The 18th edition of the festival starts on March 14 at "Adriana Budevska" DT.
Here is the full program:
March 14 /Saturday/
15.00 “Parasite”, South Korea, dir. Bong Jun Ho, 132'
19.00 Official opening
“The Father”, Bulgaria-Greece, dir. Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva, 87'
Guests: Directors Peter Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva and actor Ivan Savov
March 15 /Sunday/
16.00 „I Hired a Contract Killer“, Finland-Sweden-Germany-France-United Kingdom, dir. Aki Kaurismaki, 76'
18.00 „The Barefoot Emperor“, Belgium-Netherlands-Croatia-Bulgaria, dir. Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brossens, 98'
20.00 “Parasite”, South Korea, dir. Bong Jun Ho, 132'
March 16 /Monday/
16.30 Short Films, 61'
18.00 “Young Ahmed”, Belgium-France, dir. Jean-Pierre Darden, Luke Darden, 90'
20.00 „The Beanpole“, Russia, dir. Kantemir Balagov, 130'
March 17 /Tuesday/
16.30 '60' Short Films
18.00 „The Climb“, USA, dir. Michael Angelo Covino, 93'
20.00 „Martin Eden“, Italy-France-Germany, dir. Pietro Marcello, 129'
March 18 /Wednesday/
16.30 Short Films, 65'
18.00 „Adam“, Morocco-France-Belgium, dir. by Mariam Tuzani, 98'
20.00 „There was one war“, Bulgaria-Monaco, dir. Anri Kulev, 119'
Guests: Director Anri Kulev and actress Luisa Grigorova-Makariev
March 19 /Thursday/
16.30 Short Films, 64 '
18.00 „Honeyland“, Northern Macedonia, dir.Tamara Kotevska, Lubomir Stefanov, 85'
20.00 „Omar and We“, Turkey, dir. Marina Er Gorbach, 103'
March 20 /Friday/
16.00 „The Children of Isadora“, France-South Korea, dir. Damien Manivel, 84'
18.00 „Do not argue with the bathroom staff“, Bulgaria, dir. Ivan Cherkelov, 110'
Guests: Director Ivan Cherkelov and the actor Alexander Trifonov
20.00 „The Traitor“, Italy-France-Germany-Brazil, dir. Marco Belokio, 145'
March 21 /Saturday/
16.00 „The Lord exists, her name is Petronia“, Northern Macedonia-Belgium-France-Croatia-Slovenia, dir. Theona Mitevska, 100'
18.00 „Sorry we didn't find you“, UK-France-Belgium, dir. Ken Loach, 101'
20.00 „Shindisi“, Georgia, dir. Dito Tsintsadze, 105'
March 22 /Sunday/
16.00 „Bears famous invasion of Sicily”, France-Italy, dir. Lorenzo Matotti, 82' (cartoon for children and adults)
18.00 „Measure to Measure“ - Part 3, Bulgaria, dir. Georgi Dyulgerov, 104'- restored copy with subtitles in literary Bulgarian
Guest: director Georgi Dyulgerov
20.00 Official closing
“Sister”, Bulgaria-Qatar, dir. Svetla Tsotsorkova, 97'
Guest: Director Svetla Tsotsorkova and the screenwriter Svetoslav Ovcharov