THE INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL AWARDS
FOR THE NEW BULGARIAN CINEMA
„FAITH, LOVE AND WHISKEY” WON
KODAK VISION AWARD AT SLAMDANCE, USA
The debut feature film by the Bulgarian director Kristina Nikolova “Faith, Love and Whiskey” and cameraman Aleksandar Stanishev won KODAK VISION AWARD for Best Cinematography at Slamdance Film Festival 2012.
ADELA PEEVA AND HACHO BOYADJIEV WON
""GOLDEN CENTURY"AWARD
Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov awarded on the 20th of Januray 2012 the directors Adela Peeva and Hacho Boyadjiev with the Ministry of Culture Award "Golden Century" for their contribution to the Bulgarian documentary cinema in the face of Mrs. Adela Peeva, and to the Bulgarian TV culture in the face of Mr. Hacho Boyadjiev.
LANA 2012 - “VOICE OVER” WON 4 AWARDS
The Bulgarian feature film “Voice Over” by Svetoslav Ovcharov, GALA Film production, won in the International Competition 4 Los Angeles Movie Awards: Award of Excellence, Best Production Design (Georgy Todorov, Boryana Semerdjieva, Rositsa Bakeva); Best Costume Design (Boryana Semerdjieva) and Best Supporting Actor for Krasimir Dokov.
LANA 2012 - “APOSTOL KARAMITEV” WON HONORABLE MENTION
The Bulgarian documentary film “Apostol Karamitev” by Max Freeman (Momchil Karamitev) won Honorable Mention in the International competition for Los Angeles Movie Awards 2012.
„Paradise Hotel” WON SPECIAL JURY’S AWARD AT PRIMED 2011
At the 16th PriMed 2011 festival in Marseilles the Bulgarian documentary film by Sophia Tzavella “Paradise Hotel” won Premio Speciale della Giuria in competition with more than 320 films from about 50 countries.
THE UNION OF BULGARIAN FILM MAKERS WAS AWARDED
WITH GOLDEN STAMP FOR CONTRIBUTION
TO THE PRESTIGE OF EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT
At Official ceremony on 30th of November 2011 the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers was awarded, in the face of its President – the prominent film director Mr. Gueorgui Stoyanov, with GOLDEN STAMP by the Council of European Scientific and Cultural Community for contribution to the prestige of European cultural management. This is the third European award for UBFM, the previous two were Euromedia awards “ERASMUS 2007” by ESEC – The European society for education & communication.
See the award and the GOLDEN STAMP at: http://www.filmmakersbg.org/ubfm-eng.htm
“SHELTER” WON THREE AWARDS AT THE FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN CINEMA
IN ESSONNE, FRANCE
The Bulgarian feature film “Shelter” by Dragomir Sholev won the GRAND PRIX at the 13th Festival of European Cinema in Essonne, France. Cvetan Daskalov won the PRIX for Best Actor. “Shelter” won also the Prix Etudiants / Credit Agricole.
“I DREAM OF MUMMERS” WON BEST BULGARIAN FILM AWARD
AT THE MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL IN BANSKO
At the International Mountain film festival 2011 in Bansko, Bulgaria, "I Dream of Mummers" by Adela Peeva won the Award for Best Bulgarian film.
„TILT” WON TWO AWARDS AT CINEDAYS IN MACEDONIA
The Bulgarian feature film “TILT” by Victor Chuchkov Jr. won two awards at the Festival of the European Film “CineDays” 2011 in Skopje, Macedonia – the Award for best Balkan film and the Award for best cinematography in the face of the cameraman Raly Ralchev.
THE SCRIPTWRITER HRISTO GANEV
WON THE STATE AWARD "ST. PAISII HILENDARSKI"
The Bulgarian State Award for Culture for 2011 was awarded to one of the most famous Bulgarian scriptwriters Hristo Ganev for his lifelong achievement in cinema art.
