EUROPEAN PREMIERE AT THE 70TH EDITION OF BERLINALE 2020

 

PARI BY SIAMAK ETEMADI

Heretic Films (Greece) in co-production with Le Bureau (France), Topkapi Films (Netherlands) and Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria)

 

Funded by Greek Film Center, CNC -GFC mini treaty, EPT – Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, Creative Europe Media, CNC development, Bulgarian National Film Center.

 

Developed at Torino Film Lab, Les Atelier Premier Plans, CineLink, L’atelier Cinefondation.

 

Drama: | 2018 | 100 min.

Greece, France Netherlands, Bulgaria

 

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SYNOPSIS:

When Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, doesn’t show up to welcome his parents at the Athens international airport, his mother, Pari, is forced to go on a quest that will take her much further than a mother’s search for a missing son.

 

Written and directed by: Siamak Etemadi

 

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

Siamak Etemadi was born in Tehran, Iran. In 1995 he moved to Athens, Greece, where he lives to this day. He studied cinema in the UK, and Greece. He has also followed seminars on acting, editing and photography.

He directed his first short film VIGNETTE in 2001 as a student project and his second short film PARAMITHAS in 2003 for the Greek national TV. Both films took part in Greek and international film festivals.His last short film CAVO D' ORO had its world premier in Locarno International Film Festival - Competition in 2012 and was nominated for the Best Short Film in the Greek Film Academy Awards.

 

 

 

A PICTURE WITH YUKI BY LACHEZAR AVRAMOV

Chouchkov Brothers in co-production with Wa Entertainment (Japan) and Bulgarian National Television. Funded by Bulgarian National Film Center and Bulgarian National Television, Creative Europe Media. Supported by ScripTeast Programme

 

Drama: | 2017 | DCP | 120 min

 

SYNOPSIS:

A Bulgarian man and his Japanese wife, who have met and got married while living as immigrants in Canada, are planning to have a baby and travel to Bulgaria in order to begin an in vitro fertilisation procedure. There, they get involved in a tragic incident which claims the life of a child. Nothing can be the same anymore.

 

Director: Lachezar Avramov

Scriptwriter: Dimitar Stoianovich, Lachezar Avramov

Based on the Novel: A Picture with Yuki by Miroslav Penkov

 

Cast: Kiki Sugino, Rushen Vidinliev, Serafim Todorov, Vesela Babinova, Mariana Krumova, Rashko Mladenov, Radosveta Vasileva

 

Producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Viktor Chouchkov, Georgi Abrashev,

Co-Producer: Kousuke Ono

 

Director of Photography: Torsten Lippstock

Editor: Vesela  Marchevska

Sound mixer: Ars Digital

Costume designer: Sergei Yordanov

Set designer: Severina Stoyanova

 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Lachezar graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, in Sofia, majoring in Film and TV Directing. From 2005 to 2013, he was executive producer of many documentaries, TV Drama series and he directed the TV movie – The Chaser for the Bulgarian National Tv channel. He directed numerous commercials and directed music videos of well-known Bulgarian artists. A Pictutre with Yuki is his feature debut.

 

 

 

ANONS BY MAHMUT FAZIL COSKUN

Filmotto (Turkey) in co-production with Chouchkov Brothers.

 

Funded by Turkish Ministry of Culture and Bulgarian National Film Center.

 

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Scriptwriter: Ercan Kesal & Mahmut Fazil Coskun

Director: Mahmut Fazil Coskun

Cast: Ali Seckiner Alici, Tarhan Karagoz, Murat Kilic

 

Producer: Halil Kardas

Co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Georgi Abrashev

 

Director of Photography: Krum Rodriguez

Sound Mixer: Borislav Trayanov

Make-up artist: Valentin Valov

Production design: Laszlo Rajk

Costume designer: Zehra Tuba Atac

 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Mahmut has been working as a documentary and commercial filmmaker since 2000. Wrong Rosary was his directorial debut, winning a Tiger Award at Rotterdam IFF, 2009 and Best Director award at Adana FF, 2009. Coskun’s second fiction feature film, Yozgat Blues had its world premiere at the San Sebastian FF, 2013 and has won awards at several other festivals including Warsaw FF Fipresci Award and Best Balkan Film at Sofia IFF, 2014.

