07/02/2017 - Twelve first or second features will be competing for the festival’s Grand Prix

The 2017 edition of the Sofia International Film Festival (9-19 March) comes with a first in the festival’s 21-year history: three Bulgarian productions will be among the 12 first or second features competing for the gathering’s awards.

Ralitza Petrova’s Godless [+see also:
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interview: Ralitza Petrova
film profile] (Bulgaria/Denmark/France), winner of the Golden Leopard at last year’s Locarno Film Festival, Grigor Lefterov and Teodor Matsanov’s Hristo [+see also:
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interview: Grigor Lefterov
film profile] (Bulgaria/Italy), winner of the Best First Feature Award at the Golden Rose Film Festival, and Konstantin Bojanov’s Light Thereafter [+see also:
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The remaining movies in competition are Bad Influence by Claudia Huaiquimilla (Chile), Beneath the Silence by Erez Mizrahi and Sahar Shavit (Israel), House without Roof [+see also:
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film profile] by Soleen Yusef (Germany/Iraq/Qatar), The Last Family [+see also:
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interview: Dawid Ogrodnik
film profile] by Jan P Matuszynski (Poland), My Happy Family [+see also:
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interview: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon G…
film profile] by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß (Germany/Georgia/France), Quit Staring at My Plate [+see also:
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interview: Hana Jušić
film profile] by Hana Jusic (Croatia/Denmark), Requiem for Mrs. J. [+see also:
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interview: Bojan Vuletić
film profile] by Bojan Vuletic (Serbia/Bulgaria/Macedonia), Snow by Emre Erdogdu (Turkey) and Moon Dogs [+see also:
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interview: Philip John
film profile] by Philip John (UK).

The award winners will be announced on 18 March.