The main jury was headed by Bulgaria’s writer/director Kamen Kalev and included French novelists Amanda Sthers and Olivier Bourdeaut, Italian/Iranian actress Yassmin Pucci and Bulgarian born composer Mario Grigorov. Two other juries took care of the documentary and short film awards.

The festival screened 60 fresh film adaptations between 8 and 30 October 2022. The first official ceremony took place on 21 October 2022 and the second one on 30 October 2020.

FULL LIST OF AWARDS:

Feature Films Competition:

Best Film:
The Innocent (France)
Directed by Louis Garrel

Best Costume Design:
Velika Prahova for Phi 1,618 (Bulgaria)
Directed by Theodore Ushev
Produced by Peripeteia

Documentary Films Competition:

Best Film:
The Adventures of Saul Bellow (USA)
Directed by Asaf Galay

Special Mention:
Unseen Connections (Bulgaria)
Directed by Borislav Kolev
Produced by Projector

Short Films Competition:

Best Film:
Cerebral Poetry (Bulgaria)
Directed by Victoria Karakoleva

Special Mention:
The Seven Deadly Sins (Bulgaria)
Directed by Dimitar Dimitrov, Milko Lazarov