01.01.2015
Vasil Gendov’s ambiguous life story impresses with an array of ‘starts’: he made both the first Bulgarian feature film ever and the first talking movie. He was the founding father of the Bulgarian National Film Archives and the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. Alongside being a film pioneer, he was a controversial person. Drawing on documents and evidence of that time, the documentary seeks to unveil his complex character in the context of the dynamic social and political situation in this country in the early twentieth century against the backdrop of the cultural development of Europe and the Balkans.
01.01.2015
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.
01.01.2015
Grandpa Georgi lives alone with his cat, Malina, in the countryside. He was a librarian, for more than 50 years, when his sight starts to fade and he cannot read anymore. At Christmas time, he decides that there is no point of living. But the cat disagrees…
