European winners2018

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The Artistic council of The South-East European Film Festival (SEEFF a Paris, SEEFF a Berlin), with its president Mr. Jordan Plevnes, and its honorary president Mr. Yves Boisset, decided to give to Mr. Kiro Urdin the “FRÉDÉRIC ROSSIF AWARD 2018” for documentary film making.
The award will be presented at the closing of the festival on 2 June 2018 in the Amphitheatre of INALCO, Paris, after the screening of his film “Life and Death”, starting from 17:00 h.
Kiro Urdin (1945, Strumica, Macedonia) is a visual, multimedia artist and film director. He is the artistic founder of the Planetarism movement. He represented France at the French Festival in Tapei, and the Republic of Macedonia at the Thessaloniki – Culture Capital of Europe ’97 event in Greece. His ballet Planetarium’ (with Debbie Wilson) and his film of the same name were performed at the United Nations 60th Anniversary. He is a member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Kiro’s work has evolved beyond traditional media like film and paintings to include dance, sculpture, literature, photography, philosophy and design. So far, Kiro has published 15 books with aphorisms, one book of poetry entitled ‘Novel’. ‘Light’, a poem from the book was selected for the Pushkin Festival in Moscow. Kiro has been driven in his efforts by one unifying philosophy: to bridge different cultures together,and to bring all art forms into one. Or as he puts it into his own words, as he defines the slogan of the planetarism movement:
“One point everywhere, everything in one point.
One art everywhere, everything in one art.”
Urdin’s filmography includes the following: Pishta (1971), I love you, Iban (1994), Planetarium (1998),
Dogona (2002), Debbie Wilson and Planetarium (2004), Dogs and Trains (2007), Water and Fire (2008), Two Times (2011), Steps (2012).

The Artistic Council of the SEE FF decided to give the prestigious award Grand Prix SEE ACTRESS 2018 to the famous Bulgarian actress Tzvetana Maneva. She's one of the most famous Bulgarian actresses off all time. She was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Her father is an actor, too. His name is George Manev. She started her career very badly, because she could not enrol in NATFIZ - the best Bulgarian academy for actor, directors etc. Her problem was that she could not say the letters „r“ and „l“. But after many exercises she was accepted.
Maneva finished her education in 1966. Her classmates were Ilka Zafirova, Ruth Rafailova and many more famous Bulgarian actresses. Her debut was in 'Kaloyan'. First marriage was with the operator Nickolay Penchev. That relationship produced one daughter - Nadejda, born in 1969. Her famous movies are: „Avtostop“', „Dami kanyat“, „12 miga ot Tzvetana“ (which is a documentary movie about her), „Opasen char“, „Voynata na taralejite“, „Edna kaloriya nejnost“, „Izpepelyavane“ and so on. Now she is married to Iavor Milushev, an actor and a politicion. In 2004 Tzvetana celebrated her 60th birthday.
Mrs Maneva has also played in the theatre. Her famous appearances are in 'Opera za Tri Grosha', „Svekurva“, „Nora“, „Albena“, „Medeia“ and so on. For her 60th birthday the theatre director - Margarita Mladenova invited Tzvetana and another famous Bulgarian actress - Maria Kavardjikova to play in David Hare's play „Breath of Life“ - „I Chovekut Stana Jiva Dusha“.

Tzvetana Maneva

Lucian Pintilie was a Romanian film director, actor and screenwriter. Pintilie studied at the Bucharest Theatre and film School and, after completing his studies, staged numerous pieces at the Bucharest theater Bulandra. As an actor he worked 1963 in the film Valurile Dunării by the director Liviu Ciulei. His debut as a film director was the movie „Duminică la Ora 6“.
„Reconstituirea“" was his second film in Romania. Directors such as Pintilie and Radu Gabrea represent the short but internationally acclaimed departure of the Romanian film at the end of the 1960s.

With grief we experienced the death of the Romanian cinema veteran Lucian Pintilie. A loss for the film world and especially for our current edition SEEFF # 3, where Lucian Pintilie should be awarded as „See film legend 2018" at the opening event. Now the award will hopefully keep awake the memory of him .
The prize is awarded to him post mortem. The eulogy is held by the Ambassador of Romania H.E Emil Hurezeanu.

Lucian Pintilie

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