Bulgaria to seek first Oscar nomination for best film in a foreign language with 'The Judgment' ('Sadilishteto') by Stephan Komandarev.
The country has never yet been nominated for the Hollywood Academy Award in that category, although it was about to get it in 2010 when Stephan Komandarev's own film 'The world is big and happiness is just around the corner' ('Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakade') passed the first cut of the preselection.
This new film by Stephan Komandarev, which It is the second time that he will represent his country in the category formerly known as Best Foreign Film at the Oscars, was present in the official section of the Warsaw Festival 2014.
'The Judgment' tells the story of Mityo, a man who has lived for 25 years with a terrible secret, As a soldier on the Bulgarian border, he was forced to kill a young East German couple trying to escape to Turkey. Mityo is still at the border, but this time helping to pass illegal immigrants in the opposite direction, from Turkey to Bulgaria and the European Union. Having lost his wife, his job, and his son's trust, Mityo now has only one last chance to redeem himself.