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The 9th Annual NY Bulgarian Film Festival

Event Date(s): February 19 - 23, 2013

The 9th New York Bulgarian Film Festival (NYBFF) kicks off, February 19th through February 23rd, 2013, at the world-renowned Tribeca Cinemas. For the 9th time NYBFF brings the best of the recent Bulgarian cinema to an international audience in New York City.

The Festival is a production of Sofia Independent Film Festival (SoIndependant FF)- a festival solely dedicated to promoting the American Independent Film in South East Europe.

The cinematic production of this small Eastern European country has experienced a phenomenal revival in recent years, and has met with critical acclaim at international film festivals. Since its establishment in 2000, the NYBFF has been one of the foremost specialized independent festivals, whose mission it has been to introduce those rich and moving films to a wide American audience and to increase visibility of Bulgarian filmmakers.

This year the NYBFF will present the best titles from the past year and will show both well-established cinematographers and actors, and rising stars of Bulgarian cinema. The festival will bring together a great number of actors, directors, and producers as guests.

THE PROGRAM

Feature:

The Film Festival will open with

I Am You, directed by Peter Popzlatev.

Through two unique female personas the film suggests a metaphysical idea of the present as ever recurring, since the temptations, which the human soul faces, are always the same.

Ave by Konstantin Bojanov.

While hitchhiking to the funeral of his best friend, Kamen meets the 17-year-old Ave. With each ride, Ave invents new identities for them, and gets Kamen deeper and deeper into trouble. Reluctantly drawn into this adventure, Kamen begins to fall in love with the fleeting Ave.

Faith, Love and Whisky by Kristina Nikolova.

A young Bulgarian woman flees her dream life in America to return home to her passionate, but self-destructive friend Val.

July by Kiril Stankov.

Dju (39) meets her old friend Dana (40), who has just returned to Bulgaria after being abroad for a long time. They head for the sea. On the road they meet Lilly (30), a friend of Dju’s, who joins them.

Incognita by Mihail Pandoursky.

The world-famous conductor Anton Horn has to overcome conflicts, while preparing the performance of a new musical piece based on the myth about Prometheus. His life changes when he meets Dorothea - a young girl with extraordinary abilities, who is hiding from the police.

Spain by Dimitré Dinev and Anja Salomonowitz

A foreigner unintentionally stranded in Austria is trying everything to get to his original destination of Spain. A restorer who earns money on the side by painting icons has had enough of her ex-husband’s intrusions.

Sunny Side by Iliya Kostov

A hundred-year-old church that regularly emerges only to be submerged again by the waters of a huge dam is the venue, where Father Zlatan is trying to organize a gathering of the surviving descendants of the sunken village scattered all over the world.

And the Mockumentary:

Little - Big by Yassen Grigorov.

Little-Big is a musical film blending music styles while documenting the conversation between the members of a split thrash metal band.

Documentary:

Sofia’s Last Ambulance, a film by Ilian Metev.

In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve almost 2 million, Krassi, Mila and Plamen are our unlikely heroes: chain-smoking, filled with humour, relentlessly saving lives against all odds.

Stoichkov by Borislav Kolev

It tells about the phenomenal sport career and the tempestuous life of the most famous Bulgarian – football superstar Hristo Stoichkov.

Water Pasture by Philip Trifonov.

A small pool meets the dawn with a figure of a shepherd walking on the water. With no fear of sinking he was followed by some grazing sheep reminding the proverb”Like the shepherd like the flock“or vise versa “Like the flock like the shepherd”.

The Long Path of the Crocodile by Pantcho Tsankov, Mario Markov

Lubo is one of those queer people, citizens of the world whom destiny dooms to settle at places where there are challenges, adventures and risks.Freedom and gold are Lubo’s destiny, and as long as he lives he will be part of this adventure.

He Who Travels Alone by Ralitza Dimitrova

The documentary tells the story of a family of four, confined by their selfimposed exile within the conservative and often conformist Bulgarian society.

A Concise History of the Socialist Realism by Ivan Georgiev

The documentary film explores historically the phenomenon of the Socialist Realism.

Shorts:

Award winning shorts by Plamen Dimitrov, Krassimir Simeonov, Neda Morfova, Pavel G. Vesnakov, Neshka Karadzhinska and Smilen Savov.

FOR THE FULL PROGRAM, CLICK HERE

THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:

Konstantin BOJANOV Director – AVE

Deyan DONKOV, Actor – I AM YOU

Kristina NIKOLOVA, Director, - LOVE FAITH AND WHISKEY

Ilia KOSTOV, Director - SUNYSIDE

Borislav KOLEV, Director - STOICHKOV

Iva GOCHEVA, Actor - INCOGNITA