THE 355 FILM AWARD
The Stoyan Kambarev Art Foundation challanges young filmmakers!
THE 355
FILM AWARD
2024
3 young filmmakers selected by an international professional jury5 minute fiction film
5 days for shooting and post-production
Dear filmmakers and friends of the 355 Film Award and "Stoyan Kambarev Foundation",
Thank you all for your interest and participation in our sixth consecutive filmmaking competition!
Once again, the competition was fierce and the jury had an extremely difficult time determining the
three finalists.
After an online struggle conducted on different continents :), our film experts made their tough decision.
The three finalists are:
- Julia Pustrakova
- Nemo Stalthus
- Teodora Chingarova
See more about them in this short film.
Congratulations and we can't wait to work together on your projects!!
IMPORTANT!!!
The 355 film award also announced semi-finalists - 8 young filmmakers who were one step away from success will receive their certificates from the Foundation!And they are:
- Annie Nedyalkova
- Darina Ruseva
- Kalina Nikolova
- Yoan Petrov
- Lina Pavlova
- Margarita Ruseva
- Martina Kostelyanczyk
- Simona Evstatieva
All of you should have already received your certificates by personal email.
We expect all those who didn't manage to qualify this year to try their luck before 2025.
Believe in cinema, seek it, do it!
Wishing you lots of inspiration,
Eleni Dekidis
Project Manager 355 Film Award
P. S. Warm greetings from Desi Tenekedjieva, who is waiting for you next year :) Eleni Dekidis
Project Manager 355 Film Award
FINALIST
Juliya Pastrakova
Film Project - "PEYO, WHO HAD NOTHING MORE TO SAY"
She graduated in economics and management and is currently studying film and television directing at NATFA. The very first year he created a documentary "Kerana and the Cosmonauts" and immediately after that she received an opportunity from the producer of "The Strangers" - Georgi Toshev to upgrade her film and it was broadcast on BTV. The next documentary - "LIMBO", which received 4 nominations at the National Festival of Bulgarian Cinema - "Vasil Gendov", and in 2023 at the "International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films" won the award for best documentary short and the special jury award. In November it was awarded Best Documentary at the "EARLY BIRD 2023" festival.
FINALIST
Nemo Staltus
Film Project - "THE WOLF"
In his biography he has over 100 productions as an actor in commercials and films, more than 20 as a composer, sound designer or field sound, 10 productions as a cinematographer on commercials, short films and one TV series. He made his directorial debut with the short film Conundrum (2019), selected in over 15 film festivals, including Sundance Ignite. He then directed Uppercut, a TV series pilot for Norway, and the documentary Kostenets Father and Son in 2021. A series of short films with long titles followed, such as “I Love You But I Haven't Learned How to Show It”, made last year, and I'm Eating You and You'll Eat Me Later, currently in post-production and featuring 2D animation.
FINALIST
Teodora Chingarova
Film Project - "ONLY 5 MORE MINUTES"
Thea is a director and producer of short films. In 2016, she graduated in Acting from Arts College, Bournemouth and then became an assistant post-producer in London. She then moved to Mumbai, India where she started working as an Assistant Producer at Wild Baba Productions. There he found a more suitable place to apply his unconventional mind and became a Creative Producer in the same company. In 2019, he took a big leap forward and ventured into freelance directing. Her first solo project is a short film for World For All Foundation - 'Coexist.' Since then she has directed and produced a palette of advertising campaigns, music videos, corporate films and more.
