Panorama of the Bulgarian feature and documentary film – Night with Stephan Komandarev

Night of Stephan Komandarev

 

Bulgarian Cultural Institute London is pleased to invite you to the Night of Stephan Komandarev, part of the panorama of Bulgarian documentary and feature film 28-31 October, live in Sofia Gallery. We are inviting you to the screening of the Bulgarian documentary film Of Grateful Descendants at 18:00 and the Bulgarian feature film Rounds at 19:15.

 

Special guest at the screenings: Stephan Komandarev

 

28 October 2021, 18:00 in Sofia Gallery

Of Grateful Descendants

 

2016, Bulgaria, 54’, documentary

 

Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles

Director: Stephan Komandarev

Script: Dimitar Stoyanovich

DoP: Vesselin Hristov

Cast: Georgi Shopov

Producer: Stephan Komandarev

 

Georgi Shopov, an uncommon figure in our days, uses every moment of his spare time to take care of the forgotten graves of some of the biggest names in our modern history. There are no thankful ancestors left – there is only him. Chorister in the cemetery church, legendary bass from “John Koukouzelis”, ex- docent and chemistry teacher. He doesn’t expect any gratitude or payment. He does it only out of respect for the icons of our

Tickets: HERE

 

28 October 2021, 19:15 in Sofia Gallery

Rounds

 

2019, Bulgaria, 106’, crime, drama 

 

Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles

Director: Stephan Komandarev

Cast: Ivan Barnev, Assen Blatechki, Stefan Denolyubov, Gerasim Georgiev, Anastasia Ingilizova, Irini Jambonas, Pavel Popandov, Nikolai Urumov, Vasil Vasilev-Zueka, Stoyan Doychev

 

One night – seemingly just like any other. Two police officers find the body of the well-known drug addict Lazar near the railroad tracks in Sofia. This is how the night of 9 November, 2019 begins – 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the regime change in Bulgaria. Three teams of police officers are patrolling the streets of Sofia, doing their job as they believe is right, while facing the challenges posed by contemporary Bulgarian reality.

 

Stefan Komandarev is a Bulgarian director, producer and screenwriter who has a number of award-winning documentaries and feature films, including: “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner” (2008), “The City of Badante Women” (2009, doc.), “Alphabet of Hope ”(2003, doc.),“ Bread over the Fence ”(2002, doc.),“ Dogs’ Home”(1999). He graduated from the EAVE production program in 2011. and is a member of the Bulgarian Association of Film Directors and the Bulgarian Association of Film Producers. He is a member of the European Film Academy.

Tickets: HERE