27/09/2019 - 13 Bulgarian productions and co-productions are about to compete for the festival's awards

Thirteen features and 17 short films will screen in the official competition of the 37^th edition of the Golden Rose Film Festival (Varna, Bulgaria, 27 September-4 October), a true who's who of Bulgarian cinema organised by the country's National Film Center.

The competing features are Svetla Tsotsorkova's Sister [+see also:
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interview: Lachezar Avramov
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interview: Dragomir Sholev
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interview: Marian Valev
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The gathering is opening itself up to international film professionals by inviting non-Bulgarians to form part of the jury led by director Milko Lazarov, whose most recent feature, Ága [+see also:
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Other minority co-productions (for example, Paul Negoescu's The Story of a Summer Lover [+see also:
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This edition also boasts a short-film competition. Round-tables, presentations and press conferences will round off the budding industry platform of the festival.