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The life of the rhythmic gymnastics ex-champion and present stripper Zhaneta is changing, when she becomes a victim of violence. Trying to find her place in this world, the girl stands in front of her most powerful enemy: herself.
Laura is a shy girl who refuses to see other people and never leaves her home where she makes origami all day long. All of a sudden, she crashes on Elena - an adventurer and a traveler that never stays in one place for too long. Will the two have the courage to escape from their comfort zone and build a serious relationship?
Six stories about the modern Bulgarian family.
Members of a partisan underground unit struggle during the anti-fascist Bulgarian Resistance of World War II.
Neither scissors nor saw will help the gardener to get rid of a daisy that has had the audacity to grow in the wrong place, but she herself cannot resist the gaze of a little girl.
Ivo, manager of a campsite on the shores of the Black Sea, refuses to bury the corpse of yet another dolphin rejected by the sea, because it has holes this time, as if it had been hit by bullets. All the vacationers and inhabitants of the surrounding area are involved in one way or another in an unprecedented war that is breaking out with the police, local and environmental institutions. (Source: cineuropa)
A documentary about the life and music of the great Bulgarian folk-jazz clarinet player Ivo Papasov - Ibryama.
During World War II, a mountain village priest, Pop Vecherko, unwittingly shelters a disguised partisan and helps run an underground press that prints the Communist Manifesto under the guise of hagiography. When a misdelivered package reaches the Synod and triggers mass arrests of clergy, a chance grenade explosion orchestrated by local children creates chaos, allowing Vecherko and his unsuspecting ally, the mayor, to slip away unnoticed.
Bizarre events happen in an isolated village.
The sequel to Balgar: The Movie. The characters go to a scary mansion where a lot of things happen to them.
A man and a woman meet again after many years - on the territory and circumstances of post-socialist Bulgaria. A university graduate and poetess, forced to adapt herself to the new social environment, she survives in her own country as a tram driver. Having arrived for his father's funeral after years of travels abroad, he catches a glimpse of his old flame accidentally in a tram. Could they bring back their emotional time, the time of their lives? Could they try to resurrect whatever bound them together in their youth?
Adaptation of the book by same title by Peter Stavinski, the film brings out the relations between children and birds in a new and unknown aspect, as a symbol of the purest and most direct expression of harmony.
After a night of partying with her friends Lora has to get herself together and attend an important meeting. At her office she finds two packages which contain two mysterious dice. The sides of one of them are all marked with the number two and of the other - with the number five. In the course of the day Lora will have to find out the truth behind the magical properties of a set of six dice. She'll be betrayed and helped, chased and abducted. She'll fall in love and help a friend deal with a complicated relationship. After this roller-coaster ordeal she'll come out stronger and happier having reasserted the importance of true friendship.
Pirin is a remote village that will be extinct in 20 years. We accompany four indigenous people who deal with it in different ways. Pirin is the last village in Europe where a dragon still exists. Georgi is Pirin’s mayor and tries to fight against its extinction – he has the dream to turn the village into a tourist attraction. Maria is widowed and still lives together with her over 40 year old son. They even share a room, but he should find a wife and give birth to children as soon as possible. Iliya is a shepherd and an alcoholic. He can no longer bear the decay of the village and has decided to live in the forest, surrounded by goats and sheep, without electricity and running water. The dragon named Gincho is on everyone’s lips and is feared and honoured by the inhabitants of Pirin.
Bogdan Stimov, wrongly accused of murder, flees Macedonia for America and becomes a munitions factory director, but returns during World War I to find his Bulgarian estate seized and his daughter’s forced marriage plot igniting a peasant revolt he leads, ultimately pleading his case before the king and earning a pardon.
An estranged son gets an unexpected visit from his mother. As old conflicts are reignited, their flames become a fascinating show for a stranger, who just happens to have spent the night over.
In order to win the big prize in a popular TV quiz, the main characters of the film - four life-loving women in search of a nontraditional way to overcome the stifling confines of their existence, have to perform a striptease in front of the cameras in their home town. They experience various adventures and their families are subjected to serious challenges. Provincial society is scandalized and their friendships tested. The four women make great sacrifices to reach the stage.
A Bulgarian drama
This documentary was subjected to condemnation and attempts for institutional censorship as soon as it was done. The film observes how one man makes a career using another in the totalitarian society of Communist Bulgaria.
A dentistry student, graduating with honor, does not get the desired job and has to start working as a MASTER OF ALL TRADES in a construction company. He has to paint walls, clean chimneys, and fix water conduits. He is not able to accomplish any of these tasks and gets into funny situations all the time. Moreover, he and his roommate, a good friend of his, quarrel over a girl. But this situation is a misunderstanding as well - the friends love different girls. A happy end is in sight.
