Blaga's Lessons, a Bulgarian-German film, on July 8 won the main Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary film festival, one of Europe's top movie events. The film by Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev tells the story of a recently widowed elderly woman who has fallen prey to phone scammers. Eli Skorcheva won the top actress award for her role in Blaga’s Lessons. The Crystal Globe competition special jury prize went to Empty Nets, a German-Iranian love story directed by Behrooz Karamizade. Best director went to Babak Jalali, an Iranian-British director-writer, for Fremont, about an Afghan refugee and starring real-life Afghan refugee Anaita Wali Zada. To read the original Variety story, click here.
Bulgarian-German Film Wins Top Prize At Karlovy Vary Festival
The Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary hosts one of Europe's leading film festivals every year. (file photo)