Kita 20 - page 4

Music is not only recharging me and creating an atmosphere, but it also provides me with a rhythm, especially when I drive - I cannot sit even for a minute behind the wheel without turning on my favorite iPod. One of my favorite experiences with iPod was at the Valley of Death, California. We needed only Pink Floyd's music in this incredible moon-like place. Off course, we were thoughtful enough ti have brought it with us. Here are 20 songs 100% Kita: Boliviana – Ibrahim Ferrer The Dangling Conversation – Simon and Garfunkel Strangest Tribe – Pearl Jam The Lee Shore – Crosby, Stills and Nash Other Side – Red Hot Chili Peppers Karma Police - Radiohead Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen Paris, Texas – Ry Cooder Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix Blood of Eden – Peter Gabriel It’s All Right, Ma – Bob Dylan Little Waltz – Basia Bulat A Case of You – Joni Mitchell The Horse with No Name – America White Horses – The Rolling Stones Love – John Lennon Perfect Day – Lou Reed A La Vo – Etta Scollo Golden Slumbers – The Beatles The Koln Concert – II with Keith Jarrett

We wanted to name 20 world famous directors who attended Sofia International Film Festival throughout the years, but it turned out to be impossible to make such a short list, so that is why we chose 40. Alexander Mindadze Alan Parker Andrzej Zulawski Andrey Konchalovsky Agnes Varda Bahtiar Hudoinazarov Bent Hamer Wim Wenders Goran Markovic Goran Paskaljevic Danis Tanovic Jafar Panahi Jerry Schatzberg Giuliano Montaldo Еmir Kusturiza Jiri Menzel Jos Stelling Karen Shahnazarov Krzysztof Zanussi Lech Kowalski Lone Scherfig Michael Wadleigh Mika Kaurismaki Milcho Manchevski Nikita Mikhalkov Nuri Bilge Ceylan Otar Iosseliani Peter Greenaway Roman Balayan Sergei Solovyov Srdjan Dragojevic Srdjan Karanovic Terry Jones Tony Palmer Volker Schlondorf Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Hugh Hudson Jan Sverak Jan Troel\ Janos Szasz

20 selected events, organized by Stefan Kitanov and the Cinema House's team in the 90s and by Kita and Art Fest's team from 2001 onwards World cinema at the end of the summer – cinema panorama with 33 films, 16 premieres – co-organized with Sofia Municipality, August 1992 Rock Film Fest (І and ІІ) – guests Mitch Mitchel, Peter Neal, Patric Humphries, Tony Palmer - co-organized with British Council – 1993, 1994 Meetings at the Cinema House - with Mihail Ulianov (1993), Krzysztof Zanussi (1993 and 1998), Marina Tarkovska (1993), Andrey Konchalovsky (1995), Gerard Corbiau (1995), Rolan Bikov (1996), Jose Giovanni (1996), Jiri Menzel (1998), Regis Varnier (1998), Sandrine Bonnaire (1998), Jean Rouch (1998) Weeks of the contemporary Russian, Polish, Czech, French, British, German, American, Georgian, Swiss, Belgian, Chinese, etc. cinema, 1992-1999 The Czech New Wave (І and ІІ) - guest Jaromil Jires, co-organized with the Czech Cultural Institute, 1996, 1997 Monty Python Fest - guest Terry Jones, co-organized with British Council, 1996 Festival of the Ethnographic film – guests prof. Assen Baliksi, Sebastian Eschenbah, Patric Prado, Jean Arlo, Patric Manger, Dr. Rolf Hussmann, Jorg Vitte, co-organized with Goethe-institut and the Cultural Department at the Embassy of France – 1996 Wim Wenders photo exhibition – co-organized with Goethe-institut, 1997 Music Film Fest – 1997, 1998 Eurounderground – traveling festival for underground, independent and experimental films, guest Mark Siska, 1997 and 1998 British cinema of the 90s and British Film Festival – guest Michael Nyman, co-organized with British Council, 1998, 1999, 2000 Traveling Festival of the French Cinema – 12 films in 17 cities, co-organized with Institute Francais, 1999 Sofia Music & Film Fest – 1999, 2000 Concert 30 years Woodstock - 1999 Sofia International Film Festival – 12 editions since 2001 Sofia Film Fest on the Coast – 10 editions since 2003 Sofia Meetings – 9 editions since 2004 Sofia Film Fest in Plovdiv – 7 editions since 2006 Sofia Film Fest for Students – a discussion club in the Cinema House, 9 editions since 2009 Sofia Film Fest on the Road / Operation Kino – travelling festival in different Bulgarian cities: Ruse, Stara Zagora, Varna, Blagoevgrad, Gabrovo, Sliven, Kozlodui, Sozopol, Veliko Tarnovo, Dobrich, Targovishte, Kazanlak, Pomorie, Lozenetz, since 2010

