Cineplovdiv
7 short films
Seven teams of contemporary Bulgarian film directors will be shooting seven short films inspired by and dedicated to the city of Plovdiv. The seven films will later be merged into an omnibus release titled '7' [short stories]. The premiere is on 19 April 2019.
7 director's teams
The directors are Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva (“Glory”, “Lesson”); Nikolay Todorov, for whom Emir Kusturica set up a special prize for a “most poetic film”; Ralitsa Petrova (holder of the Golden Leopard Award from the Locarno Film Festival for her film “Bezbog”); Dimitar Kutmanov (“Ecce Homo”); Nikolay Todorov (“Before I Fall Asleep”); Pavel Vesnakov (“Zeus”); Lyubomir Mladenov (“Hunting Park”, “A Ship in a Room”); and Hristo Simeonov (“The Son”). Each director has his or her own visual style and dramaturgical language, and will present his or her idea of what Plovdiv may look like when presented in a film.
7 master classes
In 2018 and 2019 Plovdiv will host a series of director’s residences, master classes, workshops and meetings with audiences.
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Premiere of 7 [short stories]
When: 19 April 2019
Where: Lucky House of Cinema (1 Gladston Str.)
Following the world premiere of the A-Class Cairo IFF, the film 'HOME FAR AWAY' by the director Dimitar Kutmanov was also selected in the official competition of Küstendorf Film & Music Festival.
Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva work together. They are members of the European Film Academy, co-script writers and co-directors of the short film “Jump”, which was nominated for the European Film Awards in 2013 and has earned, among other distinctions, the Grand Prix of the International Short Film Festival in Brussels. “Lesson” is their first feature film, which has been awarded more than 30 prizes from international festivals in San Sebastian, Tokyo, Monterey, Warsaw, Gothenburg, Thessaloniki and Sofia, among other cinema forums. Their second film, “Glory”, repeated the success of “Lesson” and was the Bulgarian foreign language Oscar nomination for 2017.
Dimitar Kutmanov graduated in cinema studies and cinema practice from Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge with his graduation film “Taste of Water” (2012). In 2014 he earned his MA in film direction from the cinema academy in Edinburgh with his graduation film “Ecce Homo”, which has been selected for screenings at various international festivals. Mr Kutmanov is the co-founder of Cine-Feel Film Academy, a film school. Currently he is working on the post-production of his film “Bread”.
Lyubomir Mladenov graduated from the Sofia Academy of Arts and from the National Actors Academy in Sofia. He is the director of the films “34” (short film), “Hunting Park” (feature film debut), and “Vitosha” (documentary). His latest film is “A Ship in a Room”, which was presented - in 2017, in competition at the Tokyo Film Festival, among other film forums.
Nikolay Todorov graduated in film direction from the National Actors Academy in Sofia in the class of Prof Georgi Dyulgerov. His graduation film, “The Minutes After”, won the Jameson Prize for Best Short Film at the Sofia Film Fest and the award of the Cork festival in Ireland. The film has also been awarded several international prizes and many nominations at international festivals. The short film “Before I Fall Asleep” was given the award of ‘most poetic film’ at the international festival in Mokra Gora in Serbia by awarded by Emir Kusturica.
Hristo Simeonov graduated in film direction at the Neofit Rilski Southwest University. He has shot several short films - which have been screened at international festivals such as Tampere, Dresden, Cotbus, Molodist, Bilbao, Trieste, Vienna and Sofia. His debut film, “The Son”, won the Grand Prix for Short Film at the Cotbus Film festival (2016), the Bulgarian Film Academy Award (2016) and the Golden Rose Award for Short Film (2016). Mr Simeonov is the author and director of several documentary portraits within the TV Clever Village series of the Bulgarian National Television.
Ralitsa Petrova lives and works in Bulgaria, France and the UK. She graduated in film direction from the National Film and Television School in London. She is a member of the European Film Academy. Her films have been selected for screening at the most prestigious world festivals - Cannes, Berlin and Locarno. Her first film, “Bezbog” (2016), has won the Golden Leopard Award for Best Film at the international film festival in Locarno. The film has had more than 90 festival appearances and has won 27 international awards.
Pavel G. Vesnakov is the director of the TV series “Stolen Life”, “The Day of the Father”, “The Devil’s Gorge”. He was also the winner in 2014 of the Grand Prix from the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival for his film “Honour”. His short film “Zeus” had its world premiere at the International film festival in Locarno.
Details about the project and the directors at kinoplovdiv.com. Information about the Screening Emotions production house at: screeningemotions.com/bg. Details about the master classes at: www.facebook.com/kinoplovdiv.
The media about the project, 28 March 2019, Marica.bg - here.
