Bulgarian Lamentation Songs

Reach Your Limits

One of the best Bulgarian mountain runners – Kiril Nikolov, known as Disl, attempted to set a new record – to run through the longest and legendary Bu

2015

The Hamlet Adventure

Eight thousand feet above sea level, in the sacred heart of Rila mountain, in sweltering heat, and rain, and fog, the only transport being mules, depr

2008

Flying with Fins

Paintings, performances, experiments, electronic music sounding in the spaces of two old houses in a small Italian town, heated conversations about co

2024

Bulgaria, This Eternal Heresy

Part fictional documentary, part musical anthropology, scientific magic, and eco-anarchic utopian journey in a landscape of eight parts. You're Kaloya

2013

Life from Life

The film explores the hurdles facing organ transplant recipients in Bulgaria, once among Eastern Europe’s leaders in the medical procedure, but now ra

2021

Wolves Return

Wolves divide and fascinate us. 150 years after they were driven to extinction in Central Europe, they are returning slowly but inexorably. Are they d

2019

Invisible

The story of six young people addicted to heroin in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2005

Rules of Single Life

A Finnish documentary follows four young men who have one year to find new love in Helsinki.

2011

In Spanien wird man brauner

Bettina and Frank are from Saxony, without a job and are on vacation for the first time. They go to the sunny beach, where the unemployed Bulgarians T

1995

I See Red People

After twenty-five years spent in France, I return to Bulgaria, camera in hand, with a vertiginous suspicion: what if my family had collaborated with t

2019

Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go into a music-in

2020

And Again I Feel the Coldness of the Marble Stairs

A portrait of a seemingly ordinary house - one that holds cherished memories while also bearing the burden of abandonment and neglect. Revisiting my g

Macedonia in Pictures

This film was made on the occasion of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Ilinden (St. Ellias Day) Rebellion. This panoramic film depicts t

1923

Once Upon a Time in the East

In the 90s Bulgaria joined the Eastern Bloc's race for freedom. But as thousands flooded the streets calling for democracy the shadows were giving bir

2011

Feinstahlwerk Burgas

Documentary about a neck mill in Bulgaria

1989

Kukeri

The Balkans is home to an ancient pagan tradition where magic and mystery still have a sacred place in the cosmic order. The Kukeri festival has had a

2020

Kukeri

This film documents the Kukeri rituals in Bulgaria, focusing on the mask makers and performers who keep this ancient tradition alive. Their dedication

2012

I Dream Of Music

A documentary about the life and music of the great Bulgarian folk-jazz clarinet player Ivo Papasov - Ibryama.

1983

BULGARIA IS A BIG MISTAKE TOO

A documentary focused on the transitional years from the totalitarian regime to democracy in Bulgaria. A thorough interpretation of the period as a re

Damascena

The story follows a young boy's life which started in the Rose Valley. Nowadays - a grown up man, struggling to make his dream come true.

2017