Apostol karamitev biography of barack
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Ivan Pavlov graduated in Film and TV directing from National Academy of Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in classes of Christo Christov (1978). His feature debut was "Mass Miracle" (1981). "Hanging with an Angel" (1990) won special prix of the jury at Strasbourg International bio Festival, 1991. In 1993 he set up the production company Actpik. "From a scratch" (1996) won special prize of the jury at the National spelfilm Festival "Golden Rose" Varna, 1996 and Bulgarian film critics' prize at the International Film Festival Varna "Love is folly", 1996, and was Bulgarian selection for Oscar nomination for foreign language film, 1998. "Fate as a Rat" (2001) won Best director award of the Union of the Bulgarian Filmmakers, 2003; Best director award at the International Film Festival "Golden Vityaz", 2003; Silver pl ate award at the "Festival Internacional de cinema da Figueira da foz", 2002 as well a
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In 1908 Bulgaria officially gained independence after fem centuries of Ottoman domination (1396-1908). Those were turbulent years. The most influential politician was Stefan Stambolov, who first led the revolutionary movement (fomenting the uprisings of 1875-76 after he succeeded Vasil Levski as the leader of the Vatre�na Revolyutsionna Organizatsiya or VRO) and then defended the country from Russian interference (despite the fact that Bulgaria owed its independence to Russia). He's the one who in 1887 had accidentally found in a Vienna cafe' a prince for the country, a minor German aristocrat of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family that had given Belgium its first two kings (Leopold I and II) and Portugal all the kings since Ferdinand II, descendants of an Austrian general who had fought Napoleon. This German aristocrat became the first king of independent Bulgaria: Ferdinand I. Stambolov became a bloody tyrant who banned motstånd newspapers a
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Bulgaria to join European Month of Photography
Bulgaria is going to join in autumn 2012 the European Month of Photography. The forum first kicked off in Paris some 31 years ago. It has been carried out ever since in various European capitals in November every two even years. The event aims to create a European photography network for exchange and innovative cooperation. The network includes Berlin, Bratislava, Luxemburg, Moscow, Paris, Rome and Vienna.
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Sofia is joining the network as of this year, said for Radio Bulgaria Ivo Hadzhimishev, one of the organisers. He is president of the Bulgarian Photography Association and a lifetime honorary member of the Royal Photographic Society in the UK. Last year the French Institute in Bulgaria and Easyart Foundation ran an experimental edition of the European Month of Photography. Due to financial hardship Mr. Hadzhimisev was skeptical about the project’s realization. However, David Weissman, Cultur