25th Sofia International Film Festival

Bulgaria, March 11 - March 31 2021

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The jury

Manuel Halpern (Portugal), Marcella Jelić (Croatia), Dimitar Kabaivanov (Bulgaria)

Awarded films

German Lessons by Pavel G. Vesnakov
(Bulgaria, Germany, 2020, 100 min)

Reports

Dystopia or Present by Dimitar Kabaivanov
A Second Chance by Manuel Halpern
Two Filmic Prophecies by Marcella Jelić

German Lessons.

The jury focused on the films in the international competition for first and second films.

Also, for six years in a row, FIPRESCI presents at the festival the special Platinum Award. The filmmakers who received this award in 2021 were Cristi Puiu and Terry Gilliam.