BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY' 2015
40 YEARS JUBILEE OF THE AWARDS
BY THE UNION OF BULGARIAN FILM MAKERS
patentee of FILM ACADEMY from 2009
FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN CINEMA ART
80 YEARS UNION OF BULGARIAN FILM MAKERS
100 YEARS BULGARIAN CINEMA
THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS:
NATIONAL FILM CENTRE
BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION
FILMAUTOR
THEATER BULGARIAN ARMY
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR BULGARIA
ART FEST
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OFFICIAL CEREMONY
on 9th of June 2015
shown by
BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION
THE BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY 2015
representing from 2010
the whole film community on the ground of Agreement between:
Union of Bulgarian Film Makers
Bulgarian Association of Film Directors,
Association of Bulgarian Film Cameramen, Association of Film and TV directors,
Bulgarian Association of Film, TV and Radio Script Writers,
Bulgarian Association of Independent Cartoon Animation Artist, Association of Film Producers,
Association of Bulgarian Independent Producers, Association of Bulgarian Film Producers, Association "Academic 21"
awards
the most prestigious prizes for film art achievements in 2014
continuing the cultural tradition established in 1975
by the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers
In the competition:
19 feature films - 8 long features, 9 short features, 2 TV serials,
23 documentaries,
7 cartoons
publicly shown in the period 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2014
award FOR Lifelong Achievement
Georgy DUlgerov
film director
BEST FEATURE FILM
"THE LESSON"
Script writers - Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Directors - Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Producer - Abraxas Film Ltd, Graal Films, Little Wing Productions, Screening Emotions, with the financial support by ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel, American Foundation for Bulgaria, CCU
THE OTHER NOMINEES:
"THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL", dir. Kostadin Bonev
"THE JUDGMENT", dir. Stephan Komandarev
BEST SHORT FEATURE FILM
"PARKING"
Script writer - Ivaylo Minov
Director - Ivaylo Minov
Producer - Morning Glory Film - Stela Pavlova
THE OTHER NOMINEES:
"LIGHTHOUSE WOMAN", dir. Ana Kitanova
"THREE DAYS IN SARAJEVO", dir. Nikolay Todorov
BEST TV SERIAL
"ON THE BORDER"
Script writer - Dimitar Stojanovich
Director - Stanimir Trifonov
Producer - Bulgarian National Television
THE OTHER NOMINEES:
"UNDERCOVER", Season 4: Episodes 10th and 11th, dir. Victor Bojinov
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"THE LONG WAY HOME"
Script writers - Yuri Dachev, Tatiana Nicheva, Boryana Puncheva
Director - Boryana Puncheva
Producer: Cinemascope - Ivan Nichev
THE OTHER NOMINEES:
"CITIZEN CINEMA", dir. Kosta Bikov
"DIMITAR SHISHMANOV. POINTS TO PONDER", dir. Ralitsa Dimitrova
BEST ANIMATION
"GRUMPY DOES REPAIRS"
Script writers - Georgi Merdzhanov and Radostina Neykova
Directors - Radostina Neykova and Sofia Ilieva
Producer - Audiovisual Orpheus Inc - Alexander Donev
THE OTHER NOMINEES:
"PUDDLE", dir. Vera Doneva
"JANUARY", dir. Stoyan Dukov
FIRST FILM AWARDS
Handed by the American Foundation for Bulgaria
Long feature film
KRISTINA GROZEVA and Petar VALCHANOV for "THE LESSON"
The other nominees: Maya Vitkova for "Victoria"; Zahari Paunov for "Hombre"
Documentary
dIANA ZAHARIEVA for "THREE CANDLES"
The other nominees: Diana Ivanova for "Listen";
Ivan Georgiev for "Macedonia. The Last Project of Comintern"
Animation
VERA DONEVA for "puddle"