 

FESTIVAL AND AWARDS:

75th Venice Internatation Film Festival - Orizzonti Competition – World premiere – Special Jury Award; Best Mediterranean Film Award

25th Adana Film Festival, Turkey – Feature Competition Section- Special Jury Award; Best Director Award for Mahmut Fazil Coscun; Best Cinematographer Award for Krum Rodriguez

24th Athens International Film Festival

34th Haifa International Film Festival – Golden Anchor Competition

 

 

 

 

 

BROTHERS BY ÖMÜR ATAY

Atay Film & Offilm (Turkey) in co-production with Fiction 2.0 UG (Germany) and Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria)

 

Funded by Ministry of Culture, Turkey, Turkish-German Co-Development Fund, Filmforderung Hamburg – Schleiwig – Holstein, Eurimages

 

Drama / 2017 / DCP / 100 min.

 

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SYNOPSIS:

Yusuf, who has obeyed the family elders' decision and set his sister up for an honour killing, and his brother Ramazan who committed the murder, come together after 4 years when Yusuf is discharged on probation from the detention center. Instead of Ramazan, the family has turned in Yusuf, as he was younger than 18 at the time of the murder and would get a reduced sentence. Coming out of prison, Yusuf ends up marooned at the family-run trailer truck park on the highway leading to Iran, where he struggles with his guilty conscience and regret for what he did. Surrounded by the cruelty of traditional moral and religious rules that can turn a child into a murderer, every move he makes is watched over by his family.

 

Entering the lives of two brothers who end up condemned to one another's destinies, Yasemin becomes the unwilling witness to the honour killing that is kept as a family secret. As Yusuf and Ramazan reckon with their past and their conscience, Yasemin becomes another threat for the family, just like Yusuf.

 

Written and directed by Ömür Atay.

Cast: Yigit Ege Yasar, Caner Sahin, Gözde Mutluer

Producer: Funda Ödemis

Co-producers: Stefan Gieren, Borislav Chouchkov

Director of Photography: Emre Tanyildiz

Production Sound mixer: Borislav Trayanov

 

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

Ömür Atay began his film education at the Fine Arts School of 9 Eylül University and completed it at the Film Direction Department of the Fine Arts School of Istanbul Marmara University. He directed his first short films while still a student at film school. “Necropolis”, a film he directed in 1998, won first prize in the İfsak Short Film Competition. His short films have been screened at numerous national and international film festivals. In addition to the TV series “Bir İstanbul Masalı”, “Güldünya” and “Kapalı Çarşı”, Atay has also directed commercials. In 2006, he directed the “Little Red Riding Hood” segment of “Anlat Istanbul / Istanbul Tales”, a feature-length film comprised of five intertwined tales

 

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:

53th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – World premiere

25th Adana Film Festival, Turkey – Feature Competition Section – Best actor Award for Ege Yazar & Caner Sahin and Best actress Award for Gözde Mutluer

 

WORLD PREMIERE IN THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2017 - UN CERTAIN REGARD

WESTERN BY VALESKA GRISEBACH

Komplizen Film (Germany) in co-production with Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), COOP99 (Austria), KNM and ZDF-Das Kleine Fernesenspiel.

 

Funded by Minister of State For Culture and Media, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MDM Miteldeutsche Medienforderung, German Federal Film Fund, Bulgarian National Film Center, Austrian Film Institute, Media

 

Drama|2017|DCP|121 Min

Germany, Bulgaria, Austria

 

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SYNOPSIS:

A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote building site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men's sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudice and mistrust due to the language barrier and cultural differences. The stage is quickly set for a showdown when two men begin to compete for recognition and favor from the local villagers.

