Zift

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http://tiff08.ca/filmsandschedules/films/zift

http://www.tiffreviews.com/2008/film-profile?fid=214

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938330.html?categoryid=2863&cs=1&query=zift

http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/09/18/blame-canada

http://www.theplurp.com/movies/movie-reviews-a-z/237-zift

http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2008/09/18/ZIFT-director-Javor-Gardev-eyes-more-genre-fare

http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/movies/film-features/online-exclusive-tiff-blog-day-7-2545

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Performance,+realism+and+melodrama.-a0194486564

http://www.indiewire.com/article/toronto_08_discovery_interview_zift_director_javor_gardev/

Mar del Plata IFF '08

Official Selection Main Competition

Moscow IFF '08

Won:

The prize “Silver St. George” for best director for Javor Gardev

The prize of the Russian Film Clubs Federation for best film in the main competition

Media in Russian:

Reviews

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1164545

http://cinefantomclub.ru/?p=1183

http://movie-on.blogspot.com/

http://www.lookatme.ru/flows/kino-bez-granits/posts/65648-dzift

http://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2009/05/19/a_2988082.shtml

http://www.itogi.ru/arts-kino/2009/21/140426.html

http://www.trud.ru/issue/article.php?id=200905190870033

http://www.lookatme.ru/flows/kino-bez-granits/posts/65704-dzift-2009-05-19

http://www.openspace.ru/cinema/events/details/10444/

http://zavtra.ru/cgi/veil/data/zavtra/09/811/81.html

http://spb.aif.ru/culture/article/7893

http://www.vashdosug.ru/cinema/article/48581/

http://www.ng.ru/culture/2009-05-21/100_dzift.html

http://www.kinopressa.ru/news/558.html

http://www.kommersant.ua/Doc.html?docId=1243215

http://www.vz.ru/culture/2009/5/27/290618.html

http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng/30/films/12/

http://mmkf.rambler.ru/

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=903979

http://kton.livejournal.com/30558.html

http://news.vl.ru/vlad/2008/06/27/kino/

http://www.kinomania.ru/main/fest/mmkf/index.shtml

http://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2008/06/28/a_2768823.shtml

http://filmz.ru/pub/57/14535_1.htm

http://lisaahuli.livejournal.com/83773.html

http://www.afisha.ru/blogcomments/2221/page1/

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=907632&NodesID=8

http://martoff.livejournal.com/181766.html

http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article.shtml?2008/06/30/152955

http://www.vremya.ru/2008/114/10/207258.html

http://www.newizv.ru/news/2008-06-30/92906/

http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/art/pr/726/

http://7-08.olo.ru/news/culture/74948.html

http://karov.livejournal.com/141355.html

http://www.kommersant.ua/cis-internal/test-doc/check-rights.asp?ids=908182

http://zavtra.ru/cgi/veil/data/zavtra/08/764/81.html

http://www.expert.ru/printissues/expert/2008/27/nevidimue_laureaty/
http://www.stoletie.ru/print.php?printid=10264

http://empty-nests.livejournal.com/70394.html

http://www.lgz.ru/article/id=4963&top=&ui=12&r=771

http://rutube.ru/tracks/949391.html?v=558dfb9fd4de05ecaad9f5566e0355b8

http://www.arthouse.ru/news.asp?id=9329

http://www.arthouse.ru/movie.asp?Code=ZIFT
http://www.filmfestivals.ru/news/oscar/news/klass-i-gudron-na-oskar

http://www.openspace.ru/theatre/names/details/3504/

http://rutube.ru/tracks/1393196.html?v=3554baf92d892b0efdea24c4868fd7b5

http://raygarraty.livejournal.com/43936.html

Златна роза/Golden Rose, Varna/Варна '08

WON: BEST FEATURE FILM; BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY; BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE; BEST EDITOR

http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1326168894

http://netinfo.bg/?tid=40&oid=1240239

http://news24.bg/novini-12809-dzift_grabna_golyamata_nagrada_na_kinofestivala_zlatna_roza_jurito_na_xviii_festival_na_balgarskiya_.html

http://aboutvarna.ru/newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=610

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=97737

BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM AWARDS '09

WON: BEST FEATURE FILM; BEST SCRIPT; BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY; BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE; BEST EDITOR

http://www.filmmakersbg.org/awards-2008-eng.htm

http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/bulgaria/zift-wins-at-bulgarian-film-awards

