2012

01.01.2012

THE PIANO PLAYER

She is somewhere, beyond the horizon, shining in her red hat. He is waiting for a ship… shivering in his red shawl. Perhaps she will come back as a seagull in their dreams…
01.01.2012

VITOSHA

01.01.2012

THE CHANGE

Sometimes dreams do come true. The ordinary, dull, nondescript, and yet conscientious clerk from the municipal post office finds himself in a piece of heaven generously stuffed with beautiful girls, drinks to one’s fill, and all sorts of entertainment that one only glimpses at on commercials – in other words, at a party that never ends. But his dream come true is full of disappointment and failure. After all sorts of misfortunes and above all confusing situations befall him, our hero finally realizes that his most coveted place is at his desk at the post office…
01.01.2012

TZVETANKA

is the story of my grandmother, a woman who has outlived the three epochs. Her life represents and reflects the stories of many others, of society and of the country itself." Youlian Tabakov
01.01.2012

REW DAY

Logline: Go Forward! The last day of a man’s life is seen as on a videotape which is being rewound to the moment he wakes up in the morning, having no idea what lays ahead.
01.01.2012

A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER

Two arrivistes on the hunt for the job of the boss are seeking to shoot up the social ladder and falling down quickly, unaware of biting off more than they can chew and failing to discern the dividing line between ambition, megalomania and greediness, which prove to be destructive.
01.01.2012

FAITH, LOVE AND WHISKY

A young Bulgarian woman flees her dream life in America to return home to her passionate, but self-destructive friend Val. But when her fiancé, Scott, shows up unexpectedly, she has to choose between a secure future and a doomed love.
01.01.2012

BALKAN MELODIE

A film about Marcel Cellier who discovered for the world „Le Mystѓre des Voix Bulgares“, and their true cinematic story. For more than 50 years the swiss musicologist and researcher Marcel Cellier has been travelling beyond the Iron Curtain, collecting the best of the authentic folklore music of Eastern Europe. Following his steps, the film “travels“ around Romania and Bulgaria of today, revealing the secrets of the legendary Bulgarian choir “Le Mystѓre des Voix Bulgares“, winner of the most prestigious Grammy music award, as well as of the famous Romanian musician Gheorghe Zamfir.
01.01.2012

JULY

Dju (39) meets her old friend Dana (40), who has just returned to Bulgaria after being abroad for a long time. They head for the sea. On the road they meet Lilly (30), a friend of Dju’s, who joins them. In Krapetz, the northenmost village on the Black Sea coast, they find the peace and harmony they are looking for. But soon this idyll comes to an end. Past conflicts are rekindled. The women discover things they were hiding from each other. One morning they find an Ukrainian, Natasha (27), wounded while escaping from a human trafficking gang. The villagers are unwilling to be involved. Lilly decides to drive Natasha to the nearest town, but the traffickers stop the car, beat Lilly and capture Natasha. Dana, Dju and Lilly are determined to get back the little they have – their human dignity. At night they manage to find both Natasha and their own desire for freedom and life.
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