Best National

  • Across the Naked Hills

    Dimitar Kutmanov Bulgaria, Fiction, 27'00''

     

    Quiet and withdrawn, Zhana finds an escape from her dull life in her bond with an abandoned dog until her controlling foster father, Danail, discovers her secret.

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  • Iskra

    Snejina Latev Bulgaria, Sweden, Fiction, 20'56''

    Trapped in a routine of cleaning the past, Iskra longs for the outside world that lies beyond her

    balcony.

    NATIONAL / BULGARIAN DRAMA
  • Scarlet

    Maria Bobeva Bulgaria, Fiction, 24'41''

    A young social worker goes on a mission to save a little girl from her mom's underworld but instead she falls into the girl's imaginary reality.

    NATIONAL / BULGARIAN DRAMA
  • Family Portrait of the Black Earth

    Ivan Popov-Zaeka Bulgaria, Animation, 10'00''

    After undergoing cancer surgery an old lady is desperate to find a replacement for her missing breast and entrusts her husband with the task. In the ensuing funny camaraderie wholesomeness breeds love and hope.

    NATIONAL / BULGARIAN DRAMA
  • Everything Tastes Strange Today

    Kristina Spassovska Bulgaria, Fiction, 11'50''

    On another endless, summer day, in the privacy of their garden, all a twelve-year-old girl wants is to be her older brother’s darling.

    NATIONAL / MOSAIC OF LIFE
  • Talking Heads Or Men Of Duty Or This Is Definitely Not Propaganda

    Kristiyan Petrov Bulgaria, Fiction, 13'40''

    Two street preachers engage in a heated verbal standoff over their conflicting philosophies. 

    NATIONAL / MOSAIC OF LIFE
  • And That's for This Christmas

    Peter Vulchev Bulgaria, Fiction, 14'41''

    While preparing the details for his own funeral, an elderly man realizes that he will be celebrating Christmas alone. Unable to fall asleep, he decides to spend the holiday at the grave of his deceased wife.

    NATIONAL / MOSAIC OF LIFE
  • Two Times Two

    Andrey M. Paounov Bulgaria, Germany, Fiction, 15'00''

    Two equal stories complement each other in a free meditation on the topic of violence.

    NATIONAL / MOSAIC OF LIFE
  • Rootless

    Stefani Doychinova Bulgaria, Fiction, 30'

    Nikolay and Deliya lives all alone with their horse - Maria, in a small ranch outside the city.

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  • How to Bury a Dragon

    Martin Markov Bulgaria, Fiction, 30'00''

    In a small Bulgarian town an aging homophobic wood-carver receives a tragic news which awakens his buried shame and anger.

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  • Good Night, Lily

    Peter Vulchev Bulgaria, Fiction, 24'24''

    Will their love conquer time and space or will the black hole of everyday life engulf it?

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  • The Night Shift

    Yordan Petkov, Eddy Schwartz Bulgaria, France, Belgium, Fiction, 29'32''

     Single, unemployed and with nothing to lose, Anton begins  work in an illegal coal-mine, where nights are long, friendships  last short, and the price of getting out is high.

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  • Task of The Day

    Petya Zlateva Bulgaria, Animation, 05'00''

    A short visual poem based on the poem Daily Tasks by Stefan Ivanov, where the protagonist strives to escape from solitude into her daily chores only to face madness and chaos.

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  • Bango Vasil

    Milen Vitanov, Vera Trajanova Bulgaria, Germany, Fiction, 8'30''

    On the afternoon of January 14th a girl claims, that it is the New Year’s eve! Is it true?
    This is the story of one unexpected and different New Year’s Eve, the journey of two kids on the shoulder of a giant and the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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  • Maybe Tommorow

    Martin Iliev Bulgaria, Germany, Fiction, 23'31''

     Hidden behind a telescope, Lone, a modern-day hermit falls in love with a quirky woman from the building opposite. He has to cross the threshold to finally meet her… 
    Maybe tomorrow.

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  • Parking

    Ivaylo Minov Bulgaria, Fiction, 18'56''

     Irina is under pressure. She has something very important to attend to, but she is running out of time. rushing to do her groceries, she will have to put an end to a love affair… and survive a car accident.

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  • Stereo Love

    Martin Iliev Bulgaria, Fiction, 9'

     A YOUNG COUPLE HAS LOST THE SPARK AND SUNK INTO ROUTINE. NOW THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS RUN BY A MECHANICAL VOICE COMING THROUGH THE STEREO. IT SHOULD REKINDLE THEIR SEX LIFE, BUT SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG.

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