Номинации за Годишните награди на НФЦ за киноизкуство, 2009

http://www.nfc.bg/page.php?id=391&category=84

Reviews

http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/jf09/thessaloniki.htm

http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=86763

http://www.radio101.hr/?section=2&page=4&item=1356

http://www.nacional.hr/articles/view/49655/

http://www.dnevnikulturni.info/recenzije/film/1595/zift_-_javor_gardev/

http://www.vagabond-bg.com/?page=review&sub=27&open_news=1209

http://www.artsandopinion.com/2008_v7_n6/zift.htm

http://www.capital.bg/show.php?storyid=521151

BG Media:

след премиерата

http://www.capital.bg/show.php?storyid=555178

http://www.capital.bg/show.php?storyid=555169

http://www.programata.bg/index.php?p=29&l=1&c=1&id=49585

http://www.kultura.bg/article.php?id=14679

http://www.novinar.net/?act=news&act1=det&stat=center&mater=Mjc1Nzs0NQ==&sql=Mjc1Nzs1Mw==

http://www.monitor.bg/article?sid=&aid=171060&cid=1&eid=1482

http://www.netinfo.bg/?tid=40&oid=1236448

http://www.bpost.bg/story-read-17749.php

http://www.programata.bg/index.php?p=35&l=1&c=1&id=137

http://www.dnes.bg/article.php?id=57986

http://cinefish.bg/news.php?newsid=800

http://vasval.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_27.html

http://www.novinar.net/?act=news&act1=det&stat=right&sql=Mjc1Nzs1Mw==&mater=Mjc1Nzs0NQ==&stat=right

http://www.bpost.bg/story-read-17764.php

http://forum.animes-bg.com/viewtopic.php?t=37441

http://slavy.cc/?p=677
http://fmplus.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=539

http://cinefish.bg/news.php?newsid=810
http://big.bg/modules/news/article.php?storyid=68732

http://cinefish.com/news.php?newsid=804

http://www.top.bg/events/?id=903573368

http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_Bulgarian/Theme_Kultura/Material/Dzift.htm

http://www.dnes.bg/article.php?cat=149&id=58101

http://blog.robi-bobi.net/archives/371-Filma-Dzift-mojata-gledna-tochka.html

http://www.litclub.com/library/kritika/bgurdev/dzift.htm

http://bg.wordpress.com/tag/zift/

http://news.netinfo.bg/?tid=40&oid=1238943

http://tataf.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html

http://kino.log.bg/article.php?article_id=13063

http://news.netinfo.bg/?tid=40&oid=1239850

http://www.kultura.bg/article.php?id=14739

http://vandthemovies.blogspot.com/2008/10/zift-2008.html

http://www.kultura.bg/article.php?id=14804

http://e-vestnik.bg/4884

http://www.democrit.com/news.php?n=929&br=0&wh_n=news1

http://www.trud.bg/Default.asp?statid=109524&rubr=0&izd=2&fsize=&swidth=800&tr=1&im=01&id=31&iy=2009

http://www.kultura.bg/article.php?id=15118

http://framespotting.net/dzift/
http://www.movies-bg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2629&start=0

преди премиерата

http://cinefish.bg/movie.php?id=15242&count_all=75-1-16-0-1-0

http://www.vbox7.com/play:5099d673
http://www.vbox7.com/play:ce70d770

http://www.kultura.bg/article.php?id=14497

http://www.capital.bg/show.php?storyid=521151

http://www.novinar.net/?act=news&act1=det&stat=center&mater=MjY4NzszMg==&sql=MjY4Nzs1NA==

http://www.kultura.bg/article.php?id=14473

http://www.trud.bg/Default.asp?statid=62071&rubr=0&izd=2&fsize=&swidth=800&tr=1&im=07&id=01&iy=2008

http://frognews.bg/Frog/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7290&Itemid=295

http://e-vestnik.bg/4143

http://edno.bg/index.php?page=news&id=1836

http://www.dnes.bg/article.php?id=51501

http://goodnews.actualno.com/news_162370.html?catid=16140

http://netinfo.bg/?tid=40&oid=1078384

http://photo-cult.com/showpic.php?aut=Simon&id=222322

http://photo-cult.com/showpic.php?aut=Simon&id=222022

http://photo-forum.net/en/index.php?APP_ACTION=GALLERY_IMAGE&IMAGE_ID=674195

http://photo-cult.com/album.php?fld=3993

http://www.kafene.bg/index.php?p=article&aid=474

http://www.dnevnik.bg/show/?storyid=449906

http://vladislavtodorov.com/Politika.aspx

http://books.janet45.com/news/109

http://opinions.bpost.bg/story-read-17125.php

Дзифт и соц

http://zaprehoda.blog.bg/biznes/2009/05/11/dyvkite-tainoto-oryjie-na-imperializma.333532

