Thirteen features and 17 short films will screen in the official competition of the 37^th edition of the Golden Rose Film Festival (Varna, Bulgaria, 27 September-4 October), a true who's who of Bulgarian cinema organised by the country's National Film Center.

The competing features are Svetla Tsotsorkova's Sister [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Svetla Tsotsorkova
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intervista: Lachezar Avramov
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intervista: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Va…
scheda film] (Bulgaria/Greece), Dragomir Sholev's The Pig [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dragomir Sholev
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intervista: Marian Valev
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intervista: Stephan Komandarev
scheda film] (Bulgaria/Serbia), Radoslav Iliev's Action (Bulgaria), Anri Koulev's Once Upon a War (Bulgaria/Monaco), Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova's Cat in the Wall [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
scheda film] (Bulgaria/UK/France), Iliya Kostov's A Travelling Cinema (Bulgaria) and one minority co-production, Mahmut Fazil Coşkun's The Announcement [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
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The gathering is opening itself up to international film professionals by inviting non-Bulgarians to form part of the jury led by director Milko Lazarov, whose most recent feature, Ága [+leggi anche:
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Other minority co-productions (for example, Paul Negoescu's The Story of a Summer Lover [+leggi anche:
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This edition also boasts a short-film competition. Round-tables, presentations and press conferences will round off the budding industry platform of the festival.