Georgi Djulgerov (Bulgarian: Георги Дюлгеров) is a Bulgarian film director, screenwriter, producer and professor at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts.

Georgi Djulgerov
Born (1943-09-30) 30 September 1943 (age 81)
Burgas, Bulgaria
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1970–present

Career

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Djulgerov was born in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 30 September 1943. After graduating from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1970, he directed numerous feature films and several documentaries, many of which were shown in the competition or parallel programs of the international film festivals in Berlin, Locarno, Oberhausen, Avellino, Palermo, Rotterdam, Montreal, San Francisco, Batumi, Mons, Mannheim-Heidelberg, and Sarajevo. His movies have also been screened in special programs in Warsaw, Paris, New York, London, Frankfurt-am-Main, Moscow, Kiev, Vienna, Los Angeles, La Rochelle, Riga, Bratislava, Fujisawa, Genoa.[1]

In 1977, his film Advantage won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 1990, The Camp was selected in the "Quinzaine des réalisateurs" program at the Cannes Film Festival.[3]

In 2005, his film Lady Zee received the Audience Award for Best Film at the Montreal World Film Festival, the Best Film Award and the C.I.C.A.E. Award of the International Confederation of European Art Cinemas at the Sarajevo Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Award at the XIII International Film Festival "Love is Folly" in Varna.[4] In 2006, the film also received the Bulgarian National Film Center award for best film of the year and the award of the Central European Initiative for a film which best represents the reality of contemporary life in Central and Eastern Europe at the 17th edition of the Trieste Film Festival.[5] At the 10th edition of the Sofia International Film Fest, Lady Zee received the FIPRESCI and Kodak awards for best Bulgarian film. It later received two more awards: Best actor award for Ivan Barnev at the Bulgarian Film Makers Union Awards and the Tolerance Award given by the International Jury Of Critics at 13th Palić European Film Festival. Lady Zee was selected among the 49 films competing for the European Film Awards in 2006.

Djulgerov's last film, The Goat (2009), is based on short stories by Yordan Radichkov.[6]

Djulgerov has also staged theatre productions and directed several TV projects. He is a full-time professor in Film and TV Directing at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a voting member of the European Film Academy.

He was a jury member at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival,[7] the 20th Moscow International Film Festival[8] and the 2005 Molodist International Film Festival.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Original title Notes
1970 The Cooper Бондарь Grand Prize, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
1971 The Test Изпит Youth Jury Award, Locarno International Film Festival
1973 And the Day Came И дойде денят
1974 The Wardrobe (TV) Гардеробът (TV)
1977 Advantage Авантаж Laceno d'Oro at the Neorealism Film Festival in Avellino, Italy;

Silver Bear for Best Director, 28th Berlin International Film Festival

1978 The Swap Трампа
1981 Measure for Measure Мера според мера
1975 About Neshka Robeva and Her Girls За Нешка Робева и нейните момичета
1986 About the Girls and Their Neshka Robeva За момичетата и тяхната Нешка Робева Golden Knight, Palermo International Film Festival
1988 AkaDaMuS АкаТаМуС
1990 The Camp Лагерът
1994 Chasing Away the Plague (TV) Прогонване на чумата (TV)
1996 Paid Compassion Платено милосърдие
1996 BG — Unbelievable Stories About a Contemporary Bulgarian (TV) BG - Невероятни разкази за един съвременен българин (TV)
1996 The Miracle (TV) Чудо (TV)
1997 The Black Swallow Черната лястовица Young European Jury Award, Mons International Festival of Love Films
1999 Hour-glass Пясъчен часовник
2000 Ad Libitum Ad Libitum
2003 Monument Паметник
2004 You Are So Pretty, My Dear Хубава си, мила моя
2005 Lady Zee Лейди Зи Jury Prize and C.I.C.A.E. Award, Sarajevo Film Festival;

FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Aphrodite, Love is Folly International Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria;

FIPRESCI Prize and Best Bulgarian Feature Film, Sofia International Film Fest;

CEI award, Trieste International Film Festival

2006 The Suitcase Куфарът
2007 Recollections of Sea Fishing (four movies) Спомени за океански риболов
2009 The Goat Козелът

References

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  1. ^ a b "Georgi Djulgerov". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Berlinale 1978: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  3. ^ "Laguerat | Quinzaine des Réalisateurs". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  4. ^ "Leydi Zi - IMDb". IMDb.
  5. ^ "17th". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  6. ^ "The Goat". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  7. ^ "45th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  8. ^ "20th Moscow International Film Festival (1997)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
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