A social and psychological study of contemporary problems.
When Zach Dains uncovers a chilling link between an antique red box and his wife Bella’s death, he must reconnect with his estranged son Max to save him from being pulled into the afterlife by Bella’s tormented spirit.
Anta, Evy, Lila and Talia were 20 in 2015 and studied at all-female Barnard College in New York. 2015 - 2045: 30 years and 3 films to see how they will shape the world from the inside out, becoming women on a fast changing planet.
Bulgarian queer artist and songwriter Ivo Dimchev transforms personal and social hardship into provocative public and intimate spectacles, boldly exploring sexuality, identity, faith, and activism in a celebration of queer visibility.
Hilarious comedy about a bunch of crazy private detectives who are trying to save the world from a nuclear disaster! Everything would be easier if there were not so many pretty Bulgarian girls who destract some of the agents, but sometimes help with fighting back. This is a second instalment of the Rapid Response Corps with the same characters from the first movie.
Bojeka is an eccentric man with a strong sense of his own dignity. When the local oligarch starts a dangerous for the people project for a nuclear waste repository near the town, Bojeka turns out to be the only one who can and dares to oppose him.
Jolie is an aspiring breakdancer ready to conquer the city and Pierre is a burned-out office worker who is ready to give up on it. We see how two strangers from two different worlds constantly cross paths and have their morals challenged.
A tall man and a short man argue about whether the object in front of them is a square or a circle. During the struggle, they push the object. It turns out to be a cylinder.
The upper class of the capital has been invited to a party. The guests discuss the retreat of the Germans on the Eastern Front. Havadzhieva, an attractive intellectual, recognizes that the interests of her class require action, not words.
The film shows Bulgaria after the First World War - different destinies, different turns on both sides of the political barricade. A life full of contradictions and passion.
One of the best Bulgarian mountain runners – Kiril Nikolov, known as Disl, attempted to set a new record – to run through the longest and legendary Bulgarian mountain route – 600 km from the mountain peak of Kom on the west border to cape Emine on the Black Sea coast, in less than 5 days. Through steep mountain paths, pouring rain, and sticky mud, the glorious adventure takes him beyond the barriers of his own consciousness, facing hidden fears, pain and exhaustion. Tо the point where he has to make a tough choice – to quit or to push his will to the ultimate challenge, beyond his own limitations.
The middle-aged poor painter Tsokov doesn't believe in marriage, something completely unacceptable in a cramped socialist society.
Dimo Manchev (Partsalev), a 50-year-old head of family, has a conservative notion of upbringing and morality. Being familiar with his disposition, the Manchev's daughter Lili (Bratanova) married his sweetheart Plamen (Gadzhokov) in secret. The young couple cast about how to announce the marriage all the more that they are both still students studying in university. The hesitation grows when the father shows strictness even though they present their relation as some university friendship.
I am Sam, I mean that's my name. I haven't been outside for 2 years, 232 days and 18 hours…
Two eternal opposing theses - play is our life or life is our play - are the base of music, dance and verse which fit together in this film.
Why do we cheat in class? Why do they let us? In this short documentary we interview a class of high school students and study their motives behind deciding to cheat in class rather than study while witnessing it happening in action.
Vasko wrote an essay that insults and questions the importance of the national hero Hristo Botev. When the headmistress of the school calls him to account in front of the whole class, Vasko explains that he actually meant something completely different.
The Liliev brothers share a surname but don’t seem to have anything else in common, not even a father. They got it from their mother Lily, who is no longer alive. The eldest brother, Alexander, is a hairdresser who likes wearing makeup and taking part in hairdressing contests. The middle brother, Bozhidar, has chosen to live as a monk but finds it difficult to adhere to his vows. The youngest – James - is a macho type of guy who wants to be a TV star and is planning to marry his girlfriend.
Three thematically related novels. The first is "Mother, father and me". The adults have hard time answering the kid's questions. Young Yulian sees that his parents are arguing. He cannot explain how his dad left the home, since his nightshirt and bed are there. The parents send Yulian to his grandpa at the village. The kid has a lot of fun, there are animals - pig, cock, turkey and he is playing all day. The grandpa dies. When Yulian goes home, he gets lost. Her mother accidentally meets him and embraces him crying. Second novel is "School". Three friends Yulian, Rumen and Hristo use small ceramic tiles for a game of marbles. Where to find them?
