Bulgarian Film 'Eastern Plays' Grabs Top Award at French Festival

A scene from "Eastern Plays" showing the two main characters - brothers Hristo and Georgi.

“Eastern Plays” of Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev has won the grand prize at the “Premier Plans” Film Festival in Angers, France.

“Eastern Plays” triumphed together with the movie “La Pivellina” of Italian and Austrian directors.

The “Premier Plans” Festival is aimed at discovering young European directors. “Eastern Plays” is the debut feature film of Kamen Kalev, a graduate of La femis, Paris.

Publications in the French press describe Eastern Plays as a film for humanism portraying a man fighting against hate.

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