LOSERS Directed by Ivaylo Hristov
Dark Comedy | Bulgaria | 2015 | B&W | 96 min | Bulgarian with English subtitles
Inseparable friends Elena, Koko, Patso and Gosho are high school students in a small provincial town who mockingly call themselves ‘losers’ as a self-deprecating reference to the society at large. Hapless Koko is in love with rebellious Elena, who harbors hopes of becoming a singer. When a locally known rock band of traveling musicians comes to town things get compli- cated, giving birth to new love affairs, disappointments and realizations that come with growing up even for the aimless, rough on the edges ‘losers’.
Writer: Ivaylo Hristov
Produced by PRO FILM - Assen Vladimirov
Cast: Elena Telbis, Ovanes Torosyan, Deyan Donkov, Georgi Gotsin, Plamen Dimov
THE HALF (YARIM) Directed by Çağıl Nurhak Aydoğdu
Drama | Turkey | 2015 | Color | 95 minutes | Turkish with English subtitles
Beautiful 15-year old shepherd girl Fidan lives with her father and siblings in a mountainous village in eastern Turkey. In exchange for money she is married off to the son of a family they don’t know, at the other end of the country. After a long journey, Fidan will meet her husband-to-be, Salih, who is mentally challenged and at the age of 35 is even younger than her. Thrust into what at first glance seems a tragic marriage, these two yet unformed, half-people slowly open up to each other, united by the same feeling of loneliness and detachment from the world of the adults.
Produced by Rüzgar Film
Cast: Ece Tatay, Serhat Yiğit, Hülya Böceklioğlu, Recep Yener, Ahmet Kaynak, Gözde Okur, Mehmet Ünal, Karya Özkan
Malatya International Film Festival, Turkey WINNER
- Special Jury Prize: Cagil Nurhak Aydogdu
- Audience Award
SEEfest Los Angeles
WINNER - Audience Award
Moscow IFF: WINNER
- Golden St.George for Best Film
- Russian Films Clubs Federation Award
- Russian Film Critics Award
Love is Folly IFF (Varna): WINNER - FIPRESCI Prize
CinEast IFF (Luxemburg): WINNER - Audience Award
SEEfest Los Angeles: WINNER - Special Jury Mention
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NY84 Directed by Cyril Morin
Drama | U.S./France | 2015 | Color | 80 minutes | English
Three young artists and lovers, Kate, Anton, and Keith, live carefree in the New York art scene of the early 1980s. They party, photograph, paint, sing, and play their way through the clubs and lofts of Alphabet City.
The party ends in 1984 when Anton and Keith contract a mysterious illness known as the “gay cancer.” What follows is an intimate glimpse into their creative and emotional lives as the trio loses their youth and innocence.
Written by Cyril Morin
Produced by MEDIA IN SYNC
Cast: Sam Quartin, Chris Schellenger, Davy J. Marr
Warszaw IFF (Discoveries);
Sofia IFF;
Palm Beach IFF;
Munich IFF;
Cyprus Film Days IFF
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FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Turkey WINNER
- Best Supporting Actress Hülya Böceklioğlu
- Jury Special Mention for Acting Performance Ece Tatay
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
San Sebastian IFF (Zabaltegi Section)
Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival:
- WINNER - Golden Rose for Best Film
Bulgarian Critics Award
Best Actress Award
Audience Award