After being postponed indefinitely only days before it was supposed to kick off in March, Bulgaria’s biggest film event, the Sofia International Film Festival, came back at the end of June with a summer edition (see the news). The event ended yesterday with an outdoor gala, where Sister [+lee también:
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The jury, led by British director Peter Webber and consisting of American producer Jim Stark, Bulgarian actress Irmena Chichkova and Mexican producer Nicolás Celis, handed the Special Jury Award to Nathalie Biancheri’s Nocturnal [+lee también:
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The summer edition of the festival presented a total of 111 films from 48 countries. Fifty-five titles were screened in one indoor venue and several open-air venues over the course of ten days, while as many as 88 movies in the selection were made available online for any viewer on Bulgarian soil.

The festival will be back with an autumn edition, the dates of which will be announced soon, and 80 new titles are being prepared to be screened then. Other, smaller editions will be organised for several provincial towns, such as Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas.

Here is the complete list of award winners at the Sofia International Film Festival:

Sofia City of Film Grand Prix
Sister [+lee también:
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entrevista: Svetla Tsotsorkova
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Special Jury Award
Nocturnal [+lee también:
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entrevista: Nathalie Biancheri
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Best Director
Eva Cools - Cleo [+lee también:
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Special Mention for Best Screenplay
Massoud Bakhshi - Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness [+lee también:
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Special Mention for Best Production Design
László Rajk - Those Who Remained [+lee también:
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Best Documentary
The Cave [+lee también:
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Special Mention
Collective [+lee también:
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Best Balkan Film
A Tale of Three Sisters [+lee también:
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entrevista: Emin Alper
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Special Mention
Stitches [+lee también:
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entrevista: Miroslav Terzić
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Best Bulgarian Feature
Cat in the Wall [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
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FIPRESCI Award
Those Who Remained - Barnabás Tóth

Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya [+lee también:
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entrevista: Labina Mitevska
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Best Bulgarian Short
Nina - Hristo Simeonov (Bulgaria)