The Boy Who Was a King
- Logline
- Explores the strange history of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who became Bulgaria's tsar at age 6, then was exiled during years of communism and returned to be elected Prime Minister.
- Talent
- Georgi Bogdanov
- Role of participant
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Andrey Paounov
- Producer
- Martichka Bozhilova
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2011
- Running time
- 90 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Creative)
- Countries of Production
- Bulgaria , Germany
- Production Company
- Agitprop Ltd., Filmtank GmbH, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Festivals and Awards
Awards: Golden Rython for Best Documentary 2012
Award of the Bulgarian National Film Archive for Best Documentary – Golden Rython Festival of Bulgarian Documentary and Animated Films 2012
Special Mention at CINEPOLITICA International Political Film Festival 2012, Bucharest, Romania
Best Director of documentary Award (Andrey Paounov), Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Best Sound Award, Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Nomination for Best Documentary, Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Nomination for Best Cinematography (Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov) of documentary, Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Nomination FOCAL International Awards 2012 for Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production
Best Documentary Feature at River Run International Film Festival 2012, Winston Salem, North Carolina)
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival 2011 (Real to Reel), The Times BFI London Film Festival 2011 (International Competition), IDFA 2011 (Best of Fests), Trieste FF 2012 (International Competition), Goteborg IFF 2012 (International Competition), Sofia Film Fest 2012 (Bulgarian Gala Premiere), River Run IFF 2012 (International Competition), goEast 2012 (International Competition, German Premiere), Planete Doc Review 2012 (International Competition), Cinepolitica 2012 (International Competition)
Award of the Bulgarian National Film Archive for Best Documentary – Golden Rython Festival of Bulgarian Documentary and Animated Films 2012
Special Mention at CINEPOLITICA International Political Film Festival 2012, Bucharest, Romania
Best Director of documentary Award (Andrey Paounov), Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Best Sound Award, Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Nomination for Best Documentary, Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Nomination for Best Cinematography (Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov) of documentary, Bulgarian Film Academy 2011
Nomination FOCAL International Awards 2012 for Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production
Best Documentary Feature at River Run International Film Festival 2012, Winston Salem, North Carolina)
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival 2011 (Real to Reel), The Times BFI London Film Festival 2011 (International Competition), IDFA 2011 (Best of Fests), Trieste FF 2012 (International Competition), Goteborg IFF 2012 (International Competition), Sofia Film Fest 2012 (Bulgarian Gala Premiere), River Run IFF 2012 (International Competition), goEast 2012 (International Competition, German Premiere), Planete Doc Review 2012 (International Competition), Cinepolitica 2012 (International Competition)