The film “Red Shoes” (Mexico-Italy) won the grand prize “Sofia-City of Cinema” at the 27th edition of Sofia International Film Festival, “Art Fest” announced. “Red Shoes” is directed by Carlos Eichelman Kaiser. The jury consisted of Milcho Manchevsi (North Macedonia),Agnieszka Smoczynska (Poland), Alexandra Kotcheff (USA), Milena Kaneva (Bulgaria-Italy) and Bulgarian actor Vladimir Penev. They awarded the “Red Shoes” for “the simple story focused on humanity and for the filmmakers’ skills that make the film original and unique”.
The Special Jury Award went to the film “Cloves and Carnations” (Turkey-Belgium), director Bekir Bulbul. Vasilis Katsoupis won the award for Best Director for his film “Inside”.
The novel Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov , translated into Swedish by Hanna Sandborg, is among the five books shortlisted for the Swedish International Literary Prize. This is a unique award that recognizes both authors and translators...
British writers Ian Macdonald and Farah Mendlesohn will be guests at the Bulgakon Festival. The meeting of fiction lovers in Bulgaria will take place from 21 to 23 September, hosted by the National House of Science and Technology in Sofia. I an..
The 116th anniversary of the proclamation of Bulgaria's Independence will be solemnly celebrated in the picturesque Italian town of Brunate on Lake Como. It is organized by the Bulgarian-Italian Society "Pencho Slaveykov" with the assistance of the..
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