Yonko is a young man from a provincial town. For the fifth time, he is not accepted into the art academy. His father comes to help. But this can happen at the expense of humiliation. There is a gap between father and son. What kind of artist would Yonko become if he didn't have dignity?
Ognyan and Vera meet again after 10 years of separation. What unites them is a "time capsule" buried by them when they were children. Childhood memories lead them to the beginning of a one-day adventure that may be their last.
A truck driver falls in love with the woman he nearly hit.
A meditation on the ancient ritual of fire dancing in Bulgaria.
During another snowless winter, a famous freeride skier has a chance encounter with two kids on the street, which prompts him to dig through his grandfather's old family albums, capturing the snowy winters of the past. Immersing himself in the photos, the young man is transported to the parallel world of the winter mountains. Is winter irretrievably lost?
Margarita leaves the famous reporter Marco Matanich, joining her brother and his friends from different Balkan countries, windsurfing on an island. But the wind stops and a beach war-game begins. To prove his skills to Margarita, Marco shoots them in reportage. Quoted by leading media it fires a Balkan conflict, the friends start building national borders between their tents, while Margarita disappears in the open sea.
A building collapses and the authorities have to find the causer.
A chance encounter at a family wedding will force Yana, a closeted young woman, to face her biggest issue - herself.
Once upon a time... a long time ago... I was raised in a suitcase. I was lying in the suitcase and could only see the sky. White clouds and endless blue surrounded me. Sometimes the clouds quietly passed by me and I sank into their whiteness, and sometimes they turned into dragons and began to fight in the sky, advancing towards each other, grappling, their heads fell in battle, but in their place others immediately grew, and blue showed through their wounds...
In a concert, one of the musicians suddenly rushed to the sky. There he waits at St. Peter's Gate to be received. Inside, pathetic music is played. A musician plays jazz. The angels begin to tremble in rhythm
1929. The owners of a roadside hotel-a man and a woman-kill the merchant. To solve the murder, the investigator sends his undercover agent to the hotel. A passionate love begins between the agent and the woman. She confessed to her lover about the murder. The killer managed to escape, and the woman was sent to prison.
A lightning rod is guarding the house roof, but when the lightnings strike, it appears the rod if afraid of them.
An ambitious young woman from Sliven, Emilia Veleva cannot come to terms with the sleepy atmosphere in her hometown and dreams of a change. Looking for the man of her life, she visits dating clubs, but no candidate meets her requirements. The films of Bergman and books help her cope with her loneliness.
Dennis escapes Russian propaganda in Bulgaria and flees to London, where he collides with a new kind of propaganda: cancel culture. A young man’s quest for freedom.
On the outskirts of a Bulgarian village, Zaka lives alone brewing her herbal teas. When Katya turns up on Zaka's doorstep with young Bobby in tow, their shared pain sparks an unlikely bond and a quiet, irreversible shift materialises.
Tony is a studious kid who loves science and dreams of becoming a great scientist one day. His bedroom looks like a laboratory and he has deliberately named his lab mouse after Marie Curie, who developed the theory of radioactivity. Although he is just eight years old, Tony will participate in the National Science Fair with his own experiment. His neighbor Raya, who is also eight, is a student at the School of Dance and is rather naughty and mischievous. She often disturbs Tony and interrupts his concentration and his lab experiments, and she is a friend of Stefan, a bully who is several years older than her. Raya wants to help Stefan pass his math test, but Tony refuses to cooperate, and as a result of that Marie Curie is kidnapped. To get her back, Tony has to face new challenges. The annual ballet production at the school is ruined and fails gloriously, however, a new friendship blossoms.
The lives and fates of the regular visitors of a village inn.
Seemingly happy in her new relationship, Kalina decides to gather her ex-husband Peter and her current boyfriend Andrei's ex-girlfriend Patricia for dinner. Mislead by her euphoria, they all accept, not realizing the consequences of the lavish meal, the smoldering feelings and the unforgiven insults.
History teacher and coin collector Karl Schneider wants to track down an ancient coin while on vacation in Bulgaria. When he meets a group of musicians, he finds out that their singer Jana Christova is wearing this coin around her neck. He falls in love with her, but the young love soon faces some unexpected troubles. His travel companion, the pop singer Theobald, accompanies the events with music.
Dreaming of the West, Boryana is determined not to have a child in communist Bulgaria. Nonetheless, her daughter Viktoria enters the world in 1979, curiously missing a belly button, and is declared the country’s Baby of the Decade. Pampered by her mother state until the age of nine, Viktoria’s decade of notoriety comes crashing down with the rest of European communism. But can political collapse and the hardship of new times finally bring Viktoria and her reluctant mother closer together