Balgarianovinite.com The documentary Orchestra of Sofia by film director Rosen Elezov was screened at the Dr Emil Iliev International Jazz Festival in Borovets on Saturday.
The screening at the Rila Hotel also honoured Elezov, who died in 2025. The festival opened on Friday, July 31, and runs through August 4.
Festival Director Tatyana Ilieva said jazz-related films were being shown for a second consecutive year following strong audience interest in 2025. Daily cinema afternoons will continue through August 4. Veselin Iliev, the brother of festival founder Emil Iliev, attended Saturday’s screening with Margarita Ilieva.
Film critic Bozhidar Manov said the roughly hour-long screenings gave audiences an opportunity to broaden their horizons and described Elezov’s body of work as a major legacy. Elezov and screenwriter Helia Chavdarova co-authored all the films in the series. Manov added that freedom was the essence of jazz.
Chavdarova, Elezov’s widow, thanked the audience for honouring her husband. She said he had played the violin as a child until a broken arm led him to leave a children’s music ensemble and later become a director. Music remained a constant presence in his life, and many of his films focused on it, she added.
Born in 1953, Elezov worked as a filmmaker and film scholar at Boyana Film Studios, Ekran Film Studio and Bulgarian National Television (BNT), among other outlets. He also taught at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA). His honours included awards from the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers, the Balfest International Film Festival, the Golden Rhyton Festival and the International Golden Knight Film Festival.
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