UBFM' AND BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTRE'S
FILM AWARDS FOR 2008
THANKS TO
OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS:
MINISTRY OF CULTURE; BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION; NATIONAL PALACE OF CULTURE
DAMIANITZA WINERY; SKY PLAZA RESTAURANT
OFFICIAL CEREMONY - 30th OF JULY 2009
FOR Lifelong Achievement TO
FILM DIRECTOR NIKOLA KORABOV
BEST FEATURE FILM
"ZIFT"
Script writer - Vladislav Todorov, director - Yavor Gardev
Producer - MIRAMAR FILM in association with
Bulgarian National Film Centre and Bulgarian National Television
THE OTHER TWO NOMINEES
"A Farewell to Hemingway ", dir. Svetoslav Ovcharov
“The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner",
dir. Stefan Komandarev
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"CORRIDOR # 8"
Script writer and director - Boris Despodov
Producer - AGITPROP in association with Program MEDIA, Bulgarian National Film Centre,
SDC (Switzerland) , YLE Co-productions (Finland) and TSR (Switzerland)
THE OTHER TWO NOMINEES
"The Hamlet Adventure", dir. Ivaylo Dikanski and Greg Roach
"OTHELLO", dir. Ivan Mladenov
BEST ANIMATION
"THE FLY"
Script writer - Pravda Delekova. Director - Gospodin Nedelchev
Producer - DIDO FILM in association with Bulgarian National Film Centre
THE OTHER TWO NOMINEES
"HELLO TAXI", dir. Ivan Vesselinov
"TOGETHER", dir. Kalina Decheva
BEST TV FEATURE FILM
"WAR CORRESPONDENT"
Script writer - Vladi Kirov, director - Kostadin Bonev
Producer - Bulgarian National Television, GALA FILM in association with
Bulgarian National Film Centre
THE OTHER TWO NOMINEES
"INNER VOICE", dir. Milena Andonova
“The Adventures of a Harlequin", dir. Ivan Nichev
BEST TV DOCUMENTARY
"MARGO AND FRIENDS"
Script writer and director - Ivan Rossenov
Producer - Bulgarian National Television, BONO BONEV META B
THE OTHER TWO NOMINEES
"BULGARIAN CHRONICLES", dir. Docho Bodjakov and Damyan Petrov
"BETWEEN THE MASKS", dir. Ognyan Gelinov
THE OTHER AWARDS
Best director of feature film – Svetoslav Ovcharov for "A Farewell to Hemingway"
The other 2 nominees: Andrey Slabakov for "Hindemith" and Yavor Gardev for “Zift”
Best director of documentary - Ivan Mladenov for "Othello"
The other 2 nominees: Boris Despodov for "Corridor # 8" and Ivan Rossenov for "Margo and Friends"
Best director of animation – Kalina Decheva for "Together"
The other 2 nominees: Anna Haralampieva for "Parrot’s Playthings: Japan” and
Tsvetomira Nikolova for “Parrot’s Palythings Australia”
Best script – Vladislav Todorov for "Zift"
The other 2 nominees: Svetoslav Ovcharov for " A Farewell to Hemingway”
and Yurii Dachev, Stefan Komandarev, Dusan Milic and Ilija Troianov for
"The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner"
Best film music - Kiril Donchev for "Which Way Today"
The other 2 nominees: Bojidar Petkov for " A Farewell to Hemingway”
and Stefan Dimitrov for “The Adventures of a Harlequin”
Best cameramen, feature film – Emil Hristov for "Zift"
The other 2 nominees: Krum Rodriguez for “Forecast” and Ognyan Kalaidjiev for A Farewell to Hemingway”
Best cameraman, documentary film - Boris Missirkov and Georgy Bogdanov for “Corridor # 8”
The other 2 nominees: Ivan Varimezov for “Bulgarian Chronicles” and
Georgy Hristov for "Othello" ex equo Yordan Yordanov for “Vezhdi”
Best actress – Ernestina Shinova in "Hindemith"
The other 2 nominees: Gergana Pletnyova in "A Farewell to Hemingway” and
Teodora Duhovnikova for “Forecast”
Best actor – Zahari Baharov in "Zift"
The other 2 nominees: Deyan Donkov in "Hindemith" and Mihail Mutafov in "Zift"
Best supporting actress - Gergana Pletnyova in "A Farewell to Hemingway”
The other 2 nominees: Ludmila Cheshmedjieva in The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" and Elena Stefanova in “War Correspondent”
Best supporting actor - Peter Slabakov in "Hindemith"
The other 2 nominees: Valentin Tanev in Hindemith and
Nikolai Urumov in The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner"
Best art direction – Boryana Semerdjieva for "A Farewell to Hemingway”
Best Costume design - Boryana Semerdjieva for "Hindemith" and “War Correspondent"
Best Editing – Kevork Aslanyan for “Zift”
Best sound – Valentin Kirilov for "War Correspondent", “Inner voice”, “The Adventures of a Harlequin"
Film theory – Vladimir Ignatovski for the books "Pictures of Light" and "Chronotope"
Best film critic – Ludmila Dykova
FIRST FILM AWARDS
Feature - Kristina Grozeva for "Heavenly Birds”
Documentary - Ivan Pantaleev for ""Homo Ludens"
Animation - Kalina Decheva for “Together”
