The Day She Will Be Born
Best Short Fiction
Emil Spahiyski
Bulgaria,
Romania,
Fiction,
Bulgarian,
00:15:55
Sometimes the greatest battles are fought not in the streets, but in the corridors of memory. In this psychological drama Martha experiences her life as vivid fragments, interweaving between her nineteen-year-old self planning a wedding with Julian and her present reality in a nursing home where she faces brutal abuse. As dementia reshapes her world, memories become both refuge and weapon. Through non-linear storytelling, the film reveals how Martha's apparent confusion is actually profound clarity—she gathers all versions of herself for one final act of defiance. When she leaves the home, she carries not only the courage of youth but also a love story that time cannot touch.
This is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and, the power of memories and love. Dedicated to who left before departing.
Film block:
FICTION / ON MEMORY AND EXISTENCE
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
- Language Bulgarian
- Country Bulgaria, Romania
- Genre Fiction
- Cinematographer Kiril Prodanov
- Scriptwriter Emil Spahiyski, Bogdan Muresanu. Based on short story written by Yordanka Beleva
- Producer Bogdan Mureșanu, Dobromir Chochov, Julian Kostov
- Music George Strezov
- Editor Martin Zahariev-Mais
- Cast Julian Kostov
- Year of creation 2025
- Duration 00:15:55
Emil Spahiyski is a film director, screenwriter, journalist and publicist with extensive experience in print media, television and cinema.
He is known as the co-author of the script for the film "The Judgment" by producer and director Stefan Komandarev (Grand Prix--Indianapolis, Warsaw International Film Festival, "Golden Rose" and many more awards). Winner of the Bulgarian Film Academy's Screenplay Award, the "Golden Rhyton" Award for directorial debut in documentary cinema. Screenwriter of the television series "Stolichani v pove", screenwriter and editor of television reality formats.
In the print media he has worked from a reporter and political observer to a media executive. He was a correspondent for newspapers in the government, the presidency. He covered the war in Kosovo, he was a correspondent in the Caucasus.
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