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Bulgarian film takes two awards at Saturno festival

Mon, Nov 30 2009 11:19 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Bulgarian film takes two awards at Saturno festival

 
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Bulgaria's nomination for best foreign-language film at the 2010 Oscars, The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner, directed by Stefan Komandarev, added two more awards to its already impressive trophy cabinet.

The film took both Best Film and Best Actor awards at the Saturno International Film Festival in Italy. The Best Actor award went to Serbian actor Miki Manojlovic, his fourth for his role in the film.

With these two awards, the film has taken a total of 23 awards so far, website avtora.com said.

The awards were accepted by the film's producer Stefan Kitanov.

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