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Sofia International Film Festival 2011
Sofia, Bulgaria hosts its 15th International Film Festival this year on the dates 4-13th March 2011. One of the most important film festivals on the festival map, it features not only top international films but Eastern European and Bulgarian national cinema as well. Various industry professionals from the international cinema world will attend to support and/or present their films in competition at the festival. The SIFF 2011 festival officially opened on 4th March in the National Palace of Culture's Hall 1 with the Oscar nominated film (and winner of Best Actress award for Natalie Portman) BLACK SWAN. The days following will will have screenings of nearly 200 films. Festival competitions include an International Competition for best film and second best film, Balkan Competition, New Bulgarian Cinema, Jamesom Award for shorts in Bulgarian national cinema and much more. Many award winning filmmakers are scheduled to attend, such as Oscar winning Danis Tanovic (NO MAN'S LAND, 2002) who will present the award for Best Balkan Film. He will also present his new film, CIRKUS COLUMBIA (2010), at the close of the festival on March 12th after the awards ceremony. (Read an interview with actress Jelena Stupljanin... on her role in the film here: http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/cirkus_columbia) Other award winners to attend SIFF 2011 include: Semih Kaplanoglu (BAL, Turkey, 2009) and Florin Serban (IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE, 2009), actress Claudia Cardinale, Andrzei Zulawski, Goran Paskaljevic and Vladimir Paskaljevic. Milcho Manchevski will present his latest film MOTHERS (2010), (read more here on 'Mothers': http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/mothers_milcho) To read more about SIFF 2011, visit their site at: http://siff.bg/index.php?page=page&id=2 - written by Vanessa McMahon March 07, 2011 07.03.2011 | Vanessa McMahon's blog Cat. : actress Andrzei Zulawski Balkan Competition, New Bulgarian Cinema Bulgaria Cinema of Turkey Cinema, Jamesom Award Claudia Cardinale Contact Details Entertainment Entertainment Film Florin Serban Goran Paskaljević Goran Paskaljevic http://siff.bg/index.php?page=page&id=2 http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/cirkus_columbia http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/mothers_milcho Jelena Stupljanin Milčo Mančevski Mothers Movie Release Natalie Portman National Palace of Culture's Hall New Bulgarian cinema Oscar Person Career Seattle International Film Festival Semih Kaplanoğlu Shanghai International Film Festival SIFF Sofia Sofia International Film Festival SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Sofia International Film Festival 2011 the Oscar Turkey Vanessa McMahon March Vladimir Paskaljevic FESTIVALS
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