Georgi Djulgerov

Georgi Djulgerov (Bulgarian: Георги Дюлгеров) is a Bulgarian film director, screenwriter, producer, and professor at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. Born in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 30 September 1943. He lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Georgi Djulgerov
Born (1943-09-30) 30 September 1943
Burgas, Bulgaria
OccupationFilm director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Years active1970 - present

Career

Since graduating the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography [VGIK] in Moscow in 1970, Georgi Djulgerov has directed numerous feature films and several documentaries, many of which have been shown in the competition or parallel programs of the international film festivals in Berlin, Locarno, Oberhausen, Avellino, Palermo, Rotterdam, Montreal, San Francisco, Batumi (Georgia), Mons, Mannheim-Heidelberg, and Sarajevo. His movies have also been screened in special programs in Warsaw, Paris, New York (Museum of Modern Art), London, Frankfurt-am-Main, Moscow, Kiev, Vienna, Los Angeles, La Rochelle, Riga, Bratislava, Fujisawa, Genoa.[1]

In 1977, his film Advantage (Avantazh) won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

In 1990, The Camp [Lagerat] 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 Film Fest, 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] The film also received in 2006 the first-time Awards of the Bulgarian Executive Agency "National Film Center" for best film of the year (feature, documentary and animation) 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, "for portraying contemporary life in Bulgaria, at the same time realistically and poetically."[5] At the 10th edition of the Sofia International Film Fest, Lady Zee received The FIPRESCI award and The Kodak award for best Bulgarian film. It later received two more awards: Best actor award for Ivan Barnev-Awards of the Bulgarian Film Makers Union; Tolerance Award given by International Jury Of Critics at XIII European Film Festival Palic. Lady Zee was selected among the 49 films competing for the European Film Awards in 2006.

Djulgerov's last film, The Goat (Kozelat, 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 member of the jury of the 45th Berlin International Film Festival,[7] and member of the Jury of the 20th Moscow International Film Festival in 1997[8] and the Molodist International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, in 2005.[1]

Filmography
YearTitleOriginal titleNotes
1970The CooperБондарьGrand Prize, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
1971The TestИзпитYouth Jury Award, Locarno International Film Festival
1973And the Day CameИ дойде денят
1974The Wardrobe (TV)Гардеробът (TV)
1977AdvantageАвантажLaceno d'Oro at the Neorealism Film Festival in Avellino, Italy;

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

1978The SwapТрампа
1981Measure for MeasureМера според мера
1975About Neshka Robeva and Her GirlsЗа Нешка Робева и нейните момичета
1986About the Girls and Their Neshka RobevaЗа момичетата и тяхната Нешка РобеваGolden Knight, Palermo International Film Festival
1988AkaDaMuSАкаТаМуС
1990The CampЛагерът
1994Chasing Away the Plague (TV)Прогонване на чумата (TV)
1996Paid CompassionПлатено милосърдие
1996BG — Unbelievable Stories About a Contemporary Bulgarian (TV)BG - Невероятни разкази за един съвременен българин (TV)
1996The Miracle (TV)Чудо (TV)
1997The Black Swallow [EN] / L'hirondelle noire [FR]Черната лястовицаYoung European Jury Award, Mons International Festival of Love Films
1999Hour-glassПясъчен часовник
2000Ad LibitumAd Libitum
2003MonumentПаметник
2004You Are So Pretty, My DearХубава си, мила моя
2005Lady ZeeЛейди ЗиJury 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

2006The SuitcaseКуфарът
2007Recollections of Sea Fishing (four movies)Спомени за океански риболов
2009The GoatКозелът

References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006590/bio
  2. "Berlinale 1978: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439668/awards
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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