09-10-2017

FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National FF 2017: Omnipresent Takes Five Awards

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    Omnipresent by Ilian Djevelekov Omnipresent by Ilian Djevelekov

    VARNA: Ilian Djevelekov’s sophomore feature Omnipresent won the Golden Rose Award of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30 September - 7 October 2017).

    The award is offered by Nu Boyana and consists of providing services equal to the amount of 50,000 EUR along with 5,000 EUR in cash for the development of the director’s next feature project. The film received also the award of the Bulgarian Critics Guild and the Audience award. For their roles in the same film Velisilav Pavlov won best actor and Teodora Duhovnikova won best actress (ex aequo with Irini Jambonas for her role in Directions).

    The Jury gave an Honourable Mention to Stefan Komandarev’s Directions, which also received the Award of the accredited Journalists.

    The Special Award of the City of Varna went to Svetoslav Ovcharov’s Enemies, while Ilian Metev won best director with his film ¾.

    Teodora Markova, Georgi Ivanov, Nevena Kertova and Teo Chepilov were awarded for their script of Bubblegum. Nenad Boroevich received the best DoP award for his work on Konstantin Bojanov’s Light Thereafter.

    Rouzie Hassanova’s Radiogram was awarded Best Feature Film Debut, and Yassen Grigorov and his creative team received a special mention of the Jury for their work in Lilly The Little Fish

    Eminent actress Tatiana Lolova received the Golden Rose Award for lifetime achievement. The Golden rose award for best short film went to Vasil Goranov’s Sunflower Spaceship 1.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Grand Prix for Best Feature Film: Omnipresent (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Ilian Djevelekov
    Produced by Miramar film
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Honourable Mention of the Jury: Directions (Bulgaria, Germany, Macedonia)
    Directed by Stephan Komandarev
    Produced by Argo Film (Bulgaria)
    Coproduced by Bulgarian National Television, Aktis Film Production (Germany), Sektor Film (Macedonia)
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, German Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Macedonian Film Agency, Eurimages

    Grand Prix for Best Short Fiction Film: Sunflower Spaceship 1
    Directed by Vasil Goranov

    City of Varna Special Award: Enemies (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Svetoslav Ovcharov
    Produced by Omega Films
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Director Award: Ilian Metev for ¾ (Bulgaria, Germany)
    Produced by Chaconna Films (Bulgaria)
    Coproduced by Sutor Kolonko (Germany), ZDF/ARTE, ZDF-Kleines Fernsehspiel
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Media Creative Europe

    Best Debut Feature: Radiogram (Bulgaria, Poland, Turkey)
    Directed by Rouzie Hassanova
    Produced by Menclips Ltd (Bulgaria), Film Produkcja (Poland), Solis Film (Turkey)
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Polish Film Institute, Media programme

    Honourable Mention of the Jury: Lilly The Little Fish (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Yassen Grigorov
    Produced by TFA – The Flying Agency
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Script Award: Teodora Markova, Georgi Ivanov, Nevena Kertova and Teo Chepilov
    Bubblegum  (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Stanislav Todorov – Rogi
    Produced by Dynamic Arts, supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Cinematography Award: Nenad Boroevich for Light Thereafter (Bulgaria, Belgium, UK)
    Directed by Konstantin Bojanov
    Produced by Multfilm (Bulgaria)
    Coproduced by the Bulgarian National Television, Left Field Ventures (Belgium), Film & Music Entertainment (UK)
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Actress Award
    Teodora Duhovnikova for her role in Omnipresent
    and
    Irini Jambonas for her role in Directions

    Best Actor Award
    Velisilav Pavlov for his role in Omnipresent

    The Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers Award: Sunflower Spaceship 1
    Directed by Vasil Goranov

    The Critics Guild Award
    Omnipresent
    Directed by Ilian Djevelekov

    Snails
    Directed by Albena Puneva

    Special Mentions to Short Films
    Hole
    Directed by Jonathan Heidelberger
    and  
    Nights of a Lonely Messenger
    Directed by Andrey Koulev

    Audience Award: Omnipresent
    Directed by Djevelekov

    Accredited Journalists’ Award: Directions
    Directed by Stefan Komandarev

    Honourable Special Prize to actress Tatiana Lolova for life achievement