Christo Christov Articles

Christo Christov, Ovanes Torosian, Eastern Plays (top); Kristbjörg Kjeld, Mamma Gogo (bottom) Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Mamma Gogo and Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays will have two additional Academy screenings on Dec. 26 at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills. Iceland's entry for the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Mamma Gogo will be presented at 5 p.m; Bulgarian entry Eastern Plays will screen at 7 [...]

2009 Tokyo Film Festival Awards 2009 Tokyo Film Festival: October 17-25, 2009   In Kamen Kalev's Bulgarian drama Eastern Plays, two estranged brothers are unexpectedly brought together after they play opposing roles in a racist beating — Georgi is a new member of a neo-Nazi group; Itso, a drug-addicted artist, rescues the victimized Turkish family. Compounding matters, Georgi (Ovanes Torosian) starts to question his place [...]