Bulgarian Crime Story ‘Blaga’s Lessons’ Takes Top Prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

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Bulgarian crime story “Blaga’s Lessons” by Stephan Komandarev scored the top prize and $25,000 at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Saturday, capping a week of celebrating art film, stars and …

on Saturday, capping a week of celebrating art film, stars and bold global work.

Best director honors went to Babak Jalali, an Iranian-British director-writer, whose noirish black-and-white feature “Fremont,” co-written with Carolina Cavalli, chronicles the quest of an Afghan refugee fighting for a night’s sleep and possibly love. The film stars real-life Afghan refugee Anaita Wali Zada in a commanding debut performance.

Audiences voted “The Edge of the Blade,” a French dueling tale with a feminist take by Vincent Perez, their top choice, while the Proxima section jury gave the nod to “Birth,” a South Korean relationship drama by Yoo Ji-young, with the Proxima special jury prize going to Saurav Rai’s India-Nepal entry “Guras,” an enchanting Darjeeling girl-and-her-dog tale.

 

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