“I DREAM OF MUMMERS” WON “INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE”
AWARD DIPLOMA IN BELGRADE
At the XX International Festival of Ethnological Film 2011 in Belgrade the Bulgarian film “I Dream of Mummers” by Adela Peeva won the Festival Award Diploma “Intangible Cultural Heritage”.
“SHELTER” WON “NEW VISIONS” AWARD AT “MANAKI BROTHERS” FESTIVAL
IN MACEDONIA
The Bulgarian feature film “Shelter” by Dragomir Sholev won the Award “New Visions” at the 32nd edition of the International Film festival “Manaki Brothers” 2011 in Bitola, Macedonia.
“SHELTER” WON CIRCULO PRECOLOMBINO DE PLATA MEJOR PELICULA
AT CINEBOGOTA
At the 28th Festival de CineBogota in Columbia, October 2011, the Bulgarian feature film “Shelter” by Dragomir Sholev won CIRCULO PRECOLOMBINO DE PLATA MEJOR PELICULA.
Community Documentary Award – Honorable Mention
FOR „APOSTOL KARAMITEV” IN OHIO, USA
At the CHARGIN Documentary Film Fest 2011 in Ohio, USA, the Bulgarian documentary “Apostol Karamitev” by Momchil Karamitev/Max Freeman won Community Documentary Award – Honorable Mention.
"EUROPOLIS, THE TOWN OF THE DELTA"WON
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARD AT IFFF 2011
At the International Filmmaker Film Festival of World Cinema 2011 the Bulgarian film "Europolis, the Town of the Delta" by the director Kostadin Bonev, the producer Penko Rusev and the scriptwriter Vladi Kirov won the prestigious Best Documentary Feature Award in Kent, United Kingdom.
“99% RUST” WON AWARD IN SLOVAKIA
At the 38th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - Ekotopfilm 2011, in Bratislava, Slovakia, the Bulgarian film “99% RUST” by Nenko Genov won The Prize of the Recycling Fund.
"AVE" WON FIPRESCI AWARD IN WARSAW
At the 27th International Film Festival in Warsaw the Bulgarian film "AVE" by Konstantin Bojanov won the FIPRESCI Award for the Best Eastern European Debut.
“EMERGENCY LANDING” WON GRAND PRIX AT Berdyansk FILM FESTIVAL
At the 14th Berdyansk International Film Festival in Ukraine, in October 2011, the Bulgarian TV feature film “Emergency Landing”, directors Peter Vulchanov and Kristina Gorzeva, Vassil Barkov, won GRAND PRIX in the completion for TV feature films.
THE CAMERAMAN ALEXANDER LAZAROV WON A AWARD
AT Berdyansk FILM FESTIVAL
At the 14th Berdyansk International Film Festival in Ukraine, in October 2011, the Bulgarian cameraman Alexander Lazarov won a DIPLOM for his film “Something Else About Love” by the director Magdalena Ralcheva.
THE AWARDS AT THE 30th Bulgarian Feature Film Festival
“Golden Rose”
Varna, 7-13 October 2011
“GOLDEN ROSE” for Best Feature Film – “No 1” by Atanas Hrsistoskov
“GOLDEN ROSE” for Best Short Film - “Demons” by Aleksandar Eftimov
VARNA MUNICIPAIITY SPECIAL AWARD - "Sneakers" by Ivan Vladimirov, Valeri Jordanov
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD – Konstantin Bojanov for “AVE”
BEST SCRIPT - Neli Dimitrova, Iliyan Jevelekov, Matey Konstantinov for “Love.net”
BEST CAMERAMAN – Julian Atanasov for “The Island”
BEST ACTRESS - Liliya Maravilya for “Love.net”
BEST ACTOR – Philip Avramov for “No. 1” и “Sneakers”
BEST DEBUT - Iliyan Jevelekov for “Love.net ”
JURY SPECIAL MENTION FOR INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
Dimitar Kotzev –Shosho for “Shopping”
Neshka Karadjanska for “Betting House”
UNION OF BULGARIAN FILM MAKERS AWARD – “Tough Old Men” by Plamen Maslarov, Ivailo Penchev
GUILD “FILM CRITICS” AWARD AT UBFM – “Little – Big” by Iasen Grigorov
THE FACULTY OF JOURNALISTS AT SOFIA UNIVERSITY AWARD “BITTER GLASS” AWARD – “Baklava” by Alexo Petrov
AUDIENCE AWARD – “Operation Shmenti Capelli” by Ivan Mitov, Vladi Karamfilov a.k.a. Vargala
“TILT” WON BEST DEBUT AWARD AT RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2011
At the 19th Raindance Film Festival 2011 in London the first feature film by Victor Chouchkov Jr. “TILT” won the prestigious Best Debut Award in the competition with films from Japan, Norway, Italy and USA.