 

Written and directed by Valeska Grisebach

 

Cast: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov, Veneta Frangipova, Viara Borisova

 

Producers: Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Valeska Grisebach, Michel Merkt

Co-Producers: Boris Chouchkov, Viktor Chouchkov, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner

 

Line Producer: Ben von Dobeneck

Director of Photography: Bernhard Keller

Editor: Bettina Böhler

Production Sound Mixer: Uve Haußig

Costume Designer: Veronika Albert

Set Designer: Beatrice Schultz

 

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

Valeska Grisebach studied Philosophy and German Studies in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. In 1993 she began studying to be a director at the Viennese Film Academy under Peter Patzak, Wolfgang Glück and Michael Haneke. Her graduation film BE MY STAR was nominated for the Adolf-Grimme-Award in 2002 and received the Critics’ Award at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Grand Jury Award at the Turin Film Festival. Her second feature film, LONGING, premiered in 2006 in the Berlinale Competition. The film received several awards, including the Special Jury Award in Buenos Aires, the Grand Prix Asturias at the Gijón International Film Festival and the Special Jury Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival.

 

FESTIVALS:

World premiere at Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard, 2017

Art Film Festival, Kosice, 2017 – Best Director Award

35th Munich International Film Festival, 2017

Funf Seen Film Festival, 2017

Jerusalem Film Festival, 2017 – The Wilf Family Foundation Award-Honorable Mention

LUX Film Prize Official selection, 2017 – one of the three finalist films

17th T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festoval, Poland, 2017  - Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Prize

Yerevan International Film Festival, 2017 – Jury Special Mention Award

20th Motovun Film Festival,2017, Croatia – Propeller of Motovun Award & FIPRESCI Prize

55th New York Film Festival – Main Slate Selection

23th Sarajevo Film Festival, 2017 – Kinoscope Programme

42nd Toronto Film Festival,2017 – Contemporary World Cinema Programme

European Feature Film Awards selection, 2017

55th New York Film Festival, 2017

35th Golden Rose Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2017

13th Festival des Deutschen Films Ludwigshafeb am Rhein – Filmkunstpreis

Jameson CineFest Miskolc IFF,2017 – Pressburger Prize

Karlovi Vary IFF, 2017

New Zealand IFF, 2017

Melbourne IFF, 2017

Venice Film Festival LUX Proze Program, 2017

55th New York Film Festival – Main Slate Program

BFI London Film Festival, 2017

Chicago International Film Festival, 2017

58th Thessaloniki IFF, 2017

Gunter Rohrbach Filmpreis, Germany – Best Film, Best Cinematographer

62th Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2017

10th Panorama of the European Film, Cairo, 2017

Gunter Rohrbach Filmpreis, 2017 – Best Film, Best Cinematographer for Berhard Keller

Festival de Sevilla, 2017 – Special Jury Award

Minsk International Film Festival, 2017 – Best Actor Award for Meinhard Neumann

AFI Festival, L.A., 2017

German Film Critics Association Awards, 2017 – Best film, Best actor Meinhard Neumann

 

WORLD PREMIERE IN THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ,2017 -

WON “BEST FILM” IN THE INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

SON OF SOFIA BY ELINA PSYKOU

Heretic (Greece) in co-production with Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), KinoElektron (France).

 

Funded by Greek Film Center, CNC, Bulgarian National Film Center, Creative Europe Media, Eurimages

 

Drama | 2017 | DCP | 110 Min.

Greece, Bulgaria, France

 

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SYNOPSIS:

Athens, 2004 summer Olympic Games. 11-year-old Misha arrives from Russia to live with his mother, Sofia. What he doesn’t know is that there is a father waiting for him there. While Greece is living the Olympic dream, Misha will get violently catapulted into the adult world, riding on the dark side of his favorite fairy tales.

 

Written and directed by Elina Psykou

 

Cast: Victor Khomut ,Valery Tscheplanova ,Thanasis Papageorgiou, Artenis Havalits ,Areti Seidaridou , Yvone Maltezou

 

Producers: Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis

Co-Producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Viktor Chouchkov, Janja Kral

Director of Photography: Dionysis Efthimiopoulos

Editor: Nelly Ollivault

Production Sound Mixer: Boris Trayanov

Costume designer: Marli Aliferi

Set designer: Pinelopi Valti

 

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

Elina Psykou’s first feature, “The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas,” won the Works in Progress Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2012 and premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2013. Psykou is currently researching her first documentary, “To Live and Die in Europe,” and writing her third feature. “Son of Sofia” premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and won the Best Film Award.

