Speakers

Atanassov, Prof. Dr. Nikola, psychoanalyst, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University, Sofia; editor and translator of important psychoanalytic standard texts; member of the Sofia Film Group.

Damjanov, Dr. Marin, author of numerous novels and screenplays, among them Ogledaloto na dyavola (Devil's Mirror) (BG 2001), Sledvay me (Follow Me ) (BG 2003), Lady Zee (BG 2005), Bratut na ohljuva (Brother of the Snail ) (BG2009); author of the textbook Psychoanalyza i kinodramaturgia (Psychoanalysis and Playwriting)

Donev, Alexander, Director of the National Bulgarian Film Center, the administration implementing the Cinema Industry Law (CIL) and in charge of supporting Bulgarian film production, distribution, and development of film culture. http://www.nfc.bg/en/nachalo

Finzi, Itzhak, one of the grand old men of Bulgarian theatre: actor, writer, and musician. After a 50+ years of acting, literally everyone in Bulgaria knows him. Besides countless national and international stage parts, he appeared in 68 feature films. http://www.theatreoffthechannel.org/itzcocv.htm

Hamburger, Prof. Dr. Andreas, psychoanalyst (DPG), psychologist, and expert in German literature, is professor of clinical psychology at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin; lecturer, training analyst and supervisor of the Akademie für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie München; member of the Munich Film Group Numerous publications on psychoanalysis of literature/film. Co-organizer of the symposium. www.psychoanalyse-film.eu

Hancheva, Kamelia, psychologist, psychotherapist, translator, and author; lecturer at Sofia University; member of the Sofia Film Group.

Kozhuharova, Nadja, psychologist and psychoanalyst; works in Association Animus as a psychotherapist since 1995; member of the board of La Strada Internationa;, member of the Sofia Film Group.

Manov, Prof. Dr. Bozhidar, Chair of the Department of Film Theory, National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia; Vice President of FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) 2001-2005; member of the Bulgarian National Film Council; member of international juries and film scholarly congresses. Numerous publications on film theory, e. g. Screen Image Evolution (Sofia 2004)

Pramataroff-Hamburger, Dr. Vivian, gynecologist, specialising in psychotherapy and sexual medicine; teaches psychosomatic gynecology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University München and several Bulgarian universities; Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and several German professional associations; building up Balint group leadership training in Bulgaria on behalf of the International Balint Federation; member of the Munich Film Group Committed to mediating Bulgarian high culture in Germany; author of a number of publications on film psychoanalysis. Co-organizer of the symposium. www.psychoanalyse-film.eu

Rost, Dr. Andreas, art historian and film scholar, Culture Department of the City of Munich; member of film juries and congresses; has numerous scientific publications on psychoanalysis and film. Recently, he discussed Bertolucci’s „The Dreamers“ at the Munich Conference Film und Psychoanalyse with Andrea Sabbadini and Andreas Hamburger. http://www.kunstgeschichte.uni-muenchen.de/personen/lehrbeauftragte/rost/index.html

Sabbadini, Dr. Andrea, psychoanalyst (IPA); director of Publications of the British Psychoanalytical Society; trustee of the Freud Museum, London; film branch editor of International Journal of Psychoanalysis; founder and chair of the renowned European Festival of Film and Psychoanalysis, which takes place biannually under the patronage of Bernardo Bertolucci since 2001; author and editor of numerous studies on film and psychoanalysis.

Tomov, Prof. Dr. Toma, psychoanalyst (IPA); one of the best known and formative Bulgarian psychiatrists; now teaches at New Bulgarian University, Sofia; member of the Sofia Film Group.

Vassilev, Dr. med. Svetlozar, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (IPA); director of the psychoanalytic clinic Analitika, Sofia; lecturer at New Bulgarian University; member of the Sofia Film Group.

Wernz, Dr. med. Corinna, psychoanalyst and expert in German literature; lecturer at the Akademie für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie München; member of the Munich Film Group; numerous publications in cultural studies. www.psychoanalyse-film.eu

Zwiebel, Prof. Dr. med. Ralf, professor emeritus for Psychoanalytic Psychology at Kassel University, is one of the patriarchs of the German psychoanalytic film research and author of numerous relevant publications.