Over 20,000 guests are expected in Varna for Love is Folly 2017 to mark the 25th jubilee edition of the highly anticipated international film festival from 25 August to 3 September 2017. Over 100 films will be screened during the event.
The festival always features film industries of specific nations, and this year’s edition will focus on the productions of Indonesia, Hungary, France and Russia.
Classic Bulgarian films are also a fixture of the festival. This year guests will enjoy viewing such greats as Авантаж (Advantage), Двойникът (The Double), Господин за Един Ден (King for a Day), Писмо до Америка (Letter to America), and Матриархат (Matriarchy).
Love is Folly 2017 Special Celebration
This is the centennial year of the film Love Is Folly, and the festival can’t let that anniversary go unnoticed! So at Love Is Folly 2017 there will be a special celebration screening of the original film, accompanied by an orchestra as it might have been seen 100 years ago. In this way the audience will step back in time to enjoy a silent film from the dawn of the feature film era.
Love is Folly 2017 Awards
12 films will compete for the prestigious Grand Prix Golden Aphrodite, the Jury Prize, and awards for Best Actor and Actress.
Additional awards include the Award of the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers, the Film Critics’ Award, Audience Choice Award, and the Award of the Journalist and Mass Communication Faculty of Sofia University St.Kliment Ohridski.
Beloved Bulgarian actress Emilia Radeva will receive a lifetime achievement award for her contributions to Bulgarian cinema.
Love is Folly 2017 Programme
A complete list of the films scheduled for screening as part of Love Is Folly 2017. Information includes time and date and the venue for the screening of each film.
25 August 2017
13:30 In Your Dreams
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
16:00 24 Weeks
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
18:00 The Girl of My Dreams
Festival and Congress Centre , Europe Hall
19:00 Anna Karenina
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
20:00 Molot
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:00 Bridges of Sarajevo
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
22:15 A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
26 August 2017
10:00 88 MHz
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
11:00 Beyond the Jump
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
13:15 Requiem for Mrs. J
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
13:30 Olive Tree
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
15:00 After the End of the World
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
15:15 Thawed Carp
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
15:30 Sunflower 1 Ship
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:30 All for Love
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
18:00 Stalin’s Couch
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
18:00 Salawaku
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
20:00 Bolshoy
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 Yesterday
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
20:00 Ismael’s Ghosts
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:15 Paris Can Wait
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
27 August 2017
10:30 Master of Comedy
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
14:00 Lumiere!
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
14:00 Revolution in the Dance
Hall Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
15:00 Three Reservists
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
15:30 Little Love, Big Love
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
15:45 Swing
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
17:00 The Ubermensch Prophecy or The Inevitable Disavowal of Greater Iskender
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:30 Stars in Her Hair, Tears in Her Eyes
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
18:15 Melancholy
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
18:45 Lady Macbeth
Festival and Congress Centre , Europe Hall
20:00 Years for Love
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
20:00 Off the Road
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
20:30 Collector
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:15 A Royal Affair
Festival and Congress Centre , Europe Hall
22:15 Nokas
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
28 August 2017
13:30 Nocturama
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
14:00 6.9 pe Scara Richter
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
15:00 Matriarchy
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
16:00 Golden Five
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
16:15 Camper
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
17:30 Time of Violence
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
18:00 Wedding Dance
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
18:00 Rodin
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:15 Solitude
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
20:15 Zoology
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:15 Liza the Fox-Fairy
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
22:15 Max & Lenny
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
29 August 2017
13:30 Victoria
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
14:00 The Dark Wind
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
15:00 Man’s Time
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
15:45 The Nest of the Turtledove
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
16:00 After You’re Gone
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:30 Петък вечер (Friday Evening)
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
18:00 Reykjavík
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
18:15 Our Lovers
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 King for a Day
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
20:00 The Citizen
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
20:00 The Icebreaker
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:15 Melancholia
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:15 Emma
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
30 August 2017
13:30 The History of Love
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
14:00 Eastern Business
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
15:00 Eva on the Third Floor
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
15:45 To Keep the Light
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
16:00 The Half
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:30 A Legend for Love
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
18:00 The Polar Boy
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
18:00 Lost in Paris
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 The Dawns Here Are Quiet
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 Detour
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
20:15 Love and Other Catastrophes
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
22:15 Hold Back
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:15 Kills on Wheels
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
31 August 2017
13:30 As We Were Dreaming
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
15:00 The Double
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
16:00 Well
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:30 Earth
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
18:15 Lift for Patients
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 With an Almond Scent
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
20:15 Good Boy
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:15 The Hunt
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
1 September 2017
14:00 Eszter’s Inheritance (Esther’s Inheritance)
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
15:00 Advantage
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
15:45 The Commune
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:30 Letter to America
Municipality of the City of Varna, Plenary Hall
18:00 In Bed with Victoria
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
19:00 Jackie
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
19:45 The Spacewalker
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:00 Aisyah, Let Us Be a Family
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
22:15 Bolshoy
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
2 September 2017
11:00 Adventurers’ Club
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
14:00 Hope
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
14:30 Aquarius
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
15:45 After Love
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:30 Miss Sloane
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
17:45 Kitchen: The Last Battle
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 The Salesman
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 The Viking
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
22:15 Silent Heart
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
22:30 Loop
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
3 September 2017
13:45 Mom and Other Loonies in the Family
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
15:00 120 BPM
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
16:00 A Fateful Night
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
17:45 The Queen of Spain
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
18:00 Churchill
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:00 Battalion
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
20:15 Blood Father
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
22:15 Chasing
Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1
22:15 Love Is All You Need
Festival and Congress Centre, Europe Hall
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