Film Screening and book presentation – Prof. LUBOMIR HALATCHEV (National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts)

Sofia Gallery, 7pm
Film Screening – “THE ENLIGHTENING LIFE STORY OF THE PROSHEK BROTHERS”
Book presentation – “LOVE DURING THE COLD WAR”

prof. LUBOMIR HALATCHEV, Dr.Sc,
Lubomir Halatchev’s prosperous cinematic career began in 1972 after he received his master degree with honor from the Moscow State Cinema School. During his early years Lubomir worked as a dynamic director of photography, as well as a script writer for various short films. He discovered great interest in documentary cinema and specialized in directorial positions in Rome and Paris. While working on this range of productions, Lubomir achieved his PhD in Academy of Science with his master thesis The Color in Cinema Dramaturgy.
A few years later, he became the Deputy Director of the Bulgarian Cultural Centre in Warsaw, Poland, as well Executive Director of Short Cinema and Video Studio “Spectar 92” in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lubomir’s superior intelligence and experience granted him the opportunity to create the Association of Film Producers in Bulgaria along with his production company, “Kadiak film & TV production”, where he produced a lot of documentaries and some TV dramas.
By 2001 Lubomir was a valued professor and Chief of the Cinematography Department at the National Academy of Theater and Film in Sofia. His scholarly drive his next thesis, “Documentary Cinema – between reality and invention”, which awarded him his “Doctor of Science” degree at NATFA. In 2003 he followed one year part-time specialization in script writing’s development process (with topic over the relations producer-writer) in Denmark, at the course of Media program “North by Northwest”.
On 2004/2005 academic year Lubomir Halatchev was Guest lecturer in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.
2005-2008 –head of studies and lecturer of different workshops supporting by Media as “Summer media school”, “TRIDOC”, “4 corners”.
From 2005-2011 he was The Dean of Screen Arts faculty at the NATFA. He has provided the people of the arts with more than 100 documentaries and short films, a plethora of TV programs, and 7 books that pertain to the different aspects of the cinematic process and 3 books with short stories.
Today prof. Lubomir Halatchev is Rector of NATFA.

Film Screening:
THE ENLIGHTENING LIFE STORY OF THE PROSHEK BROTHERS
2014, 55 min, documentary
Script: Vladi Kirov
Director: Lubomir Halatchev
Cinematography: Emil Penev
Production: Kadiak film – Lubomir Halatchev
Sofia 1421, 2 Bisser Str., ap. 23
With the support of Bulgarian National Film Center

“This is a story about the Proshek brothers. But not only – we tell the story of the entire atmosphere at the beginning of the 20th Century, when Bulgaria was an excellent place to invest and live in.
This is a story about hard working and enterprising people, no matter where they come from. And this is a story about the age-old relationship between western and eastern Europe.
This is also a story about memory, which we have told about in many of our movies; about its unsteadiness and contradiction. About the necessity to remember, because without memory there is no future.
This is a story about the antagonism toward fortune and the desire to confront it, while not losing yourself along the way.” – prof. Lyubomir Halatchev