bgmovies
bulgarian movies
Ivailo Hristov

Ivailo Hristov

actor · director · writer
Ivailo Hristov is one of the best Bulgarian actors of his generation. He has played more than 80 roles in theatre and 40 film roles. He has received numerous awards for his acting.
40 as actor
5 as director
1 as writer
0 as cinematographer

Awards and Nominations

2003

Audience Award

  • Best Bulgarian Film

For the movie Emigranti (2002)

2010

Jury Award

  • Best Film of the Festival

For the movie Stypki v pqsyka (2010)

2010

Golden St. George

For the movie Stypki v pqsyka (2010)

2011

Best Balkan Film

  • Best Film

For the movie Stypki v pqsyka (2010)

2011

Bulgarian Film Academy Award

  • Best Screenplay (Nai-Dobur Stsenariy)

For the movie Stypki v pqsyka (2010)

2011

Bulgarian Film Academy Award

  • Best Director (Nai-Dobur Rezhisura)

For the movie Stypki v pqsyka (2010)

2015

Audience Award

  • Best Feature Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

The Critics Guild Award (UBF)

  • Best Feature Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Accredited Journalists' Award

  • Best Feature Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Audience Award

  • Best Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Golden Rose Award

  • Best Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Golden Aphrodite

  • FIPRESCI Prize

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Golden St. George

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Russian Film Clubs Federation Award

  • Main Competition

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Russian Film Critics Award

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2015

Bulgarian Film Academy Award

  • Best Supporting Actor (Nai-Dobra Poddurzhashta Muzhka Rolya)

For the movie Buferna zona (2014)

2015

Golden Slipper

  • Feature Film - Youth

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2016

Film Critics with UBFM Award for Best Balkan Film

  • Best Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2016

Audience Award 'Silver Sea-Gull'

  • Best Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2016

Best Feature

  • Best Feature Film

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2016

Glocal Images

  • Glocal Images Best Film Award

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2016

Glocal Images

  • Best Film Award

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2016

Golden Gryphon

  • Generator +18

For the movie Karyci (2015)

2017

Bulgarian Film Academy Award

  • Best Leading Actor (Nai-Dobra Glavna Muzhka Rolya)

For the movie Spomeni za straha (2017)

2020

Golden Rose Award

  • Best Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2020

Grand Prize

  • Best Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2020

Best Film Award

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Press Jury Prize

  • Best Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Audience Award 'Silver Sea-Gull'

  • Best Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Muhammad Al-Ameen Award

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Jury Prize

  • Best Feature Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

International Competition Award

  • Best Narrative Feature

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Grand Jury Prize

  • Best Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Grand-Prix

  • Best Feature Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

World Cinema

  • Best Feature Narrative

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Prize Trieste

  • Best Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2021

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Best Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2022

Bridging the Borders Award - Special Mention

For the movie Strah (2020)

2022

Bridging the Borders Award

For the movie Strah (2020)

2022

FIPRESCI Prize

  • Best Foreign Language Film

For the movie Strah (2020)

2023

Vasil Gendov Award

  • Best Leading Actor (Nai-Dobra Glavna Muzhka Rolya)

For the movie Proletno ravnodenstvie (2022)

2024

Vasil Gendov Award

  • Best Supporting Actor (Nai-Dobra Poddurzhashta Muzhka Rolya)

For the movie Zapiski po edno predatelstvo (2023)

2025

Vasil Gendov Award

  • Best Leading Actor (Nai-Dobra Glavna Muzhka Rolya)

For the movie Esenta na loveca (2025)

Interactive map

Explore Bulgarian movies by genre and decade using the interactive map

[Clear filters]

Filmography - As a Director:

Year Movie
2020

Strah

Svetla, a widow who lost her job recently is living nex... [more]
2015

Karyci

Elena, Koko, Patso and Gosho are high school students i... [more]
2010

Stypki v pqsyka

At the airport, Slavi tells his life's story to a young... [more]
2006

Priqtelite me narichat Chicho

Dimitar Stefanov Mihajlov, formerly known as prisoner n... [more]
2002

Emigranti

Three friends, Maro, Shpera and Yuri are anemployed and... [more]

