Documentary films

The story of is all about the time and the space of the past moved on to the reality of today. It is not only a tribute to Nikola Vaptsarov on the occasion of his 100th anniversary, rather the work conveys the message of the poet to the present day young generation of the exceptional power of human spirit turning the experience of suffering for a better life into a triumph.

The documentary tells the story of the life and the unique endeavours of Dorbri Zheliazkov, a pioneer in Bulgarian industry, who set up the first factory within the Ottoman Empire ever. Educated and go-getting, he was an ingenious organizer, inventor and merchant, who took part in the struggles of the Bulgarians for liberation. Forced to immigrate to Russia, he then brought back know-how and industrial technologies. A truly Renaissance man of his age, he readily sponsored socially useful causes. The vicissitudes of life never shook his unbreakable spirit.

The enormous power of the human spirit triumphing over suffering. This is a film about the creative rebirth of Zlatyo Boyadzhiev and Boris Hristov.

Shina Terziyska is an old woman, the only one left in the village of Koukouvitza. There is no water there, no electricity – just a snow-covered hill and 60 empty houses. Once a month, when the old age pensions are paid, Shina goes down to Shiroka Laka on foot. Seven kilometers. Two hours alone in the mountain. This is another world – the world of an empty village.

The film presents an old rare custom in the Easter night. At midnight worshippers go to the cemetery and put ritual breads and painted еggs on the graves to pay their respect to the dead. The Easter eggs are connected with pre-Christian practices, with the ancient worship of light, with the cult to the dead and the beliefs about the origin of the Universe in Bulgarian folklore.

A documentary about Bulgarian film director Eduard Zahariev and his feverish and inquiring creative mind forever exploring the mysteries of spiritual perfection. This film is about Eduard Zahariev’s proficiency and striving to make each of his films as if it were his last, whatever it took, even his own life.

This is a film about Georgi, a fisherman from Varna, who has for many years now lived in a fishing village. His life is not an easy one. On top of all that one of his children is a young man, who suffers a mental disorder. But Georgi has refused to leave him in a care centre for disabled people and takes loving care of him. Georgi is a man, who does not abandon himself to despair and never gives up.