Bulgaria's Golden Rose Festival Starts Official Program

The official competition at the 33rd Golden Rose Film Festival is already underway in the Black Sea city of Varna, Bulgaria.

Taking place between October 6 and 11, 2015, it will include 18 short films (a record number) and 13 feature films.

A documentary about pioneering Bulgarian director Vasil Gendov (Vasil Gendov: Myth and Reality) marked the beginning of the festival on Tuesday evening.

Other titles include Losers, a movie awarded the main prize at the Moscow film festival earlier this year, The Petrov File which last month grabbed a Best Director award in Montreal, and many more.

The full program is available here.