United Art’s main event in the USA is the Bulgarian Film Festival in New York, New Independent. This will be the festival’s 11th edition. With Sofia Independent Film Festival we hope that American independent cinema will meet its fans in Sofia and will receive the same cordial welcome which Bulgarian cinema had in the USA.
Bulgarian Film Festival in New York
September 19, 2016 – September 24, 2016
Cinépolis Chelsea Movie Theater, Manhattan
FILMS
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Corpse Collector
Drama
Bulgaria, 2015, 114 min
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
Directed By: Dimitar Dimitrov
Starring: Mihail Bilalov, Teodora Duhovnikova, Lydia Indjova, Stoyan Radev, Stefan Shterev
From Stoyan Radev’s eyes, as blue as the bottom of a swimming pool, peeks Itso – a lonely, shy man who gets extremely stupid when he is around women who are as domineering as his mother is…
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Face Down
Drama
Bulgaria, France, Belgium, 2015, 105 min
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
Directed By: Kamen Kalev
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Seher Nebieva
Face Down shows without make up the faces of racism, social inequality and women trafficking through the story of Samy – a petty criminal with a gentle heart who becomes an informant for…
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Inches From The Ground
Other
Bulgaria, 2016, 120 min
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
Directed By: Maxim Genchev
Starring: Simeon Filipov, Tsvetomir Angelov, Desislava Chuturkova, Evgeni Budinov, Ivaylo Asparuhov, Matey Genchev, Tsvetomir Nechev, Zlatka Keremedchieva
The 1950s, the beginning of the Cold War. A border post where discipline is lax formally guards a closed uranium mine that was once operated by Nazis. A new commander, Kralev, arrives…
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Lazar
Drama
Republic of Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, France, 2015, 110 min
Language: Macedonian with English subtitles
Directed By: Svetozar Ristovski
Starring: Vedran Zivolic, Goran Navojec, Dejan Lilic, Natasha Petrovic, Vlado Jovanovski, Toni Mihajlovski, Krassimira Kuzmanova, Alexander Sano, Aleksandra Balmazovic
Lazar is disaffected and emotionally disconnected from the world around him. When his father left the family, he had to grow up to be resourceful and tough, and now in his mid twenties, he…
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Losers
Drama
Bulgaria, 2015, 100 min
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
Directed By: Ivaylo Hristov
Starring: Elena Telbis, Ovanes Torosian, Deyan Donkov, Stoyan Alexiev
Once upon a time in the grey town the boy fell in love with the girl and wanted to go with her to that band’s concert very much. It is good that the story this film is telling is not grey…
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The Prosecutor, The Defender, The Father and His Son
Drama
Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden, 2015, 102 min
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
Directed By: Iglika Triffonova
Starring: Romane Bohringer, Samuel Fröler, Izudin Barjović, Ovanes Torosyan, Nermina Lukać, Krassimir Dokov, Igor Skvarica, Labina Mitevska, Krijn Ter Braak
This is a film about a boy from a distant Bosnian village, whose life collides with the important historic events in the region. About his short-lived but important appearance on the stage…
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The Rhythm of the Heart
Documentary
Bulgaria, 2016
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
„The Rhythm of the Heart“ follows the story of the creation of the largest Bulgarian folk ensemble in the United States, told by its artistic director and choreographer – Elissaveta…
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The Summer Help
Documentary
Bulgaria/USA, 2016, 67 min
Language: English
Directed By: Melody Gilbert
Every summer, thousands of international students descend upon America’s resorts and tourist towns to clean hotel rooms, wash dishes and make pizzas for Americans on vacation. Elena and…
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Thirst
Drama
Bulgaria, 2015, 90 min
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
Directed By: Svetla Tsotsorkova
Starring: Monika Naydenova, Alexander Benev, Svetla Yancheva, Ivaylo Hristov, Vassil Mihajlov, Stefan Mavrodiyev, Ivan Barnev
The Mother, the Father and their 16 year old son live on a hill at the end of the village. They launder sheets from the hotels. Water stops running all the time. Two drillers – a father and…
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While Aya Was Sleeping
Drama
Bulgaria, 2016, 89 min
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles
Directed By: Tsvetodar Markov
Starring: Stefan Denolyubov, Yulian Vergov, Georgi Kadurin, Irini Zhambonas, Stefan Mavrodiev, Emil Emilov, Stanka Kalcheva, Krasimira Kuzmanova, Aya Mutafchieva
7-year-old Aya spends a lot of time in the theater where her father, Asen, is an actor. One night at the end of the show, intrigue, betrayal and tension in the company gradually escalate…
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