 

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:

World premiere at Tribeca IFF, April, 2017 – Best Film Award

Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea, 2017 – Competition

11th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, 2017 – Best Feature Special Jury Award

39th Moscow International Film Festival, 2017

Transatlantyk Festival, Poland ,2017 - Competition

Gimli Film Festival, Canada, 2017

23th Sarajevo Film Festival, 2017 – Competition, CICAE-Art Cinema award

Yalta IFF ‘Euraian Bridge’, 2017 – Competition, Grand Prix Award

European Feature Film Awards selection, 2017

35th Golden Rose Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2017

1st El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt, 2017

International Women’s Film Festival of Sale, Morocco, 2017

New York City Greek Film Festival, 2017

35th Miami Film Festival, 2017

Vancouver International Film Festival, 2017

Stockholm International Film Festival, 2017 – Competition Program

San Francisco Greek Film Festival, 2017

Festival International du Film Independent de Bordeaux, 2017

Greek Film Festival – Australia, 2017

Cambridge Film Festival, 2017

Malatya Uluslararai Film Festival, Turkey, 2017

International Diaspora Film Festival, Canada, 2017

58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2017 – International Competition

JCC 2017 Carthage Film Festival

Film Festival Cottbus

Scanorama, Lithuania, 2017

Kolkata International Film Festival

Gijon International Film Festival

Otranto Film Fund Festival, 2018

Cine – Club Hellenique de Luxembourg, 2018

The Golden Unicorn Awards, 2018

Ilhares do Mediterraneo, 2018

 

 

 

A SHIP IN THE ROOM BY LYUBOMIR MLADENOV

Front Film in co-production with Chouchkov Brothers

Funded by Bulgarian National Film Center

 

Drama: 2016 | DCP | 120 min

Bulgaria

 

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SYNOPSIS:

Paula and Philip meet by accident. Philip houses Paula and her brother Ivan, who are left homeless.

A year ago Ivan got beaten and ever since he doesn’t go out. Philip is a photographer and he’s taking pictures of the outside world for Ivan. Ivan is feeling revived and this gets Philip inspired.

Ivan runs away, Paula passes out. She’s taken to emergency for a heart operation. Filip is waiting for a miracle, hoping he will be able to walk all his way towards Paula

 

Written and directed by Lyubomir Mladenov

Cast: Tzvetan Alexiev, Elena Dimitrova, Ivan Dimitrov

 

Producer: Nadejda Koseva

Co-Producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Viktor Chouchkov Jr.

 

Director of Photography: Dian Zagorchinov

Editor: Lyubomir Mladenov

Sound mixer: Momchil Bozhkov

Art director: Victor Andreev

Costume designer: Yana Lozeva

WORLD PREMIERE AT BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2015

 

WHY ME / DE CE EU? BY TUDOR GIURGIU

Libra Film (Romania) in co-production with Chouchov Brothers (Bulgaria), Cor Leonis Films (Hungary) and Hai-Hui Entertainment (Romania)

 

Funded by  Romanian National Film Center, Bulgarian National Film Center, Eurimages, MEDIA Program and SEE Cinema Network, with the participation of HBO Romania.

The project has been developed with the support of Berlinale Coproduction Market, EAVE - European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs and CineLink Co-Production Market

 

Drama: | Thriller / DCP / 130 min

Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary

 

 

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SYNOPSIS:

Based on real events, Why Me? tells the story of Cristian, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations.

