One Satori at the Dawn of Autumn 2009
Dom na kinoto - Euro cinema - The Red House
23.10.2009 – 12.11.2009
PROGRAMME
23.10 Love, Come Back – Dom na kinoto – 19.00h
26.10 The Knot – Dom na kinoto – 19.00h
27.10 Love, Come Back – The Red House – 19.30h
28.10 The Knot – Åuro cinema – 19.15h
29.10 Tropical Malady – Dom na kinoto – 21.00h
29.10 Hashi – The Red House – 19.30h
30.10 Platform – Dom na kinoto – 18.30h
02.11 Hashi – Euro cinema – 19.15h
03.11 The Shaft – The Red House – 19.30h
04.11 Love, Come Back – Åuro cinema – 19.15h
05.11 You and Me – The Red House - 19.30h
05.11 Tropical Malady – Åuro cinema – 19.15h
06.11 The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros – Dom na kinoto – 19.00h
09.11 Platform – Euro cinema – 19.15h
10.11 The Shaft – Euro cinema – 19.15h
11.11 The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros – Euro cinema – 19.15h
12.11 You and Me – Euro cinema – 19.15h
THE FILMS
Hashi /2008/ - Japan/Singapore/Malaysia – dir. Sherman Ong
Hashi centres on 3 women from 3 age groups - Shino(50s), Junko(30s) and Momo(20s). Momo is a bento delivery girl who sends bento lunches to Shino and Junko, who are colleagues in an office. Momo would always tell her dreams to Shino or Junko. One day Shino gets a call from an ex-boyfriend whom she has not met for 30 years.
IFF Rotterdam – Official Selection; IFF Vilnius – Official Selection
The Shaft - Dixia de tiankong /2008/ - China, 98 min., dir. Zhang Chi
The citizens of a small mining town in Western China are very poor. Most of them walk or ride bikes on empty streets. Not a pretty place, it shows the stains and strains of life with factories and the nasty business of extracting things from deep down in the earth. In his first feature film, Zhang Chi focuses on a family of three living in a cramped apartment. In three segments, he shares their stories. IFF Karlovy Vary - Crystal Globe nominated; IFF Marakech - Special Jury Award, Golden Star nominated, Flanders IFF – Grand Prix nominee
Love, come back /2008/ - China / Mongolia, 90 min., dir. Chen Jun
Maomao lives with his wealthy city family in Beijing. Bateer spends all his days in the Inner Mongolian with his poor parents. The parents of two children decide to exchange them, so that they both can experience a totally different life. Magnificent views, authentic sounds and traditional rituals pursue the trips of both boys.
THE FILM IS PRESENTED IN COOPERATION WITH CHINESE EMBASSY IN SOFIA 
You and Me - Wo men lia /2005/ - China, 85 min., dir. Liwen Ma
Xiao Ma needs a place to stay after she has changed her school. The only possibility is to stay in the house of grumpy old woman. Conflicts due to the old generation and the new one got more and more.
Golden Rooster – Best Director, Best Leading Actress /Yaqin Jin/, nominated for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay; IFF Tokyo – Best Actress /Yaqin Jin/q Grand Prix nominee; IFF Beijing – Special Jury Award, Best Newcomer
THE FILM IS PRESENTED IN COOPERATION WITH CHINESE EMBASSY IN SOFIA
The Knot - Yun shui yao /2006/ - China / Taiwan, dir. Li Yin In the 40’s a young woman fell in love with her teacher. The girl’s family was totally against this relationship. After nearly 60 years the old woman tells her love story to her niece. Golden Rooster – Best Film, Best Director, Best Sound, Nominated for Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art-Direction and Best Music; IFF Beijing – Best Film, Student’s Award for Best Actor; Shanghai Film Critics Awards – Best Film and Best Director
THE FILM IS PRESENTED IN COOPERATION WITH CHINESE EMBASSY IN SOFIA
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros /2005/ - Philippines, 100 min., dir. Auraeus Solito
Can a 12-year old lad who wishes he were a girl navigate the mean streets of Manila. He's sweet, clever and hardworking, at ease with being gay, pinning a flower in his hair, swinging his hips when he walks, vamping with friends. He's seen adults hug and kiss and he's watched romantic movies, so on the verge of puberty, he develops a crush on Victor, a kindly young cop. IFF Berlin – Crystal Bear – Best Feature Film, Teddy award, Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix; Rotterdam IFF – Netpac award; IFF Las Palmas – Awdience Award; Best Actor /Nathan Lopez/, Torino LGTB Fest – Best Film; Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize Nominated; Independent Spirit Awards – Best Foreign Film Nominated; IFF Vancouver – Official Selection; London LGTB Festival – Official Selection
Tropical Malady /2004/ - Thailand / France / Germany / Italy – 118 min, dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
'Tropical Malady' explores the extraordinary relationship between two men with unusual consequences. The first half charts the modest attraction between two men in the sunny, relaxing countryside and the second half charts the confusion and terror of an unknown menace lurking deep within the jungle shadows.
Cannes Film Festival – Prize of the Jury, Nominated for “Golden Palm”; Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – Best Film, Prize of the Jury; Sao Paulo International Film Festival - Critics Award; IFF Indianapolis - Special Jury Prize ; IFF Singapore - Special Jury Prize; IFF Melbourne – Official Selection; IFF Toronto – Official Selection; IFF Pusan – Official Selection; IFF Taipei Golden Horse - Official Selection; Sitges Film Festival - Official Selection
Platform – Zhantai /2001/ - China - dir. Zhang Ke Jia
In 1979, in a China undergoing rapid changes, it is still forbidden to listen to pop music. Platform is a record young people listen to in secret. Minliang and his friends, an official theatre company, present a play in praise of Mao Zedong. With the 1980s, the theatrical troupe’s life changes: pop music, permed hair, cigarettes… This feature film follows the artistic and emotional tribulations of the young artistes over a ten-year period against a backdrop of revolutionary disappointment, a bygone past and privatisation.
Venice IFF – Netpac Award, Golden Lion nominee; Singapore IFF – Young Cinema award, Best Asian film nominee; Fribourg IFF – FIPRESCI award, Best Director, Buenos Aires IFF – Best Film
THE FILM IS PRESENTED WITH THE COOPERATION OF FRENCH INSTITUTE IN SOFIA 