Over the past years, more than 3,000 films have been shown at the Sofia Film Festival. Some of them left a lasting impression on many of the festival’s viewers. For me, these are: Woodstock (Director’s Cut) — Michael Wadleigh Trainspotting — Danny Boyle Buena Vista Social Club — Wim Wenders Breaking the Waves — Lars von Trier Italian for Beginners — Lone Scherfig No Man’s Land — Danis Tanović Kandahar — Mohsen Makhmalbaf The Circle — Jafar Panahi The Man Without a Past — Aki Kaurismäki Zatoichi — Takeshi Kitano When I Grow Up, I’ll Be a Kangaroo — Radivoje Andrić I Served the King of England — Jiří Menzel 3-Iron — Kim Ki-duk The Lives of Others — Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The White Ribbon — Michael Haneke Lebanon — Samuel Maoz Pina — Wim Wenders Honey — Semih Kaplanoglu Once Upon a Time in Anatolia — Nuri Bilge Ceylan The Turin Horse — Béla Tarr

The Sofia Award for outstanding contribution in cinema is a joint initiative of Sofia Municipality and Sofia International Film Festival . The award was first handed out in 2005 by the Mayor of Sofia under whose patronage the festival takes place. Since then, 72 individuals from Bulgarian and international cinema were honored with the prestigious award. Peter Greenaway , director (UK) Rangel Valchanov , director (Bulgaria) Volker Schlondorf , director (Germany) Terry Jones , director (UK) Sir Alan Parker , director (UK) Nikolay Volev , director (Bulgaria) Vanessa Redgrave , actress (UK) Theo Angelopoulos , director (Greece) Lyudmil Staykov , director (Bulgaria) Wim Wenders , director (Germany) Jiří Menzel , director (Czech Republic) Vladislav Ikonomov , director (Bulgaria) Nikita Mikhalkov , director/actor/scriptwriter (Russia) Milcho Leviev , composer (Bulgaria, USA) Jean-Claude Carrière , scriptwriter (France) Miki Manojlvic , actor (Serbia) Nikola Korabov , director (Bulgaria) Michael Palin , actor, scriptwriter and TV presenter (UK) Bozhidar Petkov , composer (Bulgaria) Giuliano Montaldo , director (Italy) Tony Palmer , director (UK) Jan Troell , director (Sweden) Sergei Solovyov , director (Russia) Otar Iossealiani , director (Georgia, France) Rousy Chanev , actor, screenwriter (Bulgaria) Claudia Cardinale , actress (Italy) Claude Lelouch , director (France) Nuri Bilge Ceylan , director (Turkey) Gueorgui Stoyanov , director (Bulgaria) Danis Tanović , director (Bosna and Herzegovina) Hugh Hudson , director (UK) Itzhak Finzi , actor (Bulgaria) Costa Gavras , director (France) Paolo and Vittorio Taviani , directors (Italy) Jos Stelling , director (Netherlands) Dusan Hanak , director (Slovakia) Prof. Georgi Djulgerov , director (Bulgaria) Goran Paskaljevic , director (UK) Ivan Ivanov , actor (Bulgaria) Franco Nero , actor (Italy) In Memoriam KARL ‘BAUMI’ BAUMGARTNER Nana Djordjadze , director (Georgia) Ted Kotcheff , director (Canada, Bulgaria) Georgi Stoev - Jecky, director (Bulgaria) Georgi Penkov - Johny, sound engineer (Bulgaria) Hristo Iliev - Charli, screenwriter (Bulgaria) Bela Tarr , director (Hungary) Terry Gilliam , director (USA, Great Britain) Stoyanka Mutafova , actress (Bulgaria) John Savage , actor (USA) Agnieszka Holland , director (Полша) Adela Peeva , director (Bulgaria) Vasil Mihaylov , actor (Bulgaria) Abel Ferrara , director (USA) Roman Balayan , director (Ukraine) Krzysztof Zanussi , director (Poland) Bille August , director (Denmark) Kiril Marichkov , musician and composer (Bulgaria) Anri Koulev , animator and director (Bulgaria) Theodosii Spassov , musician and composer (Bulgaria) Mika Kaurismäki , director (Finland) Jafar Panahi , director (Iran) Angel Wagenstein , screenwriter and writer (Bulgaria) Iglika Trifonova , director (Bulgaria) Radoslav Spassov , cinematographer, director, writer, producer (Bulgaria) Geraldine Chaplin , actress (USA) Margarethe von Trotta , director and actress (Germany) Georgi Todorov-Jozi , artist (Bulgaria) Tzvetana Maneva , actress (Bulgaria) Iossif Sarchadzhiev , director and actor (Bulgaria) Rajko Grlić , director (Croatia)