Filmography - As a Writer:

Year Movie
2006

Priqtelite me narichat Chicho

Dimitar Stefanov Mihajlov, formerly known as prisoner n... [more]

Filmography - As an Actor:

Year Movie Role
2025

Esenta na loveca

Sometimes the path to each other begins ... [more]

 Pavel
2023

Zapiski po edno predatelstvo

Follows the 19th century anti-Ottoman re... [more]

 Dyado Valyo
2022

Izkustvoto da padash

A 17-year-old girl facing harassment fin... [more]

 Grandpa Bori
2022

Proletno ravnodenstvie

Three humorous but bitter stories turn i... [more]
2022

V syrceto na mashinata

Humanity hides in the deepest, darkest p... [more]

 Daskala
2018

Jivi komini

In the old-time houses of a mountain vil... [more]
2018

Vyrtqsht moment

Four friends from all over the world reu... [more]

 Boyan
2017

Serafim

The homeless Serafim rejects the materia... [more]

 Serafim
2017

Spomeni za straha

1968. Burnt books. Ruined lives. Humilia... [more]

 Pisatelyat
2016

Dante
2015

Jajda

The Mother, the Father and their 16-year... [more]

 The Father of The Boy
2014

Buferna zona

The film's motto is: "The world of the e... [more]

 Damyan
2010

Cahes

The film is a romantic comedy, inspired ... [more]
2009

Rut

A proud new Dad leaving the hospital wit... [more]

 Ivaylo
2008

Presledvachyt
2007

Malki razgovori

Somewhere at the end of the world, in a ... [more]
2004

Jivot sys Sofiq

Ten years ago Sophia's husband, Marin, w... [more]

 Vachko
2004

Kysmet

A young woman, weary with her poor life,... [more]

 Sysedyt s transistora
2004

Toshka i Toshko

"Toshka and Toshko" is an incredible sto... [more]

 Toshko
2002

I Gospod sleze da ni vidi

Kesten is a tiny charming village on the... [more]
2002

Rapsodiq v bqlo

This is a story about a woman, but not c... [more]

 Policaicheto
2001

Poseteni ot gospoda

Kesten is a picturesque village on the b... [more]
2001

Sydbata kato plyh

It is a story about a group of friends w... [more]

 Anton
1997

Chernata lqstovica

The destinies of three men interwine in ... [more]

 Lilqnin
1996

Gorski duh
1996

Priqtelite na Emiliq

Emilia's friends are portrayed in a numb... [more]

 Priqtelqt na Emiliq
1996

Vsichko ot nula

A delicate analysis of the movement of t... [more]
1993

Neshto vyv vyzduha
1991

Bashtata na qiceto

In the sky above the Mount Athos a huge ... [more]

 Gradonachalnikyt polkovnik Yol
1991

O, Gospodi, kyde si?

Brought up by the father, who is a chief... [more]

 Ivo Kaponeto
1991

Veshtestveno dokazatelstvo

 		Isai
1989

Bqgashti kucheta

The story deals with young people in the... [more]

 Lambo
1989

Parcheta liubov

Three young families, longtime friends, ... [more]

 Roko
1988

AkaTaMuS

Two eternal opposing theses - play is ou... [more]

 En En
1988

Mera spored mera

Early 20th c. This is an era of seething... [more]

 Giorche i Dimitris
1987

Prizemqvane

A young lady - a famous writer - is enjo... [more]

 Ivan
1986

Sydiqta

The action takes place in 1884. Bulgaria... [more]

 Hristov
1981

Mera spored mera

The movie is divided into three parts fo... [more]

 Giorche i Dimitris
1980

Uoni

The problems facing the Bulgarian worker... [more]
1979

Kato belqzani atomi

While teaching acting students at Bulgar... [more]
◉ This page has been visited 1734 times.