 

Written and directed by Tudor Giurgiu

 

Cast: Emilian Oprea, Mihai Constantin, Andreea Vasile, Liviu Pintileasa, Dan Condurache, Alin Florea, Sore Mihalache, Lucretia Mandric, Mihai Smarandache

 

Producer: Oana Giurgiu

Co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Viktor Chouchkov, Maria Metodieva, Vagasi Emoke

 

Director of Photography: Marius Panduru

Editor: Lemhenyi Reka

Sound: Florin Tabacaru, Dumitri Alexandru, Liviu Lupsa

Costume designer: Szelyes Andrea

Set designer: Cristian Niculescu

Composer: Viktor Chouchkov

Make-up: Valentin Valov

 

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

Tudor Giurgiu (born 1972 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Romanian film director. He was President of Romanian National Television, TVR between 2005 and 2007. Tudor Giurgiu is also a director of feature films and documentaries. Giurgiu owns Librafilm, an independent production company and is the founder and president of Romanian Film Promotion, which puts on the Transilvania International Film Festival.

 

FESTIVALS:

Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj Napoca, Romania 2015

Berlin International Film Festival, February 2015

Vilnius International Film Festival, April 2015

Beaune International Thriller Film Festival 2015, April 2015

Go East Wiesbaden Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, April 2015

ArtFilm Fest, Slovakia, June 2016

Odessa International Film Festival, Ukraine, July 2015

Motovun IFF, Croatia, July 2015

Cambridge IFF, UK, September 2015

Helsinki Film Festival, Finland, September 2015

Cleveland International Film Festival, 2016

Valladolid International Film Festival, 2015

Wiesbaden go East Festival, 2015

 

AWARDS:

Winner of Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics for the best film in the Balkan Competition - Sofia International Film Festival, March 2015

Special Mention - Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival Zerkalo - Ivanovo, June 2015

Special prize of the international ecumenical jury - CineFest - Festival International Miskolci, Hungary, September 2015

 

BEST DEBUT FEATURE  - 20TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, BULGARIAN OSCAR ENTRY 2012

 

TILT BY VIKTOR CHOUCHKOV

Chouchkov Brothers in co-production with Ostlicht Filmproduktion (Germany), Bulgarian National Television.

 

Funded by: Bulgarian National Film Center, MDM, MEDIA, Bulgarian National Television, EURIMAGES, Sofia Cultural Fund

Supported by ScripTeast Programme

 

Drama, Romance: | 2011 | DCP | 97 min.

Bulgaria, Germany

 

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SYNOPSIS:

Can a young love survive in times of turmoil and chaos?

During the 90’s in Bulgaria daredevil Stash and the rebellious Becky fall in love with each other. When Stash and his friends get caught by the police for some small-time crimes such as selling German porn tapes, Katev, Becky’s father and big Militia boss, gets personally involved with the case. He threatens Stash and the gang with prison if Stash continues to see Becky, so the young men eventually have to leave the country. They emigrate to a small town in Germany. After a tough year, during which Stash unsuccessfully attempts to contact Becky, the group takes the first chance to return. Political changes, corruption, social suppression: in the meantime Bulgaria has changed completely – and so has Becky...

 

Director: Viktor Chouchkov

Writers: Viktor Chouchkov and Borislav Chouchkov

 

Cast: Yavor Baharoff, Radina Kardzhilova, Ivaylo Dragiev, Ovanes Torosyan, Alexander Sano and George Staykov

 

Producer: Borislav Chouchkov

Co-Producers: Marcel Lenz, Guido Schwab, Ostlicht Filmproduktion, Bulgarian National Television

Director of Photography: Rali Ralchev

Editor: Kostadin Kostadinov, Zoritsa Kotseva

Sound: Alexander Bachvarov

Costume Designer: Elena Stoyanova
Set Designer: Vanina Geleva

 

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

Viktor Chouchkov Jr. got a master’s degree in film directing from the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts school in Sofia. Before that he graduated from the Secondary School of Fine Arts in Sofia. He has directed short films, numerous music videos, documentaries, Tv commercials.

In 2003 together with his brother Borislav, he established the production company CHOUCHKOV BROTHERS with the main goal to produce feature films.

His first feature TILT was awarded for Best debut at the Raindance IFF, James Lyon award for Best editing at Woodstock IFF, Best director at the California Independent FF and another international and national awards. TILT has been in competition and in the official selection of Festivals such as Seattle IFF, Santa Barbara IFF, Palm Springs IFF, Jerusalim IFF, Glasgow FF, Goteborg IFF, Montreal IFF, Transilvania IFF etc. TILT was the Bulgarian Oscars entry.

