Documentary films

In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve almost 2 million, Krasi, Mila and Plamen are our unlikely heroes: chain-smoking, filled with humour, relentlessly saving lives against all odds. Yet, the strain of a broken system is taking a human toll: how long can we count on their humanity to handle it? The film uses an unorthodox creative form, which dodges sensationalism. We are captivated by the faces of our protagonists, their reactions, and the sounds surrounding one of sofia's last ambulances.

A small village in Bulgaria. For centuries on end Bulgarians and Turks have co-existed here. In the so-called regeneration process the names of the ethnic Turks were changed. Unrest begins; a lot of people emigrate. Today some of those are back, but the relations between the people from the village (and this applies not only to that village) are complicated. Tension is witnessed even in the children’s games…

A film about a zurna player Samir and his people, about Demko Kurtov’s kin and about the nature of their music; about the profession of call-musicians, about people coming from music.

Spirit and Matter is an attempt to delve into the spirit of the artworks by sculptor Alexander Diakov, both realized and those that have remained only projects. The sculptor of artworks, conveying universal ethical messages, has become a legend among the Bulgarian boxing and movie people and artistic and Bohemian circles in Sofia in the second half of the last century. His artistic career was marked by the creative principles he stood for and that formed his social and life views, shaping the unique personality of Alexander Diakov.

18 years after the event a film crew decides to throw some light on this Bulgarian nebulosity by making a documentary.

This is a film about the phenomenal sports career and the tempestuous life of the most famous Bulgarian worldwide – football superstar Нristo Stoichkov. It is a dramatic documentary covering the triumphs and collapses of the born winner; the mission of the leader, who inspires and leads those around to him throughout the crucial moments in life and on the pitch; the real events and the myths; the national self-confidence and the national nihilism…

The film presents how in the second half of the XIX century down the Danube river from Europe into Bulgaria were rushing art and letters and civilization, that bit by bit were awakening the craving for novelty mind of the Bulgarians. Initially the modern mentality made its way among the best representatives of the Bulgarian national revival at the time. And it finds its expression in enterprise, in new look upon the economics, upon money-making and expense, upon living standards and education.