TZVETANKA
Youlian Tabakov :: 10.11 - 30.11 :: 2013
TZVETANKA is a creative documentary that tells the story of my grandmother and the country she′s been living in – Bulgaria. I have started that journey together with my friend – the cinematographer Adam Nilsson in the summer of 2007, later on the producer Mårten Nilsson joined in, then the co-producers Anna Byvald from SILVEROSAFILM and Martichka Bojilova from AGITPROP, then the composer Rikard Borggård and then…
The film won:
- GRAND PRIX OF THE JURY – LIFF -Ladakh
- BIG STAMP award in the regional section of ZAGREB DOX
- SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY – LISTEPAD – Minsk and GOLDEN RHYTON – Plovdiv
- ODIENCE AWORD – MIRADAS DOC – Tenerife
- SPECIAL MENTION diploma in International documentary section of SOFIA IFF and PRAVOLJUDSKI IFF – Sarajevo
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARDs – SARATOV′s SUFFERINGS - Saratov, RIDM – Montreal and LIFF - Ladakh
- DOCUMENTARY DEBUT award by The BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY
and was nominated for:
- BEST DOCUMENTARY,
- BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM by the BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY
The film was presented at the Way Out West festival – Göteborg 2012 and is in the official selections of:
- DOCUMENTARY FORTHNIGHT at MoMA
- CPH:DOX – „NORDIC:DOX AWARD”,
- DOK LEIPZIG – “YOUNG CINEMA COMPETITION”,
- TRIESTE FF “DOCUMENTARY SECTION”
- ZAGREB DOX
- DOC POINT – HELSINKI/TALLINN
- SOFIA IFF “INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION“
- THESSALONIKI DOC FF
and many ohers.
TZVETANKA is a production of GNUFILM, together with SILWEROSAFILM and AGITPROP
Director & script writer: Youlian Tabakov
Cinematographer: Adam Nilsson
Composer: Rikard Borggård
Sound: Valeriya Popova
