Zako Heskija, Зако Хеския, also:Zako Heskia or "Sako Cheskija" (21 September 1922 in Istanbul

Istanbul

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 - 3 June 2006) was a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n film director

Film director

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 and writer.

Heskia became in 1966 international audience for "Gorechto Pladne" (Torrid Noon), the first Bulgarian contribution to the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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 and a nomination for the Palme d'Or

Palme d'Or

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. In 1981 he won the spezial prize at the Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF)

Moscow International Film Festival

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 for "Yo Ho Ho".

Zako Heskia works together with the former state Boyana Film Studio in Sofia.

Filmography

Movies

• 1965 Goreshto pladne (Torrid Noon) (Director)
• 1966 The Start of the Summer Holidays (Director)
• 1969 The Eighth (Director)
• 1971 Three Reservists (Director)
• 1974 Dawn Over the Drava (Director)
• 1976 Bou Posledon (Director/ Screenplay)
• 1979 A Final Battle (Director)
• 1981 Yo Ho Ho (Director)
• 1989 Scar-Free (Director)

TV-Movies

• 1979 Alone Among Wolves (Director)
• 1985 Nights with the White Horses (Director)

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