NENKO GENOV’S SHORT FILMS WON 5 AWARDS
Four short films by the young Bulgarian filmmaker Nenko Genov already won 5 international awards:
“99% RUST” won 3rd Place Documentary at Boomtown Film and Music Festival, Beaumont, Texas, USA, 2011.
“Tomatoes Eat You” won 3rd Award at the 1st PERL Film Competition – “Sustainable Living”.
“Sleepyhead” is the Winner of Audience Award at the 60 Seconds Short Film Festival in Copenhagen Metro.
“Where is Your Head” won Honourable Mention of the Jury at 17th International Festival of Local Televisions „Golden Beggar” 2011 in Košice, Slovakia. The film was also one of the four finalists and was awarded with Diploma at the OffPlus Camera – Allegro Short Film Contest “Take It and Make It” 2011 in Krakow, Poland.
“Avé” won "Die Elfe" - Young Talent Award
at Filmfest Hamburg 2011
At the FilmFest Hamburg 2011 the Bulgarian feature film “Avé” by Konstantin Bojanov won the Young Talent Award "Die Elfe".
“Tough Old Men” WON SPECIAL JURY AWARD
AT FUNNY FILM FEST 2011 IN GABROVO
At the Second Funny Film Fest 2011 in the Bulgarian town Gabrovo the feature film “Tough Old Men” by Plamen Maslarov and Ivailo Penchev won the Special Jury Award.
“LOVE.NET” WON THE AUDIENCE AWARD
AT FUNNY FILM FEST 2011 IN GABROVO
At the Second Funny Film Fest 2011 in the Bulgarian town Gabrovo the feature film “Love.net” by Ilian Djevelekov won the Audience Award.
„SHELTER” WON BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
At the 3rd International Film Festival 2011 in Prishtina, Albania, Dragomir Sholev won the Best Director Award for his debut feature film “Shelter”.
"STANKA GOES HOME" WON TWO AWARDS IN GREECE
At the 8th Naoussa International Film Festival 2011 in Greece "Stanka Goes Home"by Maya Vitkova won 2nd Best Short Film Award and Krum Rodriguez won the Award for Best Photography for the same film.
TWO AWARDS FOR BULGARIAN ANIMATORS AT “GOLDEN KUKER” - SOFIA
The Special Prize of Sofia Municipality for Best Bulgarian animated film won Simeon Sokerov for “5 TIMES” at the 2nd International animation Film Festival "Golden Kuker" - Sofia, 2011.
The Special Award of BAICAA (Bulgarian Association of Independent Cartoon Animation Artists) for outstanding achievement in animation art won “OVERCAST” by Velislav Kazakov (working in Canada).
BULGARIAN FEATURE FILM "TILT" WON A AWARD AT WOODSTOCK, NY
Ат Woodstock Film Festival 2011 "TILT" by Victor Chuchkov won JAMES LYONS AWARD for Best Editing of a Feature Narrative in the face of the winners Kostadin Kostadinov and Zorica Nikolova.
"The boy in front of the window" won "golden amphora"
At the 20th Balkan festival for films and TV productions for children in Nesebar 2011, the Bulgarian film "The Boy in front the Window" by Vladimir Angelov won the "Golden Amphora" Award for documentary.
