01-12-2014

FNE at Golden Rhyton 2014: Bulgarian Doc and Animated Films Fest Registers Record Number of Entrants

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    PLOVDIV: The 21st edition of the most important national film festival for documentary and animated films Golden Rhyton, which kicks off on 1 December 2014 in Plovdiv, will screen over 100 films during six days.

    The two competition programmes include 55 films. There are 39 documentaries, from which 26 are supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center. From 16 animated films, 10 are supported by the same national institution. The Bulgarian National Television produced 11 competition films. The information programme includes 18 films.

    As the main organizer of the Golden Rhyton NDAFF, the Bulgarian National Film Center offers two exceptional retrospectives: “90 years of Bulgarian alternative cinema” and “25 years of Bulgarian animated films”.

    The screenings will take place in the fully renovated Lucky House of Cinema and all of them will be free.

    The opening films will be the 1985 Palme d'Or winner Marriage by animation directors Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov and Adela Peeva’s 32 minutes documentary In the Name of Sport, shot in 1983, but banned until 1989.

    Film director Stanimir Trifonov, who directed over 20 feature and documentary films, will head the national jury. The other members are eminent DoP Konstantin Zankov, well-known journalist and scriptwriter Emil Spahiiski, director of animated films Zvetomira Nikolova and the Plovdiv based art historian and curator Galina Lardeva.

    The festival is organized under the umbrella of the Ministry of Culture and is supported by Plovdiv Municipality and the Creative Europe Media Programme.

    The Bulgarian National Television is a co-organizer of the festival.

    Competition
    Documentary films

    49,172
    Directed by Plamen Petkov
    Produced by Dimirtar Gochev
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    No. 1 Tourism. The Black Sea Queen
    Directed by Marieta Bobeva
    Produced by Marieta Bobeva, BNT2 Varna

    Granny Tonka: Beyond the Legend
    Directed by Elena Mashkova
    Produced by Detelina Kamenova, BNT – Ruse

    BORIS III : The King’s Mysterious Death
    Directed by Nickolay Chadarov
    Produced by ТV7

    Chasing the Wind
    Directed by Petar Odadjiev
    Produced by Odavision
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Three Square Metres of History
    Directed by Valeri Dobrev
    Produced by NFAC

    The Magic Mirror of Lyuben Zidarov
    Directed by Maria Nikolova
    Produced by Gekkon – Penko Gelev

    Ginka
    Directed by Antonia Milcheva
    Produced by New Bulgarian University

    The Voice That Prays to God for Bulgaria
    Directed by Rosen Elezov
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    Citizen Cinema
    Directed by Kosta Bikov
    Produced by Ivan Tonev, ARS Digital Studio
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Dimitar Shishmanov: Points to Ponder
    Directed by Ralitsa Dimitrova
    Produced by Geopoly Film
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Spirit and Matter
    Directed by Mihail Venkov
    Produced by Favourite Vision
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Bulgaria is One Big Mistake Too
    Directed by Stoyan Radev
    Produced by Front Film Ltd
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Jesus
    Directed by Boya Harizanova
    Produced by NATFA

    The Book of Silence
    Directed by Anri Koulev
    Produced by Atract DM
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    London, Bulgaria
    Directed by Rosen Elezov
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    Love & Engineering (Finland/Germany/Bulgaria)
    Directed by Tonislav Hristov
    Produced by Making Movies, Filmtank, Agitprop
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Mona Lisa’s Summer
    Directed by Liza Boeva
    Produced by Izko Finzi, New Bulgarian University

    Moskvitch Art
    Directed by Smilen Savov
    Produced by ASEGA DREAM

    The Dead Open the Eyes of the Living
    Directed by Stanislava Kalcheva
    Produced by Making Movies, Filmtank, Agitprop
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Inside the Rock
    Directed by Valentina Fidanova-Kolarova
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    The Revenge: State Security’s Long Shadow
    Directed by Atanas Kiryakov
    Produced by ARS Digital Studio
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Penko
    Directed by Vladimir Iliev
    Produced by NFAC

    The Last Black Sea Pirates
    Directed by Svetoslav Stoyanov
    Produced by Agitprop

    The Enlightening Life Story of Prosek Brothers
    Directed by Lubomir Halatchev
    Produced by Kadiak film – Lubomir Halatchev
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    The Pioneer
    Directed by Petko Goranov
    Produced by Petko Goranov

    A Journey to Isla Negra
    Directed by Desislava Shishmanova, Noncho Nonchev
    Produced by BNT2 Plovdiv

    A Grand Piano
    Directed by Valeri Dobrev
    Produced by NFAC, Vladimir Iliev

    The Walls of Europe: East
    Directed by Hrisimir Danev
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    The Walls of Europe: The Fortress
    Directed by Hrisimir Danev
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    Verse of Oblivion
    Directed by Zahari Spasov
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    Tall Ships: Sea Olympics
    Directed by Marieta Bobeva
    Produced by BNT2 Varna

    Three Candles
    Directed by Diana Zaharieva
    Produced by Didofilm Ltd, Gospodin Nedeltchev
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Colours of the Voice
    Directed by Rossen Elezov
    Produced by Vaik – Valeriy Kostov
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Czech Glass in the Palace
    Directed by Rumyana Angelakova
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    A Human (IVF)
    Directed by Asya Atanasova
    Produced by NATFA

    The Man from Europe
    Directed by Vasil Barkov
    Produced by Magic Mount
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Listen
    Directed by Diana Ivanova
    Produced by Albena Kovatcheva, Actink
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    I Am Happy
    Directed by Ralitsa Dimitrova
    Produced by Bulgarian National Television

    Competition
    Animated films

    Vector and Lector
    Directed by Sotir Gelev, Alexander Filipov
    Produced by Gekkon – Penko Gelev
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    The Magic Cake of Auntie Bantie
    Directed by Georgi Dimitrov, Svilen Dimitrov
    Produced by Multfilm, Georgi Dimitrov
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    The Day of the Bleeding Gums
    Directed by Dimitar Dimitrov
    Produced by Dimitar Dimitrov – Animiter

    Incident
    Directed by Dimitar Velev
    Produced by New Bulgarian University

    Grumpy Does Repairs
    Directed by Radostina Neykova, Sofiya Ilieva
    Produced by Audiovisual Orpheus
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Puddle
    Directed by Vera Doneva
    Produced by Nagual, Nastimir Tsachev
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    A True Dance of Love
    Directed by Daniel Chalakov
    Produced by Via Marketing
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    A Petty Morning Crime
    Directed by Asparuh Petrov
    Produced by Vessela Dancheva – Compote Collective
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Portals
    Directed by Simeon Sokerov
    Produced by Chaos Group & Studio Sokerov

    A Story from the Woollen Kingdom
    Directed by Angel Manov
    Produced by Gala Film
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Differences
    Directed by Kiril Ivanov
    Produced by Vasil Marekov, Spektar 90
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Dance of Inanna
    Directed by Petar Topalov
    Produced by Full Moon Wolf Ltd – Pavel Pavlov
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Traffic
    Directed by Milen Halyov
    Produced by NATFA

    Homoinsectus
    Directed by Stanislav Vasilev
    Produced by Stanislav Vasilev

    January
    Directed by Stoyan Dukov
    Produced by TRIXI – Stoyan Dukov
    Supported by Bulgarian National FiIm Centre

    Pissed Off
    Directed by Ilian Velikov
    Produced by NATFA