Balgarianovinite.com Bulgarian Director Hristo Simeonov’s debut feature, My Father’s Shoes, has been selected for its world premiere at the 74th San Sebastian International Film Festival, the National Film Center (NFC) said on Thursday.
The film will compete in the New Directors section for the Kutxabank–New Directors Award.
My Father’s Shoes follows a young woman and her mother as they are called upon to identify the body of the girl’s father and the woman’s husband, a man who has been absent from their lives for years. The cast includes Valeria Varbanova, Tanya Shahova, Vyara Kolarova and Borislav Rusev. The screenplay was written by Hristo Simeonov and Petar Krumov, and the cinematographer is Vesselin Hristov.
Separately, the Bulgarian co-production What Remains has been selected for the main competition of the 74th San Sebastian International Film Festival, where it will also have its world premiere, Art Fest said.
Directed by Yesim Ustaoglu, What Remains (Artakalan/What Remains) is a co-production of Turkiye, Luxembourg, France and Bulgaria (RFF International). Bulgarian cinematographer Kiril Prodanov served as director of photography. The film was produced with the support of the National Film Center.
What Remains follows the journey of a poet who escapes her suffocating daily life in an effort to reconnect with her inner self and her conscience. In doing so, she questions established notions of family and the meaning of life while opening a new path for herself and her loved ones. Hristo Simeonov’s My Father’s Shoes Selected for San Sebastian World Premiere, Bulgarian Co-Production What Remains Enters Main Competition 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-30 16:38:09 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
