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Omnipresent wins the top award at Varna

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- Directions, 3/4 and Light Thereafter were also among the winners of the Bulgarian event

Omnipresent wins the top award at Varna
Omnipresent by Ilian Djevelekov

The 35th edition of the Golden Rose Film Festival (30 September–7 October, Varna) ended with a resounding success for Ilian Djevelekov’s Omnipresent [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
, which received the Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Actor and Audience Awards. The latter trophy is an especially good omen, as the film is being released in Bulgaria this Friday.

Besides their obvious preference for Omnipresent, the jurors led by Bulgarian film critic Bojidar Manov seemed eager to bestow their love upon as many features as possible: seven of the 16 features in competition took home an award or at least a Special Mention, which was perhaps the reason why the gathering’s wrap party was especially cheerful.

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Here is the full list of winners:

Best Feature Film
Omnipresent [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Ilian Djevelekov (Bulgaria)
Honourable Mention
Directions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile
]
- Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria/Germany/Macedonia)

Special Award of the City of Varna
Enemies [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Svetoslav Ovtcharov (Bulgaria)

Best Director
Ilian Metev – ¾ [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ilian Metev
film profile
]
(Bulgaria/Germany)

Best Screenplay
Teodora Markova, Georgi Ivanov, Nevena Kertova, Teo Chepilov – Bubblegum [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
(Bulgaria)

Best Cinematographer
Nenad Boroevich - Light Thereafter [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
(Bulgaria/Belgium)

Best Actress
Teodora Duhovnikova – Omnipresent
Irini Jambonas - Directions

Best Actor
Velislav Pavlov - Omnipresent

Best First Feature
Radiogram [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Rouzie Hassanova (Bulgaria)
Special Mention
Lilly the Little Fish [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Yassen Grigorov (Bulgaria)

Audience Award
Omnipresent - Ilian Djevelekov

Best Short Film
Sunflower Spaceship 1 - Vasil Goranov (Bulgaria/Italy/Netherlands)
Special Mentions
Hole
- Jonathan Heidelberger (Bulgaria)
Nights of a Lonely Messenger - Andrey Koulev (Bulgaria)

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