11th

Master of Art Film Festival

February 6-26, 2026

AWARDS – 2025

• МASTER OF АRT – AURUBIS AWARD – AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY – bestowed by AURUBIS BULGARIA

ON MELTING SNOW
Belgium (2024) 73 min. dir. Mojtaba Bahadori

• BEST BULGARIAN DOCUMENTARY– Award bestowed by STATE CULTURAL INSTITUTE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

VASKO and THE VIOLIN
Bulgaria (2024) 83 min. dir. Lora Krumova, Maria Yotova

• BEST DEBUT– Award by the Youth Jury

PIPE DREAM
Bulgaria – Sweden (2024) 49 min. dir. Nikolay Nikolov, Zachary Alfred

• AUDIENCE AWARD

VAN GOGH: POETS and LOVERS
UK (2023) 90 min. dir. David Bickerstaf

• SPECIAL JURY MENTION

PIPE DREAM
Bulgaria – Sweden (2024) 49 min. dir. Nikolay Nikolov, Zachary Alfred

• AWARD FOR MOST BEAUTIFUL DOCUMENTARY

ON MELTING SNOW
Belgium (2024) 73 min. dir. Mojtaba Bahadori

• BEST SHORT

PURE TUSCANY
France (2024) 8 min. dir. Julien Faure

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN ARCHITECTURE

THE BATALHA OF PORTO
Portugal (2023) 52 min. dir. Pedro Lino

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN ART AND POWER–The category is supported by OVERGAS

ART VS WAR. BANKSY AND C215 IN BORODYANKA, UKRAINE
Italy (2024) 55 min. dir. Michele Pinto

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN CONTEMPORARY ART

TAKING VENICE
USA (2023) 98 min. dir. Amei Wallach

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN DESIGN and FASHION

INVISIBLE BEAUTY
USA (2023) 116 min. dir. Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN FINE ART

BACON FREUD, Face à Face
France (2024) 52 min. dir. Catherine Aventurier

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN LITERATURE

SPINOZA – 6 REASONS FOR THE EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE PHILOSOPHER
Israel (2023) 55 min. dir. David Ofek

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN MUSIC AND DANCE

ZUCCHERO SUGAR FORNACIARI
Italia (2023) 100 min. dir. Valentina Zanella and Giangiacomo De Stefano

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

GRANT SHEEHAN: LIGHT, GHOSTS and DREAMS
New Zealand (2023) 120 min. dir. Robin Greenberg

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN THEATER AND CINEMA

CHAPLIN’S MODERN TIMES – THE PATH OF SILENCE
France (2024) 55 min. dir. Gregory Monro

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN ART MUSEUMS

THE IMMORTALS. THE WONDERS OF THE MUSEO EGIZIO
Italy (2024) 95 min. dir. Michele Mally

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN ART AND NATURE

LET THEM BE NAKED
USA (2024) 105 min. dir. Jeff Garner

• BEST DOCUMENTARY IN CULINARY ART

BOB NOTO, THE WORLD’S FINEST PALATE
Italy (2024) 70 min. dir. Francesco Catarinolo