...still cannot be connected with the name of Stefan Kitanov and the crew of Art Fest / RFF International. Till this moment the films are 12 and it is expected the number 20 to be reached and exceeded in future 8 years. The completed productions till December 2012 are:
1995
ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - associated producer, director TONY PALMER
1999
THE STRANGE CASE of DELPHINA POTOCKA or THE MYSTERY of CHOPIN (United Kingdom) - associated producer, director TONY PALMER
2000
PASSION FOR LEA (Bulgaria) - producer, documentary, 85', director Nikolay Yotov, sreenplay Edy Kazassian, Nikolay Yotov, Radoslav Spassov, director of photography Ivo Peychev
- Best Director award, "Golden Vityaz" International Film Festival, Russia, 2001
- 'Andrey Tarkovsky' Award, "Golden Vityaz" International Film Festival, Russia, 2001
- Best Bulgarian Documentary Award "Golden Riton", Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2001
2002
RHAPSODY IN WHITE (Bulgaria) – Producer, feature film
Director: Teddy Moskov, Script: Teddy Moskov, Director of photography: Ivan Tonev
Music: Antoni Dontchev, With: Maja Novosselska, Filip Triffonov, Samuel Finzi, Irina Marinova
- 32nd Kiev IFF Molodist 2002 - Best actress for Maya Novosselska and FIPRESCI award
- Best Bulgarian DOP – Sofia International Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003
- Special Jury Award – “Golden Chest” International Festival for TV films and programmes, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2003
BREAD OVER THE FENCE (Bulgaria) – Producer, documentary,
Director: Stephan Komandarev, Script: Jury Datchev, Stephan Komandarev,
Director of photography: Anton Bakarski, Music: Nikolay Ivanov
- DokFestival Leizig 2002 – Award for Best East-European Film
- Wiesbaden IFF goEast 2003 – Best Documentary and FIPRESCI Special Mention
- “Golden Chest” International Festival for TV films and programmes, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2003 – Best Bulgarian DOP
2005
LOST AND FOUND (Germany-Bulgaria-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Estonia-Hungary-Romania-Serbia and Montenegro) – Co-producer
Directors: Nadejda Koseva, Jasmila Zbanic, Mait Laas, Kornel Mundruczo, Cristian Mungiu, Stefan Arsenijevic
Co-production with Icon Film (Germany)
THE RITUAL – short film, part of ‘Lost and Found’ project, in co-production with ICON FILM (Germany) and Bulgarian National TV with support of Bulgarian National Film Centre
Director: Nadejda Kosseva, Script: Nadejda Kosseva and Georgi Gospodinov, Director of photography: Radoslav Spassov
- Berlinale 2005 – The Opening film of the Forum of Young Cinema
- Sofia IFF 2005 – Special Award
- Sofia IFF at the Coast 2005 – Grand Prix
2006
GUCHA! DISTANT TRUMPET (Germany-Serbia-Austria-Bulgaria) – Producer, feature film, writer Dusan Milic, director Dusan Milic, coproduction between Pallas Film (Germany), Film de Luxe International, Dakar D.O.O., Rasta Film (Serbia & Montenegro), Aichholzer Film (Austria) and Art Fest (Bulgaria)
- European Film Award `07 – Nomination for Film Music
- International Festival of TV Film ‘Golden Chest’ `07 – Award for Film Music
- Sofia International Film Fest `07 – Audience Award
2007
WHICH WAY TODAY (Bulgaria) - Producer, feature film, writers Rangel Valchanov and Georgi Danailov, director Rangel Valchanov
supported by Bulgarian National Film Centre and co-produced by BNTV and Camera
- Karlovy Vary 2007 – East of the West – Special Event
- International Film Festival ‘Love is a folly’ `07 – The Critics’ Award
- International Film Festival ‘Love is a folly’ `07 – The Award of the Bulgarian Film Critic`s Association
- International Festival of TV Film ‘Golden Chest’ `07 – ‘Galya Bachvarova’ Film Award
MICHAEL PALIN’S NEW EUROPE (UK) – Associate Producer, BBC Documentary TV Series
With Michael Palin, Director and Producer: J. P. Davidson
2008
THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER (Bulgaria-Germany-Hungary-Slovenia-Serbia)
Producer (together with RFF International), feature film, writers Stephan Komandarev, Dusan Milic, Yuri Dachev, Ilija Trojanow, based on the novel by Ilija Trojanow, coproduction with Pallas Film (Germany), Vertigo/Emotion Film (Slovenia), Inforg Studio (Hungary), Bulgarian National Television; with the support of Bulgarian National Film Center, MDM, Berlin-Brandenburg, Hungarian Film Commission, Slovenian Film Fund and EURIMAGES.
The project received development support from MEDIA Programme, MDM (Leipzig, Germany), i2i Vision (Germany), SEECN and the Bulgarian National Film Centre, and was presented in CineMart at the Rotterdam IFF 2003.
Academy Awards 2010 - Short List of 9 films for Foreign Language Oscar
- Sofia IFF – Audience Award and Best Bulgarian Feature Film
- European Parliament LUX Prize for Cinema – Official Selection
- Cannes Film Festival – Ecran Junior – Competition
- Zurich IFF - Audience Award
- “Golden Rose” National FF, Varna - Best Script and Best Cinematographer
- Warsaw IFF - Special Jury Award
- Bergen IFF - Cinema Extraordinaire Grand Prix
- “Film and the City” FF, Nova Zagora – Best Film
- “Black Nights” Tallinn IFF - Jury Special Mention and Don Quijote Award
- Vilnius IFF – Best Film and Special Jury Award (best actor to Miki Manojlovic)
- Almaty IFF, Kazahstan - Best Actor Award for Miki Manojlovic
- Taipei IFF, Taiwan - Audience Award
- Sevastopol IFF - Best Actor Award for Miki Manojlovic
- Durres ISFF - Best Director Award to Stephan Komandarev
- Festroia IFF, Portugal - Best Director, SIGNIS Award, Audience Award
- Benalmadena IFF, Spain - Jury Award - Best Film, Audience Award
- Minsk IFF, Ukraine - Best Film Award
- Alatri IFF, Italy - Best Film Award, Best Actor Award for Miki Manojlovic
- Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran – Crystal Simorgh Special Jury Prize
- Festival International du Film de Valenciennes, France - Audience Award, Graines d’images – Macao Award
- Festival International du Film de Valenciennes, France - Audience Award
- California Independent Film Festival, USA - Best Picture
- Palm Springs International Film Festival - Runner Up for the Audience Award
AGAINST THE STREAM (Belgium-Bulgaria) – Co-producer
Documentary, writer and director: Zlatina Rousseva, Coproduction with Good & Bad News (Belgium), Palimpsest (Bulgaria) and the Bulgarian National Television; with the support of the Bulgarian National Film Centre
2011
TAKE TWO (Bulgaria-Germany) – Producer
short feature film, writer by Georgi Gospodinov, director Nadejda Koseva
coproduction with Herbert Schwering – COIN Film (Germany)
with the support of Bulgarian National Film Center, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Nordrhein-Westfalen Film Fund
- Sarajevo Film Festival 2011 – Special Jury Award
THE STATE OF SHOCK (Slovenia-Bulgaria-Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Macedonia) – Co-producer
Feature Film, Writer and director: Andrej Košak, Production: Vertigo/Emotionfilm, Co-production: Art Fest, Film House Baš Čelik, Pank Film, Pro.Ba, Co-funding: Slovenian Film Fund, Eurimages, Ministry of Culture, Republic of Serbia, Macedonian Film Fund