THE FILM DIRECTOR RANGEL VALCHANOV WON
THE SOFIA MUNICIPALITY SPECIAL AWARD FOR LIFE LONG ACHIEVEMENT
"TILT" BY VICTOR CHUCHKOV WON
THE AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMA ART
On the Day of Sofia capital - 17 of September 2011, at Official ceremony the Sofia Municipality awarded the famous Bulgarian film director Rangel Valchanov with the Special Award for lifelong achievement.
And Victor Chuchkov received for his film "TILT" the Sofia Municipality Award for Achievement in Cinema Art.
ITSHAK FINCI WON THE AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
AT THE FIRST TRANSBAIKALIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
At the First Transbaikalia International Film Festival which took place between 9th and 13th of September 2011 in Chita, Russia, the Bulgarian film actor Itshak Finci won the Award for Best supporting Actor in the film "Warden of the Dead" by Ilyan Simeonov.
TWO FILMS BY MAYA VITKOVA WON TWO INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
"My Tired Father" by Maya Vitkova won Tim Hortons Award - Grand Prize at the 20th Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival in Toronto, Canada.
And her previous film "Stanka goes Home" won Special Mention by the Jury at the 4th Oblo Film Festival - OFF, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
"TRAINS" WON SPECIAL MENTION IN ALBANIA
The International Jury at the Balkan Film: Food Festival 2011 in Pogradec, Albania, awarded with Special Mention the Pavel Vesnakov's first film "Trains".
“OVERCAST” BY THE BULGARIAN VELISLAV KAZAKOV WON
THE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM IN MONTRÉAL
At the World Film Festival - Montreal 2011 the Bulgarian animator Velislav Kazakov who lives in Canada won the Award for Best Canadian Short Film for his film "Overcast".
"MISSION LONDON" WON "Unbribable Award"
AT THE film FESTIVAL IN MOTOVUN, croatia
The feature Bulgarian film "Mission London", director Dimitar Mitovski, script writer Alec Popov, won the "Transparency International" Program's "Unbribable Award" for the best film with subject corruption at the Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia, 2011.
THREE AWARDS FOR TWO BULGARIAN FILMS
AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN SARAJEVO
At the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival, 2011, the new Bulgarian cinema took part with 7 films.
„AVE" by the director Konstantin Bojanov won the Special Jury Award and Cineuropa' award.
"TAKE TWO" by the director Nadejda Koseva won Special Jury Mention in the Competition Program - Short film.
"THE SHIPS ARE FULL" WON HONORABLE MENTION
OF LOS ANGELES REEL FILM FESTIVAL
The Bulgarian documentary film "The Ships are Full" by the director Kostadin Bonev and script writers Vladi Kirov and Vladimir Ignatovski was awarded with Honorable Mention of Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.
"SHELTER" WON AN AWARD
AT THE ODESSA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Bulgarian feature film"Shelter", director Dragomir Sholev, producer KLAS Film, won Special Mention by the Jury of the main competition program at the 2nd Odessa International Film Festival 2011.
AWARDS FOR “PARADISE HOTEL”
The Bulgarian documentary film “PARADISE HOTEL” (HOTEL RAI) by Sophia Tzavella, 2010, producers AGITPROP, won Best Social Documentary Award MIDA at the Shanghai Television Festival 2011.
Sophia Tzavella’s “Paradise Hotel” won also the FIPRESCI Award for best film in the international selection at the 13th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival as well as ERT3’ Award at the same festival.
"SNEAKERS" WON TWO AWARDS IN MOSCOW
The Bulgarian feature film "Sneakers" ("Kecove") by Ivan Vladimirov and Valeri Yordanov was in the main competition program of the and it was awarded with CINEMA CLUBS' Prize as well as with Special Mention by the main Jury of the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival 2011
TWO AWARDS FOR YOUNG BULGARIAN DIRECTOR
AT THE IV FILM FESTIVAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE' 2011
"Two Brothers in Love with Bulgaria" by Anastas Djidrov, script - Marieta Angelova and Elena Dimitrova, won First Prize at the IV Film Festival of Cultural Heritage' 2011 in Sofia.
