St. Kliment Ohridski 1997’, Sofia announces the closure of the competition for realization of an original short film script
We would like to thank all participants for their diligence and creativity! Following our transparency policy, we are publishing information about the contest and the procedure:
The contest announcement was published on Friday, Jan. 12th, 2024, at 14:12 (on the eve of the Day of Bulgarian Cinema). We received the first entry on Sunday, January 14, 2024 11:42 PM. On the last day we received 6 entries. The last submission – on Thursday, February 15, 2024 10:56 PM. We received a total of 16 submissions. Wow! The youngest director is 17 years old. Gender balance is relative, but it was respected (there were no restrictions in the regulations, both regarding the gender of the director/team and the type/genre of the film!)
The jury average age is 37,66 years. All 3 film genres are represented: animation, documentary and fiction.
The entries received are listed in alphabetical order of filmmakers’names (A to Z):
- Alexander Milchev, screenwriter and director, film “Boyan and Petra”; 2. Alexander Tomov – junior, screenwriter and director, film “Hubavitsa” (‘Pretty Lady’); 3. Alexandra Georgieva, writer and director, film “Il filo d’oro dell’anima”; 4. Boyana Yordanova, film “Bar “Puckula” (‘Inferno Bar’), script by Kristina Hristova; 5. Valeri Stoyanov, film “Euphorio”, script. by Mircho Hristov, Valeri Stoyanov, Maria Slavcheva, Yova Petkova; 6.Ventsislav Sariev, film “Making Love”, script by Martin Kasabov and Ventsislav Sariev; 7. Deyan Tsviatkov, film “Tatus”, script by Iakim Petrov and Stefan Goncharov; 8. Ivan Stoychev – screenwriter and director, film “Transitional Strophe”; 9. Lora Markova, scriptwriter and director, film “A Handbook for Happiness”; 10. Martin Lazarov, scriptwriter and director, film “Fear – Kuker”; 11. Nadezhda Maksimova and Todor Belensky, scriptwriter and director, film “Students Life”; 12. Petar Raizhekov, film “The Fisherman”, script Lora Markova; 13. Raya Nikolova, scriptwriter and director, film “My Tale of the Ladder”; 14. Stefan Voyvodov, screenwriter and director, animated film “The Lame Dog of Antarctica”; 15. Teodora Mileva, screenwriter and director, film “Memory of the Future”; 16. Jaroslav Markovský, scriptwriter and director, film “The Great Electron”.
Information about the winning project will be published on Friday 1 March 2024.
St. Kliment Ohridski 1997 Students Community Centre in support of Bulgarian short cinema!
