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For 7 days Varna becomes center of Bulgarian feature cinema

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The 39th Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival is being held in Varna. From September 23 to 29th, the entire production of Bulgarian cinema created after September 2020 will be screened, including 4 premieres. The competition program includes 12 feature films and 15 short films, while the Open Horizons program includes 6 more titles. Among the contenders for the grand prize are "In the Heart of the Machine", “Golata istina za grupa Zhiguli" and other recent titles.

Chair of the jury is film critic Prof. Ivo Draganov. Members are actress Irmena Chichikova, artist Plamena Dimitrova-Racheva, Cypriot director and producer Diomides Nikita and Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival head Andriy Khalpakhchi.

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