Georgi Djulgerov ( bg, Георги Дюлгеров) is a Bulgarian film director, screenwriter, producer and

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at the

National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts The Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (commonly referred to as NATFIZ) is a performing, cinematic and media arts institution of higher education based in Sofia. It is the first Bulgarian university in the field of theatr ...

Career

Djulgerov was born in

Burgas Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...

, Bulgaria, on 30 September 1943. After graduating from the

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

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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. In 1977, his film '' Advantage'' won the

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at the

28th Berlin International Film Festival The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 February to 5 March 1978. Director Wolf Donner successfully managed to shift the festival's date from June to February, a change which has remained ever since. This was the firs ...

. In 1990, ''The Camp'' was selected in the "Quinzaine des réalisateurs" program at the

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. In 2005, his film ''Lady Zee'' received the Audience Award for Best Film at the

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...

, 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 Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in Southeast Europe, and is one of the largest film festivals in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War, and brings internation ...

, the FIPRESCI Award at the XIII International Film Festival "Love is Folly" in Varna. 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

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. 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 Ivan Barnev ( bg, Иван Бърнев; born 15 July 1973) is a Bulgarian actor. He is best known for his performance as Jan Dítě in ''I Served the King of England'' (2006), as well as his frequent collaborations with filmmakers Kristina Groze ...

at the Bulgarian Film Makers Union Awards and the Tolerance Award given by the International Jury Of Critics at 13th

Palić European Film Festival Palić European Film Festival is a European film festival that takes place in the town of Palić (a lake resort near Subotica, north Serbia). As of 2019, it has been held 26 times. The Festival includes nine programs: Official Selection, Young Spir ...

. ''Lady Zee'' was selected among the 49 films competing for the

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in 2006. Djulgerov's last film, ''The Goat'' (2009), is based on short stories by

Yordan Radichkov Yordan Radichkov ( bg, Йордан Радичков; 24 October 1929 – 21 January 2004) was a Bulgarian writer and playwright. Literary critics Adelina Angusheva and Galin Tihanov called him "arguably the most significant voice of Bulgarian ...

. 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 The Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (commonly referred to as NATFIZ) is a performing, cinematic and media arts institution of higher education based in Sofia. It is the first Bulgarian university in the field of theatr ...

in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a voting member of the

European Film Academy The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988. The Academy—under the name of European Cinema Soci ...

. He was a jury member at the

45th Berlin International Film Festival The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. The Golden Bear was awarded to French film '' The Bait'' directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was show ...

, the

20th Moscow International Film Festival The 20th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1997. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film '' Marvin's Room'' directed by Jerry Zaks. Jury * Oleg Menshikov (Russia – President of the Jury) * Georgi Dju ...

and the 2005 Molodist International Film Festival.

Filmography

References

External links

*
Bibliography of Georgi Djulgerov
by the Regional Library of Burgas {{DEFAULTSORT:Djulgerov, Georgi 1943 births Living people Bulgarian film directors Bulgarian film producers Bulgarian screenwriters Male screenwriters Silver Bear for Best Director recipients Academic staff of the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts