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It was not the first time The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner won prestigious awards in a film festival, nor isn't the first festive backgammon tournament with the participation of the movie crew. The World Is Big won the Audience Award in the Zurich Film Festival and in the Sofia International Film Festival. In the latter, it also won the Best Bulgarian Feature Film Award, and later that year, the movie grabbed the Jury Award at the Bergen International Film Festival. At the same opportunities, the movie backgammon team played against German movie director Wim Wenders and Istanbul based oriental psychedelic band Baba Zula.
Cinematic Backgammon Tournament in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian film crew of the award winning backgammon movie The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner (it is shorter in Bulgarian: "Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakade") celebrated the winning of two additional awards in the Lithuanian Vilnius International Film Festival in a special backgammon tournament.
After the Bulgarian-Slovenian-Hungarian-German co-production The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner won the best film and best actor award in the Vilnius International Film Festival, held recently in Lithuania, the producer, director, composer and actress of the movie, which happen to revolve around two generations of backgammon champions, competed in a backgammon tourney against the backgammon league of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with Jameson short-play backgammon award as first prize.
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