Bulgarian-Greek film wins first prize at Czech festival | showbiz

PRAGUE, July 7 – The Bulgarian-Greek film The father won the first prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic yesterday, the organizers announced.

Directed by Bulgarian directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, it tells the story of a man who lost his wife and seeks to contact her with the help of a psychic, despite the protests. of his son.

The film won the Crystal Globe Award.

American actresses Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson were also honored for their "outstanding contribution to world cinema" at the 54th edition of the festival in Karlovy Vary, a spa town in the west of the Czech Republic.

The organizers of the festival, which began June 28, said they have screened 177 films and sold 139,271 tickets this year, a little under 140,000 in 2018. – AFP