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Grandma and Grandpa always loved their tranquil life in the apartment, enjoying the calm days, content.But in these times of isolation,where the difference between home and prison it’s hard to see, a long forgotten feeling rises again: boredom. And boredom can be a very dangerous matter…
If you add the sweet, caring hatred that naturally builds up during such a long marriage, it comes with no surprise that Grandma and Grandpa decided to start The Challenge: the score is set with chalk on a blackboard, like in the old days; wife versus husband,woman versus man,a battle to score 10 points, a battle to trick death itself.
Grandma: Cvetana Ivanova
Grandpa: Taki Pernishki
Produced by: Dessy Tenekedjieva, NOVA film
Written and directed by: Viktor Ivanov, Edoardo Pasquini
Cinematography: Boris Mitrev
Gaffer: Kiril Palikarski
1st. ass. Camera: Vesselin Hristov
1st. ass. Director / prod. Manager: UPM Konstantin Vasilev
Art Director: Stamena Stoeva
Costumes: Hristina Hristova
Project manager: Stefany Raycheva
Editing / Color grading: Edoardo Pasquini
Co-producer: Nikola Nikolov
Music: Viola Pasquini
Bulgarian voice actor: Vladislav Velichkov
Re-cording mixer: Samul Kabakov
Special Thanks: Teodora Gavrilova, Filippo Luconi, Petko Lungov, Ivan Chertov, Magic Shop LTD, and the friends from spring water BALDARAN
Festival Selections & Awards:
TORINO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the JURY SPECIAL PRIZE
♥ Winner of RAI CINEMA CHANNEL AWARD
FLICKERFEST INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (AUSTRALIA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
RIVERRUN INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
HUESCA INT. FILM FESTIVAL (SPAIN)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
INDY SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
THE NORWEGIAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (NORWAY)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
BRUSSELS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (BELGIUM)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
DOKUFEST – INT. DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (KOSOVO)
EFA qualifying festival
LANDSHUT SHORTFILM FESTIVAL (GERMANY)
MUESTRA INT. DE CINE DE PALENCIA (SPAIN)
CORTO DORICO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL – MAREMETRAGGIO (ITALY)
BUSHO – BUDAPEST SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (HUNGARY)
ISMAILIA INT. FILM FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARIES AND SHORT FILMS (EGYPT)
BURGAS INT. FILM FESTIVAL (BULGARIA)
FIGARI INT. SHORT FILM FEST (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST INT. SHORT FILM
♥ Winner of the WESHORT AWARD
FILMFEST DRESDEN (GERMANY)
VISIONI ITALIANE (ITALY)
CIVITANOVA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST ACTOR
♥ Winner of the AUDIENCE AWARD
CORTOLOVERE (ITALY)
LINEA D’OMBRA FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM – CORTOEUROPA
SUDESTIVAL (ITALY)
BALKAN PANORAMA FILM FESTIVAL (TURKEY)
PLEIN LA BOBINE FILM FESTIVAL (FRANCE)
PRATO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of MARIO MONICELLI AWARD
♥ Winner of BEST SCREENPLAY
CORTI DA SOGNI “ANTONIO RICCI” (ITALY)
PREMIO TROISI (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM
DIECIMINUTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
KRALJEVSKI FILM FESTIVAL (SERBIA)
♥ Winner of BEST EDITING
SEDICICORTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FEKK – LJUBLJANA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (SLOVENIA)
OPENEYES FILMFEST (GERMANY)
INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DIJON “FENÊTRE SUR COURTS” (FRANCE)
PERIFERIA DELL’IMPERO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
VIA DEI CORTI – FESTIVAL INDIPENDENTE DI CINEMA BREVE (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST DIRECTOR
♥ Winner of BEST EDITING
PULCINELLA FILMFEST (ITALY)
INVENTA UN FILM LENOLA (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST COMEDY
COMICRON FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SATURNIA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
IO NON TI CONOSCO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ANDARAS TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FABRIANO FILM FEST (ITALY)
FESTIVAL INT. DEL CORTOMETRAGGIO “I CORTI SUL LETTINO” (ITALY)
THE QUARANTINE FILM FESTIVAL (BULGARIA)
PREMIO PICCOLO CINEMA PARADISO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the AUDIENCE AWARD
CABRIOLET FILM FESTIVAL (LEBANON)
HEXAGON FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SOFIA SHORT FEST (BULGARIA)
♥ Winner of the KINOBOX AWARD
ICFF – ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY FILM FESTIVAL (CANADA)
PUNTODIVISTA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
MINIKINO FILM WEEK – BALI INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (INDONESIA)
20MINMAX INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (GERMANY)
SOCIAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ROMA CREATIVE CONTEST (ITALY)
ASFF – AS FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
APPUNTAMENTO IN NERO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of FIRST PRIZE
NANO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
TERRE DA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ARACNEA FILM AND BOOK FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of SECOND PRIZE
ROMA TRE FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
HUMOR EN CORTO (SPAIN)
♥ Winner of BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
FERNANDO DI LEO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ASTI INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SKEPTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
AGUILAR FILM FESTIVAL (SPAIN)
MALATESTA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
CORTO E A CAPO – PREMIO MARIO PUZO (ITALY)
METACANNES FILM3 FESTIVAL (USA)
INCANTO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
INT. FILMFEST BREMEN (GERMANY)
SCIACCA FILM FEST IN CORTI (ITALY)
FACTORY FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
MUUH FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FILM FESTIVAL INT. SALENTO FINIBUS TERRAE (SA.FI.TER.) (ITALY)
CECINEMA (ITALY)
FLUVIONE FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
LANDAU FILM FESTIVAL (GERMANY)
♥ Winner of BEST FILM
CORTI IN CORTILE (ITALY)
THE NEXT GENERATION SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
MOSTRA INT. DEL CINEMA DI BRACCIANO (ITALY)
SCAMBI FESTIVAL “DISSOLVENZE: I CORTI DI SCAMBI” (ITALY)
CORTO DI SERA (ITALY)
SAN BENEDETTO FILM FEST (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST DARK COMEDY
ARCICORTO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
VIDEOCORTO NETTUNO (ITALY)
MARETTIMO ITALIAN FILM FEST (ITALY)
VICOLI CORTI (ITALY)
CORTO FICTION CHIANCIANO TERME (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST COMEDY
EDERA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
CHIAROSCURO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
CORTOCIRCUITI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of JURY AWARD
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST ACTRESS
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST SHORT FILM
FUNCINEMA – INT. COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