"The Leaving Eternity" by the same director Anastas Djidrov, script - Elena Dimitrova, won the Second Prize.
"I DREAM OF MUMMERS" WON
ASHGATE AUDIENCE FILM PRIZE IN LONDON
At the 12th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, London, 23-26 June 2011, the Bulgarian documentary film "I Dream of Mummers" by Adela Peeva won the Ashgate Audience Film Prize.
SIX AWARDS FOR BULGARIAN FILMS
AT THE “GOLDEN KNIGHT” INTERNATIONAL FILM Festival, 2011
The Bulgarian feature film "The Holy Family" by Krasimir Krumov won "The Bronze Knight" Award at the "Golden Knight" International Film Festival in Kursk, Russia.
The Bulgarian documentary film "To Kalin" by Neda Stanimirova won the Diploma for best director in the name of Alexander Sidelnikov.
The Bulgarian documentary film "Hostages" by Andrey Altaparmakov won Special Diploma.
The Bulgarian animation "When we were sinners" by Vladimir Shomov won Diploma for Best Metaphor.
"Dandelion" by Igor Hristov won a Diploma for student's documentary film.
"Hras!" by Blagoi Kostov won Silver Diploma for student's animation.
"EUROPOLIS, THE TOWN OF THE DELTA"
WON THE AUDIENCE AWARD AT LIDF' 2011
The Bulgarian documentary film "Europolis, the town of Delta", director Kostadin Bonev, script Vladi Kirov, won the Audience Award at the London International Documentary Festival 2011.
BULGARIAN CINEMA STUDENTS AWARDED IN ISTANBUL
Bulgarian
students from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFIZ)
received awards at the Lions International Short Film Competition
2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Petra Katrandzhieva and her film "The Bed" received the
Award for Second Film in the Best Short Film category.
Ana Kitanova received Best Director Award for her work "The
Pillow".
The Special Mention Award went to Sava Komitski and his film "The Gift".
BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS FOR 2010
Official ceremony 25 of May 2011
IGLIKA TRIFFONOVA WON
KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI SCRIPTEAST AWARD IN CANNES
The script "False Witness" by the Bulgarian film director Iglika Triffonova won the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for 2011 for the best Eastern and Central European Script.
The Advisory Board explained their decision with the following statement: "Based on a true story, this extremely well-written account of one of the key trials of the Hague International War Tribunal reflects on some of the great confrontations of our times, including those between religions, political systems, and ideologies. It does so through an engaging examination of personal stories that is full of narrative twists and surprises, and will keep audiences on the edge of their seats until the very end. We believe it is a worthy winner of the Kieslowski award and look forward to seeing it on our screens soon."
“PARADISE HOTEL” WITH Special Mention Award AT Zagrebdox 2011
Sophia Tzavella's documentary “Paradise Hotel” won Special Mention at Regional Competition, ZagrebDox, Croatia, 2011.
SIX Awards for Bulgarian films
at the 15th sofia international film festival 2011
The Bulgarian feature film “Shelter” by director Dragomir Sholev and producer Rossitza Valkanova won three awards - the GRAND PRIX, KODAK AWARD for best Bulgarian feature film and the AUDIENCE AWARD.
The Bulgarian feature film “Footsteps in the sand” by director Ivailo Hristov won the AWARD FOR BEST BALKAN FILM adjudged by the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics.
The JAMESON SHORT FILM AWARD FOR BEST BULGARIAN SHORT FILM went to “Trains” by director Pavel Vesnakov.
The audience chose for the AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY “The Rules of Single Life” by Tonislav Hristov.
"EUROPOLIS, THE TOWN OF THE DELTA"
WON THE GRAND PRIX IN VOLOKOLAMSK 2010
At the SERGEI BONDARCHUK FILM FESTIVAL in Volokolamsk the documantary film "Europolis, the town of Delta" by Kostadin Bonev, script Vladi Kirov, won the GRAND PRIX.
"VOICE OVER" WON TWO AWARDS
AT CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010
"Voice over" by director Svetoslav Ovcharov, producer GALA film, won Best director Award and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award at the 34th Cairo International Film Festival.
