XVIII-th
International Festival
of Red Cross and Health Films
June 13 - 21, 2019
PROGRAM
13 June 2019 / THURSDAY
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE – HALL 1
19:00 Official Opening
POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD - documentary, Switzerland, Holy See (Vatican City State), Italy, Germany, France, director: Wim Wenders
14 June 2019 / FRIDAY
CONCERT STUDIO OF RADIO VARNA
9:30-12:30 Discussion Forum Aggression, Humanity, Cinema
Solomon Passy: Democracy - an Evolutionary Alternative to Aggression
Maria Gabriel: Visual Aggression on the Internet
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY VARNA
15:00 – 17:00 Round table of medics–poets and writers: The Present Day - Aggression and Humanity
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE - EUROPE HALL
16:30 100 YEARS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES
Special guests: Benoit Carpentier –Strategy and Global Networks Manager, Communication Department of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;
Armagan Pekkaya – member of the International Jury of the Festival, film director, producer at the Turkish Red Crescent Media Bureau
18:30 Competition program: RED CRESCENT WOMEN’S CENTER - documentary, Turkey, director: Biket Ilhan
Special guest: Biket Ilhan
20:15 Competition program: EUPHORIA – feature film, Italy, director: Valeria Golino
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE - HALL 5
16:00 Competition program health films: IN MY BODY I AM KING - Germany, director: Antje Behr; A DIGNIFIED DEATH - Netherlands, director: Jesse van Venrooij; WEARING THE NOSE - Russia, director: Olga Komarevtseva
18:00 Competition program: MISSING GIRLS - documentary, Russia, India, director: Vadim Vitovtsev
20:00 Competition program health films: RUN FOR THOSE WHO CAN‘T - Bulgaria, director: Dimitar Nazarov
Special guest: Aleksandra Tsvetkova – creative producer of the film
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
17:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
18:00 Competition program: THE SILENT ANGEL - documentary, Bulgaria, Germany, director: Nedy John Cross
19:00 Panorama: BAD GIRL – feature film, Bulgaria, director: Marian Valev
Special guests: Marian Valev - director, Velislav Pavlov – actor, Aleksandar Nikolov – production director
CENTRAL ENTRANCE OF THE SEA GARDEN
17:00 THE WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY – Blood Donation Campaign DONATE BLOOD – GET A TICKET AND AUTOGRAPH
17:00 Presentation of a breakthrough wearable artificial vision device designed to assist people who are blind or visually impaired
21:30 Short films from all over the world
15 June 2019 / SATURDAY
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE - EUROPE HALL
9:30-12:30 Discussion Forum Aggression, Humanity, Cinema
Tatyana Doncheva: And Now Where to?
Prof. Dr. Ivo Hristov: The “Wonderful" New World That Lies Ahead of Us
15:00 Competition program: THE INVISIBLE SWORD - documentary, Italy, director: Massimiliano Cocozza
Special guest: Massimiliano Cocozza
16:30 Competition program: 5TH THERAPY – feature film, Ukraine, director: Alisa Pavlovskaya
18:00 Competition program: COULD YOU KILL? – feature film, Bulgaria, director: Ivan Nichev
Special guests: Ivan Nichev - director, Tatyana Granitova - screenwriter, Emilia Radeva – actress
20:15 Competition program: LINA – feature film, Afghanistan, Iran, Netherlands, director: Ramin Rasouli
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE - HALL 5
16:00 Competition program Red Cross films: THE HOMELESS MAN - North Macedonia; INSPIRATION - Bulgaria; 140 YEARS REGIONAL BULGARIAN RED CROSS SHUMEN - Bulgaria; HELPING TOGETHER - Bulgaria; VOLUNTEERS - Bulgaria
18:00 Competition program health films: THE BEGINNING IS AN END - Bulgarian National Television 2 – RTVC Blagoevgrad, director: Rumyana Angelakova; THE TUBERCULOSIS – MYTHS AND REALLITY - Bulgarian National Television, director: Plamen Nikolov; NIGHT NURSING - Russia, director: Anna Rudikova
Special guests: the expert team of THE TUBERCULOSIS – MYTHS AND REALLITY
20:00 Competition program short documentaries: PAY 4 NEVER MORE - Brazil, director: Leide Jacob; LIFE BEGINS AT 90- Cyprus, director: Bejay Browne; ALL OF MY HALF - Iran, director: Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Barzoki
Special guests: Leide Jacob, Marcelo Jacob – screenwriter of PAY 4 NEVER MORE, Bejay Browne
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
15:00 Panorama: CHALLENGING IMPOSSIBILITY - documentary, USA, directors: Natabara Rollosson, Sanjay Rawal; ONE HUNDRED YEARS RUNNING - documentary, Italy, director: Domenico G.S. Parrino
16:00 Panorama: THE SON – live action short, Bulgaria, director: Hristo Simeonov; EVA - A CRISPR STORY – live action short, Germany, director: Puneet Bharill
Special guest: Puneet Bharill
17:00 Competition program live action shorts: CONCERT FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA - Bulgaria; BONOBO - Switzerland; PUNCHLINE - Switzerland; THE RADIO TECHNICIAN - Bulgaria; CONGENITAL - Spain; A DROWNING MAN - Denmark, UK, Greece; THOSE WHO BURN - France, Morocco
Special guests: the crew of CONCERT FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA – Mihail Mutafov, actor, Lyudmil Stanev, screenwriter and others
19:00 Competition program: THREE DAYS TILL THE SPRING – feature film, Russia, director: Aleksandr Kasatkin
CONCERT STUDIO OF RADIO VARNA
16:30 ATTENTION, RARE DISEASES - TTR-FAP
Screening of the film TO REVOKE THE PREDESTINATED – documentary, Bulgaria, director: Valentina Fidanova – Kolarova
