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

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at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts.

Career

Djulgerov was born in

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

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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. 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

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

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. ''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. Djulgerov has also staged theatre productions and directed several TV projects. He is a full-time professor in Film and TV Directing at the

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in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a voting member of the

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

Filmography

References

External links

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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 Bulgarian male screenwriters Silver Bear for Best Director recipients Academic staff of the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts People from Burgas People from Giannitsa