THE FIRST TWO AWARDS FOR FILMS
MADE BY BULGARIAN FILM MAKERS IN WissEmbourg
At the International animated film festival RICA in Wissembourg, France, Bulgarian filmmakers won the biggest awards.
The international Jury awarded with the Grand Prix the film “Lipsett Diaries” by Theodore Ushev who works in Canada.
The Bulgarian animation film “Anna Blume” by Vessela Dantcheva won the second prize – Jury Special Award.
“PARADISE HOTEL” WON Nomination “Silver Eye Award”
Sophia Tzavella's documentary “Paradise Hotel” won Nomination “Silver Eye Award” at Jihlava IFF 2010
THE AWARDS AT THE NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATION
FILM FESTIVAL "GOLDEN RHYTON" 2010
"Golden
Rhyton" for documentary film "Father Ivan and his children" by
Georgy Stoev.
"Golden Rhyton" for animation "Road"/"Doroga" by Sotir Gelev and Alex Filipov.
Special Jury Award for documentary film "Achilles' Heel" by Stanislava Kalcheva.
Best Director award - Adela Peeva and Antoni Donchev for the documentary film "The Mayor".
Art Director of Animation Award - Simeon Sokerov for "Five times".
Plovdiv Municipality Award - cameraman Konstantin Zankov for "Classification of the Memories"
FIRST FILM AWARD - documentary "Concrete Pharaons" by Jordan Todorov ex equal with animation “Paralyzed” by Ognyan Kostovski.
SPECIAL MENTION DIPLOM for documentary films "The Road in front" by Stefan Ivanov and for "Fresh" by Adelina Popnedeleva.
SPECIAL MENTION DIPLOM for animation films - "Tale" by Jordan Lazarov and "Hras!" by Blagoy Kostov.
Union of bulgarian film makers' award - "Lost in closed direction" by Konstantin Zankov
FILM CRITICS' AWARD - "Ivan Georgiev - Rembrandt" by Anna Petkova
BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE AWARD - "Mr. Gladstone and the Bulgarians" by Mihail Meltev
CULTURAL CENTRE "TRAKART" AWARD - "Do you remember..." by Maya Vaptsarova.
THREE AWARDS FOR BULGARIAN ANIMATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL „GOLDEN KUKER” 2010, SOFIA
http://2010.animationfest-bg.eu/?page=prizes&lang=en
„THE KUKER” Grand Prize for Best Animated Film is awarded to "Fellinicitta", dir. Andrey Tsvetkov, producer: TF & P Animation (Bulgaria)
THE PRIZE FOR BEST FILM TO 10 MINUTES is awarded to "Anna Blume", dir. Vessela Dantcheva, producer: Ebele Okoye (Germany, Bulgaria)
SPECIAL MENTION FOR EDUCATIONAL FILM is awarded to "How to Cross the Street", dir. Dalibor Rajninger, producer: Dalibor Rajninger (Bulgaria)
THE WINNERS AT THE NATIONAL FEATURE FILM FESTIVAL
"GOLDEN ROSE" 2010, VARNA
"GOLDEN ROZE" AWARD – "Eastern Plays" by Kamen Kalev
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD – Kamen Kalev for "Eastern Plays"
BEST ACTOR AWARD - Mariyan Valev for "Hunting Down Small Predators" ex equal with and Yavor Baharov for "TILT"
BEST ACTRESS AWARD – not awarded
BEST SCRIPT – not awarded
BEST CAMERAMAN - Krum Rodrigez for "Shelter" ex equal with Anton Bakarski for "Hunting Down Small Predators"
BEST TV FILM – "Forced Landing" by Peter Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva.
BEST DEBUT AWARD – "Shelter" by Dragomir Sholev
SPECIAL MENTION FOR SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Yana Titova for "Hunting Down Small Predators"
SPECIAL MENTION FOR SUPPORTING ACTOR – Ovanes Torosyan for "Eastern Plays" and "TILT"
"GOLDEN ROSE" FOR SHORT FEATURE FILM – "A Piece of the Rainbow" by Stefan Chernev
SPECIAL MENTION FOR SHORT FEATURE FILM – "The Desert Runner" by Grigor Lefterov
VARNA MUNICIPALITY'S AWARD – "TILT" by Victor Chuchkov
THE UNION OF BULGARIAN FILM MAKERS' AWARD – "The Sacred Family" by Krasimir Krumov
FILM CRITICS' AWARD – "Huntting Down Small Predators" by Zvetodar Markov
THE AUDIENCE AWARD – "Footsteps in the Sand" by Ivailo Hristov
THE FACULTY OF JOURNALISTS AT SOFIA UNIVERSITY AWARD "The bitter Glass" – "Zaches" by Anry Kulev
RADINA KARDJILOVA WON THE NEW AWARD FOR ACTRESS'S DEBUT
On 22 of September 2010 the Borovan' s Municipal Council announced that its Award for Actress Debut in the name of first Bulgarian film actress Mara Noninska-Miateva (born in Borovan) for the first time is given to Radina Kardjilova for "Glass Home" and "TILT".
"EUROPOLIS, THE TOWN OF THE DELTA" WON
THE PRESTIGIOUS "OFFICIAL BEST OF FEST WINNER"
"Europolis, the town of the Delta" was the only one European long documentaries that won "The Official Best of Fest" in Seattle 2010, USA.
“DIVORCE ALBANIAN STYLE” WON SPECIAL PROZE AT CRONOGRAF 2010
The Bulgarian documentary “Divorce Albanian Style” by Adela Peeva won Special Prize of the Jury Documentary Film Festival CRONOGRAF 2010 in Republic of Moldova.
„WARM NOVEMBER” - THE BEST BULGARIAN FILM AT FILMINI 2010
"Warm November" by Valentin Goshev won the Best Bulgarian Film Award at the FILMINI festival' 2010 for short films in Sofia.
THE BULGARIAN SHORT FILM "WATER" WON THE FIRST AWARD
AT THE "eDIT THE FILMMAKER'S FESTIVAL"
The Bulgarian debut film „Water” by the director Rozalia Dimitrova won the First prize at 13th for young filmmakers "eDIT THE FILMMAKER'S FESTIVAL", 2010, in Frankfurt, Germany.
SOFIA MUNICIPALITY AWARDS 2010
Valeri Petrov, famous Bulgarian poet, writer and script writer received the Sofia Municipality Special Award for life long achievement.
The film directors Adela Peeva and Antonii Donchev received the Award for cinema for their documentary "The Mayor".
THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR "FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND"
AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL "LOVE IS FOLLY"
The Bulgarian feature film "Footsteps in the Sand"by Ivailo Hristov won the Special Jury Prize at the 18th International Film Festival "Love is Folly" 2010 in Varna, Bulgaria.
"EUROPOLIS, THE TOWN OF THE DELTA" WON
BEST DOCUMENTARY GRAND PRIX IN Freistadt, Austria
At the 23rd DIE NEUE HEIMATFILM FESTIVAL 2010 in Freistadt, Austria, the Bulgarian film "Europolis, the town of Delta" by Kostadin Bonev won GRAND PRIX for best documentary ex equal with the Italian "Rumore Bianco" by Alberto Fasulo.
"A LITTLE NIGHT FAIRY TALE" WON THE FIRST PRIZE AT "FIERY SAILS"
At the "Fiery Sails" Festival for Children's films 2010 in Albena, Bulgaria, the Bulgarian "A Little Night Fairy Tale" by Nikolai Akimov won the First Prize by the Children's Jury.
"STANKA GOES HOME" AWARDED IN SARAJEVO
Maya Vitkova's short film won Special Jury Mention in Competition Program - Shorts at the Sarajevo Film Festival 2010.
BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS FOR 2009
Official ceremony on 14 of July 2010
AWARDS FOR BULGARIAN FILMS AT "GOLDEN KNIGHT" FESTIVAL
At the 19th International film festival "Golden Knight" 2010 in Moscow the documentary "Divorce Albanian Style" by Adela Peeva won "Golden Knight" Award and a Diploma.