Special guests: Prof. Dr. Ivaylo Tarnev - President of the Bulgarian Society of Neuromuscular Diseases and of the Bulgarian Society of Epilepsy – screenwriter and participant in the film;
Prof. Dr. Zlatimir Kolarov – screenwriter;
Valentina Fidanova – Kolarova – director
CENTRAL ENTRANCE OF THE SEA GARDEN
21:30 Short films from all over the world
16 June 2019 / SUNDAY
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE - EUROPE HALL
9:30-12:30 Discussion Forum Aggression, Humanity, Cinema
Anna Zarkova: Abuse of Right. Arrested and Convicts Are Suing the State
Emil Spahiyski: Inventors - the Price of Dreams
14:30 Competition program: ICARUS FROM KOCHERINOVO - documentary, Bulgaria, director: Emil Spahiyski
Special guest: Emil Spahiyski
16:00 Competition program: BORDERS, RAINDROPS - feature film, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, UK, Sweden, directors: Nikola Mijovic, Vlastimir Sudar
18:00 Competition program: 3100: RUN AND BECOME - documentary, USA, director: Sanjay Rawal
Special guests: Sanjay Rawal – director;
Tsvetan Tsekov – the only Bulgarian and the youngest finisher in the history of the Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race
20:15 Competition program: LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA - feature film, India, director: Alankrita Shrivastava
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE - HALL 5
16:00 Competition program Red Cross films: EGAL - Romania; EYE CARE - Switzerland; NATIONAL TRAINING OF REGIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE TEAMS AND YOUTH EMERGENCY TEAMS MONTANA 2018 - Bulgaria; TOGETHER THROUGH THE STORM - Bulgaria; IRAQI RED CRESCENT SOCIETY TODAY - Iraq
18:00 Competition program short documentaries: CHILDREN ON THE STREET - Indonesia; RED AND WHITE - Iran; KALANGALA DREAM - Sweden; FROG HUNTERS - Turkey
20:00 Competition program health films: THE FACES OF LAFORA - Bosnia and Herzegovina, director: Denis Bojic
Special guest: Denis Bojic
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
15:00 Competition program: YOUR TURN - documentary, Brazil, director: Eliza Capai
Special guest: Eliza Capai
17:00 Competition program live action shorts: TOPRAK - France, Turkey; SALAM - USA, UK; SACRILEGE - Switzerland, France; MORALITY POLICE - Turkey; THE TUNNEL - Germany, Switzerland; LES MISERABLES - France; TIMMY - Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium; TERROR - Israel
19:00 Competition program: A SPECIAL DAY - feature film, Iran, director: Homayoun Assadian
CONCERT STUDIO OF RADIO VARNA
16:30 THE LIFEGUARDS
Screening of the films ODE TO (LIFESAVING) JOY - Greece, director: Dr. Stathis Avramidis – a tribute to Lucas Bistarakis, considered the "father" of professional water lifeguarding in Greece, and THE TEACHER - Bulgaria, director: Genoveva Dokova – a film in memory of Lavrenti Silov, the lifeguard icon in Bulgaria
Special guests: Lucas Bistarakis and Dr. Stathis Avramidis
CENTRAL ENTRANCE OF THE SEA GARDEN
21:30 Short films from all over the world
17 June 2019 / MONDAY
CONCERT STUDIO OF RADIO VARNA
9:30-12:30 Discussion Forum Aggression, Humanity, Cinema
Asoss. Prof. Haralan Aleksandrov: The Enemies of Humanity: Human Destructiveness and Politics of Populism
Karin Wallin, Vania Ivova: From People to People-Change Is Possible
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE - EUROPE HALL
19:00 Official Closing
Screening of the winner of Grand Prix Golden Ship at the 10th International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films EQUAL TO EVERYONE – documentary short, Bulgaria, director: Atanas Kiryakov<
Screening of the film awarded with the Grand Prix at the 18th edition of the Festival
FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE – HALL 5
16:00 Competition program health films: AGAINST THE STREAMLINE – Bulgaria, director: Iva Martinova; INTO THE DAWN - Mexico, director: Jose Antonio Jimenez Esquivel; SWANS - Belarus, director: Galina Adamovich
Special guests: the crew of AGAINST THE STREAMLINE, production of MU.VI – TV - Varna
18:00 Panorama: REQUIEM FOR KIROVO VILLAGE - documentary, Bulgaria, director: Martina Chachevska, screenplay - Nedyalko Yordanov
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
17:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
18:00 Panorama: THE RUSSIAN COUNT OF THE BULGARIANS - documentary, Russia, director: Mikhail Yolkin
19:00 Panorama: PARIS SONG – feature film, Kazakhstan, Latvia, USA, director: Jeff Vespa
18 June 2019 / TUESDAY
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
17:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
18:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
19:00 Panorama: DECISION: LIQUIDATION - feature film, Russia, director: Aleksandr Aravin
19 June 2019 / WEDNESDAY
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
17:00 Panorama: SAVING LENINGRAD - feature film, Russia, director: Aleksey Kozlov
19:00 Panorama: GIRL - feature film, Belgium, Netherlands, director: Lukas Dhont
20 June 2019 / THURSDAY
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
17:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
18:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
19:00 Panorama: TRANSIT - feature film, Germany, France, director: Christian Petzold
21 June 2019 / FRIDAY
PLENARY HALL - VARNA MUNICIPALITY
17:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
18:00 Information program: Short films from all over the world
19:00 Panorama: CAPERNAUM - feature film, Lebanon, director: Nadine Labaki
THE ORGANIZERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE PROGRAM
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