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Mariana Hristova


271 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 10/09/2025.

Review: The Art of Falling

Review: The Art of Falling

Bulgarian first-time director Orlin Milchev comes up with a coming-of-age story in which mother and daughter are maturing simultaneously  

04/10/2022 | Golden Rose 2022

Zornitsa Sophia wins the Golden Rose Trophy with Mother

Zornitsa Sophia wins the Golden Rose Trophy with Mother

The director has triumphed at the gathering for the second time, after her feature debut, Mila from Mars, shared the main prize with Stanimir Trifonov’s Burning Out in 2004  

30/09/2022 | Golden Rose 2022 | Awards

Borimir Ilkov-Bono • Director of Anna

Interview: Borimir Ilkov-Bono • Director of Anna

“I am deeply interested in the decomposition of the family and couples in contemporary society”

The Bulgarian first-time director talks to us about his fruitful collaboration with scriptwriters and both professional and non-professional actors in his feature-length drama  

29/09/2022 | Golden Rose 2022

15 feature films to compete for the Golden Rose Trophy

15 feature films to compete for the Golden Rose Trophy

The special 40th-anniversary edition of the Bulgarian gathering is presenting three additional full-length titles in competition in comparison to last year  

20/09/2022 | Golden Rose 2022

Milko Lazarov currently shooting The Herd in north-western Bulgaria

Milko Lazarov currently shooting The Herd in north-western Bulgaria

Discovered by the film team, young non-professional newcomer Vesela Vulcheva is taking on a lead role  

19/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Bulgarian/Germany/Luxembourg

Series review: Prisma

Series review: Prisma

The first two episodes of the series directed by Ludovico Bessegato promise a contemporary saga on the complexity of sexual identity in the adolescent age and the role of the omnipresent media  

22/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

Review: Angry Annie

Review: Angry Annie

French filmmaker Blandine Lenoir’s intimate take on the private struggle for the approval of abortion law in France back in the 1970s is an ode to female solidarity  

17/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Review: Stella in Love

Review: Stella in Love

Sylvie Verheyde’s seventh feature is an atmospheric vintage revisiting of her teenage years, spent on the verge of an adulthood which seems to offer scant prospects  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Sylvie Verheyde • Director of Stella in Love

Interview: Sylvie Verheyde • Director of Stella in Love

"I believe that nowadays, many adolescents find themselves very much alone and have a hard time finding their own voices"

The French helmer goes back in time by reflecting on her youth, more than a decade after her first autobiographical film Stella  

11/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh

Interview: Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh

"When I am writing a scene, it’s really about the moment"

The German filmmaker and visual artist reflects on her artistic approach and the investigative drive behind her second slow-paced hypnotic feature  

09/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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