August 1999, the days of the total solar eclipse. A rundown villa on the edge of the sea is transformed into a dogs’ home which frequently also provides shelter for chance visitors. The lady who owns it was once a famous opera singer who now shares her loneliness with an old friend.
CLASSIC CINEMA SECTION
Dogs' Home
Classics O’Clock IV, Sunday March 3, 17:00
Screening in Romania courtesy of Filmmaker Production on the occasion of Bulgaria’s National Day
ENGLISH TITLE:
Dogs' Home
ORIGINAL TITLE:
Pansion Za Kucheta
DIRECTOR:
Stephan Komandarev
COUNTRY:
Bulgaria
GENRE:
Drama
YEAR:
2000
LENGTH:
76’
CAST:
Nikolai Binev, Ilka Zafirova, Peter Antonov, Valentin Tanev, Itschak Fintzi, Hristo Mutafchiev
A QUOTE FOR THE FILM:
“When summer begins it seems endless.”
SELECTIVE LIST OF FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
Varna Golden Rose – debut award.
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
Stephan Komandarev (1966, Bulgaria) works include award-winning feature and documentary films, such as: The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008 - the first Bulgarian film, shortlisted for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2010), the most world-wide theatrical released Bulgarian film ever, distributed in 93 countries, won 35 awards at international film festivals); The Judgment (2014) (won 12 awards, Bulgarian entry - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - 2016); The Town of Badante Women (2009, doc.), Alphabet of Hope (2003, doc.), Bread over the Fence (2002, doc.), Dog's Home (1999, feature). Stephan Komandarev is 2011 EAVE graduate and Member of the Bulgarian Film Directors' Association and Bulgarian Film Producers' Association. Member of the European Film Academy. His last feature film - Blaga's Lessons premiered at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won the Crystal Globe for Best Film. It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