The other nominees: Kiril Ivanov for "Differences" ; Petar Topalov for "Dance of Inanna"
THE OTHER AWARDS
Best director of feature film
KRISTINA GROZEVA and PETAR VALCHANOV for "THE LESSON"
The other nominees: Georgy Dulgerov for "Buffer Zone";
Stephan Komandarev for "The Judgment"
Best director of documentary
Boryana Puncheva for "The Long Way Home"
The other nominees: Kosta Bikov for "Citizen Cinema";
Ralitsa Dimitrova for "Dimitar Shishmanov. Points to Ponder"
Best director of animation
RADOSTINA NEIKOVA, SOFIA ILIEVA for "GRUMPY DOES REPAIRS"
The other nominees: Georgi Dimitrov, Svilen Dimitrov for "The Magic Cake of Auntie Bantie";
Stoyan Dukov for "January"
Best script for feature film
MARIN DAMYANOV, EMIL SPAHIISKI, STEPHAN KOMANDAREV
for "THE JUDGMENT"
The other nominees: Ina Valchanova, Kostadin Bonev for "The Sinking of Sozopol";
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov for "The Lesson"
Best original script for TV serial
DIMITAR STOJANOVICH for "ON THE BORDER"
The other nominees: Alexander Spasov, Borislav Zahariev, Vladimir Poleganov for "Undercover"
Best script for documentary film
Yuri Dachev, Tatiana Nicheva, Boryana Puncheva for
"THE LONG WAY HOME"
The other nominees: Boris Hristov for "The Book of Silence";
Vladi Kirov for "The Enlightening Life Story of Prosek Brothers"
Best film music
KALOYAN DIMITROV for "Victoria"
The other nominees: George Strezov for "On the Border" and "Lighthouse Woman";
Nikolai Ivanov for "The Sinking of Sozopol"
Best cameramen of feature film
KRASIMIR ANDONOV for "THE JUDGMENT"
The other nominees: Krum Rodriguez for "Victoria" and "The Lesson";
Tsvetan Nedkov for "On the Border"
Best cameraman of documentary film
TSVETAN NEDKOV for "THE LONG WAY HOME"
The other nominees: Dimitar Nedelchev, Boris Todorov for "Three Candles";
Plamen Gerasimov for "Dimitar Shishmanov. Points to Ponder"
Best actress
MARGITA GOSHEVA for "THE LESSON" and "THREE DAYS IN SARAJEVO"
The other nominees: Irmena Chichikova for "Victoria";
Stefka Yanorova for "Buffer Zone" and "Hombre"
Best actor
RUSSI CHANEV for "Buffer Zone"
The other nominees: Assen Blatechki for "The Judgment",
Deyan Donkov for "The Sinking of Sozopol" ex aequo Ovanes Torosyan for
"The Judgment"
Best supporting actress
PARASKEVA DJUKELOVA for "THE JUDGEMENT"
ex aequo
SVETLANA YANCHEVA for "THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL"
The other nominees: Mariana Krumova for "Victoria"; Snejina Petrova for "Buffer Zone"
Best supporting actor
VESELIN MEZEKLIEV for "THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL"
The other nominees: Ivailo Hristov for "Buffer Zone"; Stefan Denolubov for "The Lesson"
Best art direction
VANINA GELEVA for "BUFFER ZONE" and "THE LESSON"
The other nominees: Georgi Todorov-Jozy for "The Sinking of Sozopol";
Nadejda Ilieva for "Dimitar Shishmanov. Points to Ponder"
Best costume design
BORYANA SEMERDJIEVA for "THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL"
The other nominees: Adriana Naidenova for "On the Border";
Sonya Despotova for "Hombre"
Best editing
TOMA VASHAROV for "THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL"
The other nominees: Alexander Etimov for "Living Legends";
Malin Arnautski, Chavdar Variyski for "The Long Way home"
Best sound
ALEXANDER SIMEONOV for "HOMBRE" and "ON THE BORDER"
The other nominees: Ivailo Natsev for "Buffer Zone";
Ivan Andreev for "The Artist and The Time" and for "On the Border"
Book on cinema
MARIYANA LAZAROVA for "THE centaur FROM ALBION"
The other nominees: Ivailo Hristov for "The Actor in Cinema";
Petya Alexandrova for "Transitional Stories for Culture and Communication"
Best film critic
Prof. VERA NAIDENOVA
The other nominees: Andronika Martonova, Genoveva Dimitrova
