Ivan Ivanov with the award for overall creativity of the Union of Filmmakers

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The festival presents Bulgarian cinema from the last 18 months

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“German lessons” received the award for best feature film at the National Festival of Bulgarian Cinema “Vasil Gendov”, reported by Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers.

The award of the director Pavel Vesnakov was presented by Krzysztof Zanussi, guest of honor at the special ceremony.

The actor Ivan Ivanov was awarded the prize for overall creativity.

The festival awarded the best films in three competition sections – for feature, documentary and animated films, the achievements of each profession in cinema, as well as the work of film theorists and critics.

The awards of the Union of Filmmakers “Vasil Gendov” for 2022 were presented at an official ceremony last night at the National Theater (Photo: BTA)

Here is a complete list of the winners:

Feature Film Section:

Award for Best Short Film – Petar Krumov for “Hunger”

Award for the best sound of a feature film – Ivan Andreev and Sebastian Jimmy for “Humble”

Award for the best composer of a feature film – Petar Dundakov for “February”

Award for the best costume designer – Maria Paunova for “January”

Award for the best set designer of – Samuil Ganev for “In the heart of the machine”

Award for Best Editing a Feature Film – Catalin Cristuziou for “Herringbone”

Award for Best Supporting Actress – Alisa Atanasov for “Petya na moya Petya”

Award for Best Supporting Actor – Yosif Sarchadjiev for “January”

Award for Best Leading Actress – Maria Bakalova and Ralitsa Stoyanova for “Women Really Cry”

Award for Best Leading Actor – Julian Vergov for “German Lessons”

Award for the best screenplay of a feature film – Dragomir Sholev, Emanuela Dimitrova and Georgi Merdjanov for “Herringbone”

Award for the best cinematographer – Ivan Chertov for “February”

Award for Best Director – Pavel Vesnakov for “German Lessons”

Award for Best Debut of a Feature Film – Svetoslav Draganov for “Humble”

Special Jury Award for Feature Film – “February”

Award for Best Feature Film – “German Lessons”

Documentary Film Section:

Award for Best Debut of a Documentary – Anna Kitanova for “The Fate of the Wanderer”

Award for the best sound of a documentary – Harry Boyadzhiev and Ivan Andreev for “Silent Heritage”

Award for the best composer of a documentary film – Petar Dundkov for “The Man with the Pipe”

Award for the best editing of a documentary film – Donka Ivanova for “Geo Milev – in the labyrinth of time”

Award for the best cinematographer – Hristo Kovachev for “The Adventurer”

Award for the best screenplay of a documentary film – Kostadin Bonev and Konstantin Petrov for “Geo Milev – in the labyrinth of time”

Award for Best Documentary Director – Eldora Traikova for “Before the End”

Special Jury Prize for Documentary – “Second Liberation”

Award for Best Documentary at the National Festival – “Our Quiet Place”

Animation Cinema Section:

The award for the best debut of an animated film – Gergana Simeonova for “Winter Evenings”

Award for the best sound of an animated film – Vladislav Boyadzhiev for “Santiago”

Award for the best composer of an animated film – Boris Karadimchev and Valeri Kostov for “Love, without which we can not”

Award for best animation – Svilen Dimitrov, Atanas Karakolev and Zdravko Milenov for “Love Shells”

Award for the best animated film artist – Asya Kovanova, Andrey Kulev for “Santiago”

Award for the best screenplay of an animated film – Svilen Dimitrov for “Love Shells”

Award for the best director of an animated film – Andrey Kulev for “Santiago”

Special Jury Award for Animated Film – “Seven Deadly Sins”

Award for Best Animated Film – “Love Shells”

Special prizes

Award for operational criticism – Deyan Statulov

Neda Stanimirova-Kranzova Book Award for “Valeri Petrov for himself and others for him”

Special award for contribution to the development of Bulgarian film criticism – “Kino” magazine

Award for overall creativity – Ivan Ivanov