"Golden Knight" Award and a Diploma won also the Bulgarian animation "Felinichita" by Andrey Tsvetkov.
"Hunting Park" by Lubomir Mladenov won the Special Jury Prize for First feature film.
In the category "Students' films" Diploma won "Pantomime Course" by Boris Nikolov and Zina Nacheva.
SPECIAL AWARD FOR "CORRIDOR # 8"
AT THE TRT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION IN TURKEY
The documentary film "Corridor # 8” by Boris Despodov won Special Jury Award at the TRT International Documentary Competition 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey.
„A FAREWELL TO HEMINGWAY" WON THE AUDIENCE AWARD
AT THE SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES
The Bulgarian feature film "A Farewell to Hemingway" by Svetoslav Ovcharov won the Audience Award ex equal with the Turkish film “Voices Unveiled – Turkish Women Who Dare” by Binnur Karaevli at the South-East European Film Festival 2010 in Los Angeles.
“THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER"
WON THE BEST PICTURE AWARD AT CAIFF' 2010
At the 12th California Independent Film Festival 2010 the Bulgarian feature film "The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" by Stefan Komandarev won the Best Picture Award.
TWO MORE AWARDS FOR "EASTERN PLAYS"
AT "KINO PAVASARIS" IN VILNIUS
At the 15th International film festival "Spring in Cinema" / "Kino pavasaris" 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania in the competition program "New Europe - New Names" the Bulgarian feature film "Eastern Plays" by Kamen Kalev won the Best Film Award as well as the CICAE Award.
“THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER"
WON TWO AWARDS AT "MAMERS EN MARS" IN FRANCE
The Bulgarian feature film „The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" by Stefan Komandarev won the Audience Award as well as "Graines d’images – Macao" at the International Festival of the European cinema “Mamers en Mars” in Mamers, France.
“THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER"
WON THE AUDIENCE AWARD IN VALLANCIEN
At the 21st International Film Festival in Vallancien 2010, France, the Bulgarian feature film „The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" by Stefan Komandarev won the Audience Award.
VLADI KIROV WON THE SCRIPT WRITER AWARD IN MOSCOW
At the 2nd International Eco Cinema Forum "Golden Knight" 2010 in Moscow the Bulgarian script writer Vladi Kirov won the award for BEST SCRIPT for the documentary film "Europolis and the Town of Delta", director Kostadin Bonev.
PENKA MONOVA WON THE FIRST AWARD FOR SCRIPT IN HONOLULU
In the International competition for scripts 2010 - for short and long feature films, at the festival in Honolulu, Hawaii, won the First Award for her script "Lonely Island".
“THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER"
WON THE SPECIAL JURY AWARD IN TEHRAN
At the Fajr International Film Festival 2010 in Tehran, Iran, the Bulgarian feature film „The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" by Stefan Komandarev won the "Crystal Simorgh" Special Jury Award.
“EASTERN PLAYS" WON THE GRAND PRIX IN ANGERS, FRANCE
The Bulgarian feature film "Eastern Plays" by Kamen Kalev won the Grand Prix ex equal with “La Pivellina” by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel at the Film Festival "Premier Plans" 2010 in Angers, France.
THREE AWARDS FOR TWO BULGARIAN TV FILMS
IN TRUSKAVETS, UKRAINE
At the International Festival of Television Films “Korona Karpat” 2010 in Truskavets, Ukraine, Vladimir Shishkov won the Best Director Award and Deyan Zagorchinov won the Best Cameraman Award for the TV feature film “RUT”. And Ivan Panev won the Best Debut Award for the TV feature “The Snail’s Brother”.
„EASTERN PLAYS" WON THE CEI AWARD
At Alpe Adria Cinema – Trieste Film Festival 2010, the Bulgarian feature film "Eastern Plays" by Kamen Kalev won the CEI - Central European Initiative Award.