 

FESTIVALS:

Golden Rose (Bulgaria)

Santa Barbara Film Festival (USA)

Goteborg Film Festival (Sweden)

Sofia Film Fest (Bulgaria)

Cyprus Film Days

National Festival of Cinematographers (Bulgaria)

SIFF Cinema (USA)

Transilvania Film Festival (Romania)

Fresh Film Festival (Czech Republic)

Montreal World Film Festival (Canada)

Voukovar Film Festival (Croatia)

Singapore Film Festival

Raindance (United Kingdom)

Woodstock Film Festival (USA)

Kaunas Film Festival

Romanian International Film Festival

European Film Festival in Malta

Cottbus Film Festival (Germany)

Napa Valley Film Festival (USA)

European Film Festival (Canada)

Cinedays Film Festival, Skopje (Macedonia)

Palm Spring IFF (USA)

Mill Valley Film Festival (USA)

California Independent Film Festival (USA)

Glasgow Film Festival (UK)

Cinema Mundi IFF (Czech Republic)

Cleveland IFF (USA)

Phoenix Film Festival (USA)

New York Bulgarian Film Festival (USA)

Independent Filmmakers Showcase (USA)

Atlanta International Film Festival 365, (USA)

Athens International Film Festival (USA)

Seattle True Independent Film Festival (USA), #2 in the audience vote among 450 films

Jerusalem IFF (Israel)

Indianapolis International Film Festival (USA)

Bulgarian Oscar Entry

 

AWARDS:

Best Debut Feature– 20th Raindance Film Festival

Best Feature Editing - Woodstock Film Festival

Best Director – California Independent Film Festival

Main award for DOP - National Festival of Cinematographers

Awards for Best Balkan Film and Best Cinematography - Cinedays Film Festival, Skopje (Macedonia)

Special Award of Varna, Best Actor – Golden Rose Film Festival

Award for Best International Feature- Independent Filmmakers Showcase (USA)

 

www.tilt.bg

www.tilt-film.de

 

 

HOMO LUDENS BY IVAN PANTELEEV

Produced by Chouchkov Brothers and Bulgarian National Television

Funded by Bulgarian National Television

Documentary | 56 min

 

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SYNOPSIS:

A documentary film about the esteemed Bulgarian theatrical director Dimitar Gotchev (1943-2013) who lived and worked in Germany.

 

 

Directed and written: by Ivan Panteleev

 

Cast: Dimitar Gotchev, Ivan Panteleev, Almut Zilcher, Samuel Finzi, Wolfram Koch, Margit Bendokat

 

Producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Viktor Chouchkov, Sevda Shishmanova

 

Director of Photography: Jens Harant

WORD PREMIER AT MOSCOW IFF, 2009

 

CRAYFISH BY IVAN CHERKELOV

Klas Flim in co-production with Chouchkov Brothers.

Funded by Bulgarian National Film Center

 

Drama: | 2009 | 35mm | 110min

Bulgaria

 

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SYNOPSIS:

Two best friends get involved into the domination games of two mafia bosses in post-communist Bulgaria. Clutching like crayfish to the baits of everyday life, they determine their fates: without the other one knowing, they are manipulated to take seemingly harmless tasks.

Parallel to the criminal line in the story, our attention is drawn toward the inner problems of the characters, toward the links that exist between everything and everyone. The two friends try fruitlessly to establish a dialogue. A dialogue about relationships, about death, about responsibilities, about the essence…

 

Written and Directed by Ivan Cherkelov

Cast: Filip Avramov, Valeri Yordanov, Slava Doycheva, Rangel Vulchanov, Nikolai Urumov

 

Producer: Rositsa Valkanova

Co-Producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Viktor Chouchkov

Director of Photography: Rali Ralchev

Еditor: Zoritsa Kotseva

Sound: Alexander Bachvarov

Costume designer: Daniela Ivanova

Set Designer: Vanina Geleva

 

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

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www.raci.klasfilm.com

 

FESTIVALS:

Moscow IFF, 2009

Karlovy Vary IFF, 2009