Georgi Chelebiev
‘For the ingenuous and innovative film narrative’.
The Award of the City of Varna goes to
18 % Grey, producers: Chouchkov Bros, Ostlicht Filmproduktion, BNT, Sektor Film, Cinnamon Films, Raised by Wolves; writers: Hilary Norrish, Dolya Gavanski, Zachary Karabаshliev; director: Viktor Chouchkov; director of photography: Nenad Borojević
‘For the beauty of simplicity’
Best Director Award goes to
Scenes from the Life of an Actress, director: Ivan Vladimirov
‘For the skilful and inventive visual approach to the portraying of a full-fledged female character and building a perfect ensemble of the actors in the cast’
Best Screenwriter Award goes to Scenes from the Life of an Actress, director: Ivan Vladimirov
‘For his proficiency in making a fragmented dramatic structure into a homogenous and thrilling cinematic experience’.
Best Cinematographer Award goes to director of photography: Rumen Vassilev (Danny, Legend, God),
‘The camera serves best the storyline, openly and without restraint, becoming a personage itself’.
Best Actress Award goes to Svetlana Yancheva (Fear)
‘For her forthright and stern portraying of a complicated character without vanity and compromises’.
Best Actor Award goes to Ivan Barnev (Blessed Are the Meek)
‘For his authentic minimalist portraying and building a powerful character’.
Best Feature Film Debut goes to
A Dose of Happiness, producers: No Blink Studio – Aleksandar Aleksiev, Nickolay Stoichkov; bTV Studios, Reason 8, Brod Film, B2Y, Dream Team Films; writer: Yana Titova; director: Yana Titova; director of photography: Martin Balkanski
‘For the ingenious and candid interpretation of a sensitive issue’.
A Special Mention to
Katerina Lipovska, Adelia Ocleppo (Pelican Blood), producers: Junafilm – Verena Gräfe-Höft, Miramar Film – Svetlana Taneva; writer: Katrin Gebbe; director: Katrin Gebbe; director of photography: Moritz Schultheiss
‘First steps in a foreign film, dedicated work and an organic outcome’
A Special Mention to
Blessed Are the Meek, producers: Screening Emotions – Poli Angelova, Nikolay Todorov, Red Carpet, Pro Cinema, Peak Audio, Magic Shop, Right Solutions; writer: Krasimir Kroumov – Gretz; directors: Georgi Stoyanov, Wojciech Todorow; director of photography: Wojciech Todorow
‘For the efforts put forth by the produces, directors, director of photography and the editor to carry through this complicated project about silent human kindness’.
A Special Jury Mention for a short film to Eggshells, producer: Klas Film – Rossitsa Valkanova, writer/director Slava Doytcheva; director of photography: Kiril Prodanov
Golden Rose Award for Best Short Film is not awarded
At the 38th edition of Golden Rose Festival of Bulgarian Feature Film, awards were also given as follows:
The Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers Award to
Fear, producers: Pro Film – Assen Vladimirov, Transformеrs, Sonus, Kinolight, Revo Films; writer: Ivaylo Hristov; director: Ivaylo Hristov; director of photography: Emil Christov
The Critics Guild Award (UBFM) to
Dante’s Heaven, producer: Premier Studio plus – Nikolay Mutafchiev; writer: Dimitar Radev; director: Dimitar Radev; director of photography: Kaloyan Bozhilov
The Critics Guild Award for short film (UBFM) to
Night Shift, producers: bazooka productions – Eddy Schwartz, Yordan Petkov, White Boat Pictures, Belgium; Black Boat Pictures, France; writers/directors: Eddy Schwartz, Yordan Petkov; director of photography: Dimitar Nedelchev
Accredited Journalists’ Award to
Fear, producers: Pro Film – Assen Vladimirov, Transformеrs, Sonus, Kinolight, Revo Films; writer: Ivaylo Hristov; director: Ivaylo Hristov; director of photography: Emil Christov
People’s Choice Award to
Last Call, producer: Urban Media – Stoyan Stoyanov; writers: Bozhan Petrov, Ivaylo Penchev, Vesel Tsankov; director: Ivaylo Penchev; director of photography: Georgi Chelebiev