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Festival organisers paid tribute to Ukrainian filmmakers at the awards ceremony.

Bartosz Blaschke’s Sonata has been named best film at Sofia International Film Festival, which is staging its first full in-person edition since the start of the pandemic.

The Polish filmmaker’s debut feature picked up the Sofia City of Film Grand Prix as well as the audience award at a ceremony in the Bulgarian capital on Saturday (March 19). The drama is based on the true story of musician Grzegorz Plonka, who was initially diagnosed as autistic before it is discovered he had acute hearing loss.

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The drama centres on a man who finds out he has only months to live. Romanian director Mihai Sofronea is currently in post-production with his first feature, The Windseeker. A Libra Film Productions project produced by Tudor Giurgiu and Bogdan Crăciun, the film is being co-produced by Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), represented by Boris Chouchkov, and Living Pictures (Serbia), represented by Stefan Orlandic. Post-production is expected to wrap in the spring. Written by Sofronea, the screenplay centres on Radu (Dan Bordeianu), a man fighting depression. A promising job interview seems to augur a better future for him, but the medical tests required by the new company come with a terrible diagnosis. With only a few months to live, Radu seeks solace in the Romanian seaside, where an old man (Adrian Titieni) takes him in. A love story with one of the man’s nieces (Olimpia Melinte) may bring a new ray of.

Since 2004, Short Film Corner which takes up the bottom lobby portion of the Cannes Film Festival market has granted producers and directors the possibility to show their films and more importantly, shake hands and make connections. This year, the Romanian Short Waves – part of the Short Film Corner – includes 9 short films: Tatăl meu e cel mai tare/My Father is the Best – director Radu Potcoavă, 24 găleți, 7 șoareci, 18 ani/24 buckets, 7 mice, 18 years – director Marius Iacob, Lost Springs 2 – director Andrei Dobrescu, Chefu’ /The Party – director Adrian Sitaru, Hello, Kitty – director Millo Simulov, Numărătoarea manuală – director Daniel Sandu, Fotografii de familie/Family Pictures – director Andrei Cohn, Stremț ’89 – directors Anda Pușcaș and Dragoș Dulea (see pic above), and Wedding Duet – director Goran Mihailov.

These films are joined by Cristi Iftime’s Tabăra din Răzoare/The Camp in Razoare – also selected for Cinefondation, Betoniera – director Liviu Săndulescu, Așteptând zorile – director Mihai Sofronea, Micile vedete...