Награди/Awards

2008 30th Moscow IFF - “Silver St.George” for Best Director in Main Competition
2008 30th Moscow IFF - Film Clubs Federation Award for Best Film in Main Competition

2008 33rd Plovdiv ITVF – “Golden Chest” Special Prize of the Jury
2008 33rd Plovdiv ITVF – “Academica 21” Award for Director’s Achievement
2008 33rd Plovdiv ITVF – “Galya Bachvarova” Award for Director’s Achievement
2008 33rd Plovdiv ITVF – Best Director of Photography Award

2008 28th Varna BFF – Grand Prix “Golden Rose” for Best Film in Competition
2008 28th Varna BFF – Special Award of the Bulgarian Cinema Critics Association
2008 28th Varna BFF – Best Producer Award
2008 28th Varna BFF – Best Actor Award
2008 28th Varna BFF – Best Director of Photography Award
2008 28th Varna BFF – Best Editor Special Award

http://mc.government.bg/newsn.php?n=1584&i=1

Селекции/Selections

2008 Toronto TIFF - Discovery Program Official Selection

2008 European Film Awards Official Selection

"Дзифт" на DVD

http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/zift

http://www.capital.bg/showblog.php?storyid=693079

http://www.amazon.com/Zift-Sub-Zahary-Baharov/dp/B003IISTF4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1

http://www.dvdmart.ru/catalog/good715591/

HBO buys Dzift

http://sofiaecho.com/2009/05/22/723652_hbo-buys-bulgarian-award-winning-film-dzift

A film noir

Zift (from Arabic): 1. pitch, tar, asphalt;

2. chewing gum; 3. shit (urban slang)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zift

“Zift” is a genre mixture of neo-noir and sots-art. The story unfolds in one night. Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien world – the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s.

All hell breaks loose as soon as Moth walks out of jail. He tricks the bloodhounds of the communist state. He spends his first night of freedom in a breathtaking chase with time, trying to avoid fate, as he gets closer and closer to his ultimate demise.

His frantic flight draws the map of a diabolical totalitarian city -- decaying neighborhoods and gloomy streets, the bathhouse, the city canal, the hospital, the cathedral, the pompous works of communist architecture centered around the Mausoleum, smoky joints, bars, and finally -- the graveyard.

In the pursuit of truth, Moth runs into a bizarre parade of characters – agents, medics, barflies, outcasts, gravediggers and other species of the asphalt jungle. The action thickens through avalanching variety of twists and turns, sudden revelations, flashbacks, lies laid bare, hallucinations, and sensual encounters with the former love. Finally, the story ends inside the gravediggers’ trailer where all secrets are revealed.

Черен филм

Дзифт (тур. zift от араб.) 1. Черна земна смола, асфалт. 2. Използва се за спойка на пътни настилки и за дъвка занимавка. 3. Лайна

“Дзифт” представлява жанрова комбинация от ретро-соц и нео-ноар. Филмът реализира атракционно пътуване назад във времето към една вече разпиляна социалистическа действителност по жанровите закони на черния филм.

Действието се развива в една нощ. Главният герой по прякор Молеца излиза от затвора в началото на 60-те години, за да попадне в един напълно нов и непознат за него свят - светът на социалистическа София. Влязъл в затвора непосредствено преди девети септември 1944, Молеца е излежал присъда за убийство без да е убиецът.

С излизането му на свобода, още с прекрачването на прага на затвора започват катастрофални перипетии и бясна надпревара с времето. Молеца се измъква от абсурдни ситуации и смъртоносни капани. В търсене на истината за миналото си той се сблъсква с паноптикум от гротескни типове, населяващи асфалтовата джунгла на града.

Трескавият бяг на Молеца очертава картата на една ретро София – крайни квартали, централната банята, Каналът, поликлиниката, черквата, кръчмата, Мавзолеят, нощният бар, гробището. Тази фатално задъхана нощ е наситена с резки обрати и перипетии, халюциниране, биографични скокове в предкомунистическото минало, сантиментални срещи с някогашната любима, предателства, мирогледни сривове и разобличения. Краят идва с настъпването на новия ден във фургона на гробарите, където тайните излизат наяве.

Vladislav Todorov / Владислав Тодоров

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