The “Love is Folly” IFF opens on August 27 and Varna will become the country’s summer cinema capital for the 29th time!
We believe that fans of cinema and love will find their inspiration in the films from the panoramas and the competition program of the 29th edition of the International Film Festival “Love is Folly”.
The program of the festival includes 12 competition films and the accompanying panoramas “From the world festivals”, “On the meridians”, documentary cinema and new Bulgarian titles.
Competition program:
- August 28 – Adoration – 4:45 pm – Europe Hall
France, Belgium, 2019, 98 ‘, Drama, Thriller
- August 28 – Uncle Christmas – 20:00 – Hall 1
Bulgaria, 2021, 119 ‘, Romantic Comedy
- August 29 – What do we see when we look at the sky? – 4.30 pm – Europe Hall
Germany / Georgia, 2021, 150 ‘, Drama
- August 29 – The Saint of the Impossible – 7:30 pm – Europe Hall
Switzerland, 2020, 98 ‘, Drama, Mystery
- August 30 – Seven random incidents – 5:00 pm – Europe Hall
Hungary, 2020, 105 ‘, Drama
- August 30 – Loyalty – 7:15 pm – Europe Hall
Russia, 2019, 82 ‘, Drama
- August 31 – The Way of Jasmine – 16:45 – Europe Hall
Canada, 2020, 132 ‘, Drama
- August 31 – Two types of people – 19:30 – Europe Hall
Turkey, 2020, 101 ‘, Drama
- September 1 – Rainy season – 17:00 – Europe Hall
Singapore, 2019, 103 ‘, Drama
- September 1 – Lorelai – 7:30 pm – Europe Hall
USA, 2020, 111 ‘, Drama
- September 2 – Moral Code – 5:00 pm – Europe Hall
Portugal, 2020, 101 ‘, Drama
- September 2 – Paper spiders – 19:00 – Europe Hall
USA, 2020, 109 ‘, drama
On August 27 at 4 pm is the traditional press conference for the opening of the film festival with the participation of Mr. Toshko Gyaurov – Director of the IFF “Love is Folly” and the Festival and Congress Center, and Prof. Alexander Grozev – Artistic Director.
The press conferences of the film festival will be held in the main lobby / entrance for hall 1 odd numbers, next to the parking lot of FCC /.
The traditional ceremony on the red path in front of the FCC will take place on August 27 at 6:30 p.m., and “Celine Dion: the power of love” will be screened in Hall 1 after the official opening at 7 p.m.
The announcement of the awards of the 29th IFF “Love is Folly” is on September 3 at 7 pm in Hall 1 – official closing and screening of the film “From Africa with Love”.
Chairman: Ilian Dzhevelekov, Bulgaria
Jury members: Magnus Christiansen (Norway), Vladimir Marin (Romania)
Accompanying events:
- On August 28 (Saturday) at 7 pm in front of FCC there will be a meeting with the team of the Bulgarian competition film “Uncle Christmas”: Ivaylo Penchev – director and the actors – Filip Avramov, Malin Krastev, Vasil Banov, Svezhen Mladenov.
- On August 29 (Sunday) at 5 pm in the main lobby will be presented the collection “Acting Revelations”, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the magazine “Kino” – published by the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers.
- On August 29 at 18:30 in the box office the founder of the Foundation “With love to you” Roxana Kirilova will present the exhibition “With love to sports”.
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Tickets for the film festival have a unit price of BGN 8, a discount for students and retirees – BGN 6; opening and closing – BGN 10. Tickets at the box office of the Festival and Congress Center / FCC / and online from both sites below.
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