Nargis Abyar's new film "When the Moon was Full" will have its Bulgarian premiere. The big favorite of the Fajr Festival in Tehran won the forum's leading awards for best film, direction, leading male (Hutan Shakiba) and leading female role (Elnaz Shakerdust), as well as the audience award from the Tallinn IFF. The story follows the lives of lovers Abdulhamid and Faeze, whose idyll is broken when the woman discovers that her husband's parents are engaged in illegal trade, which can lead to fatal consequences for all.
Kazem Molaye's "Badger" is comes to Bulgaria with an award for best film from the Austin Film Festival, a jury award from the Bangkok IFF and nominations for best film from the festivals in Shanghai, Dhaka and Salerno. The film tells the story of Sude and her son Matiar, who is suddenly abducted and Sude is forced to turn to her ex-husband to save the child.
The new film from the doyen of Iranian cinema, Rasul Sadrameli "My second year in college" was awarded the prize for best actress (Soha Niasti) at the Moscow IFF and nominated for "Golden St. Georgi”. The film about the lives of two friends are completely confused after they go on a trip to Isfahan, is the debut of Soha Niasti co-starring Ali Mozafa ("The Past", "The Last Step") and Babak Hamidian ("Underwater Cypress")
"The Warden" is Nima Javidi's second film since his hugely successful debut "Melbourne". The prison drama follows Colonel Jahid's efforts to grow in the hierarchy until one of them disappears during the evacuation of a group of prisoners and the colonel is faced with a fateful choice.
In the documentary section, one of the viewers' favorites so far is "Wings of Kyrgyzstan" by Sophie Dia Pegrum and Jen Miller, who spent more than a year in the vast expanses of Kyrgyzstan exploring the lives of the nomads and their best friends, the horses.
Another favorite in this year's selection is "Walled Citizen" by director Samir Kumsie, who decides to accept took the challenge of traveling the world with one of the most restrictive passports - the Palestinian one. For a period of three years with countless visas issued, he sailed from Palestine to Europe and from there to the Amazon jungle. Along the way, he meets dozens of interesting people who help him get through the walls that modern society erects in front of inhabitants from certain regions of the world.
The most provocative film in Sofia MENAR's documentary selection this year is "Dima Punk" by Dominique Kobe, who explores the punk scene in Morocco. For 8 years she follows 'Stoff', one of the faces of underground culture in Casablanca.
Untill the 27th June over 15 titles will be shown at 3 locations in Sofia(the Cinema House, G8 Cultural Center, Euro Cinema) and one in Varna FCC. All films have English Subtitles.
Full programme here
| Дом на киното / Cinema House | Културен център G8 Cultural Center | Евро Синема/ Euro Cinema | |
| 18.06.21 Friday |
19.00 Едва 6 милиона и половина 131’ Just 6.5 |
20.00 Пазачът на затвора 87’ The Warden |
20.15 На 47 80’ 47 |
| 19.06.21 Saturday |
19.00 Момичето и морето 120’ The Girl and the Sea |
18.15 Пълна каша 90’ Numbeness 20.00 Пънк завинаги 62’ Dima Punk |
16.45 Без дъно 89’ Shynyraw |
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20.06.21 Sunday |
17.00 Човек 190’ Human |
16.30 Джахан танцува със света 94’ Dance with me |
14.15 Дневникът на рибаря 144’ The Fisherman’s Diary |
| 21.06.21 Monday |
19.00 Язовецът 93’ The Badger |
18.30 На пълна луна 131’ When the Moon was Full |
18.00 Момичето и морето 120’ The Girl and the Sea |
| 22.06.21 Tuesday |
19.00 Джахан танцува със света 94’ Dance with me |
18.45 На косъм от сцената 102’ A Hairy Tale |
18.15 Крилете на Киргизстан 75’ The Wings of Kyrgyzstan |
| 23.06.21 Wednesday |
19.00 Крилете на Киргизстан 75’ The Wings of Kyrgyzstan 20.30 Алжир отвисоко 88’ Algeria from Above |
19.15 Без дъно 89’ Shynyraw |
18.15 Пълна каша 90’ Numbeness |
| 24.06.21 Thursday |
19.00 На 47 80’ 47 20.30 Животът ми във втори курс 99’ My Second Year in College |
19.45 Язовецът 93’ The Badger |
18.30 Пънк завинаги 62’ Dima Punk |
| 25.06.21 Friday |
19.00 Пазачът на затвора 87’ The Warden |
18.45 Дневникът на рибаря 144’ The Fisherman’s Diary |
20.45 На пълна луна 131’ When the Moon was Full |
| 26.06.21 Saturday |
17.00 Писма на съдбата Fated Hearts 19.00 Земя 97’ Terra |
17.15 На 47 80’ 47 18.45 Едва 6 милиона и половина 131’ Just 6.5 |
16.15 Животът ми във втори курс 99’ My Second Year in College |
| 27.06.21 Sunday |
17.00 На пълна луна 131’ When the Moon was Full |
16.00 Между стената и света 79’ Walled Citizen |
15.00 На косъм от сцената 102’ A Hairy Tale |
