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Mariana Hristova


264 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 28/07/2025.

Review: Epilogues

Review: Epilogues

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon’s slow-paced fiction feature explores ultimate solitude and the liminal space between active life and the threshold of death  

27/03 | Vilnius 2025

Eugen Jebeleanu • Director of Internal Zero

Interview: Eugen Jebeleanu • Director of Internal Zero

“I wanted to explore being vulnerable as an actor, director and viewer”

The filmmaker offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on his second feature, which explores the precariousness of professional and personal life for thirty-something Romanians  

25/03 | Vilnius 2025

Review: Cat’s Cry

Review: Cat’s Cry

Based on true events and Goran Paskaljević’s unfinished script, Sanja Živković’s second feature tells the story of a child’s abandonment and her grandfather’s struggle to keep her in the family  

20/03 | Sofia 2025

Ventura Durall • Director of Supernatural

Interview: Ventura Durall • Director of Supernatural

“We have an ‘internal pharmacy’ that can be activated through various mechanisms”

The Catalan director reveals what is behind his new documentary, which explores the contrasts between science and magic, encouraging viewers to question their own beliefs  

18/03 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2025

Review: The Kiss of the Grasshopper

Review: The Kiss of the Grasshopper

BERLINALE 2025: Elmar Imanov's surrealist second feature is an introspective journey through the melancholy, solitude and backsliding that inevitably accompany the loss of a loved one  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Elmar Imanov • Director of The Kiss of the Grasshopper

Interview: Elmar Imanov • Director of The Kiss of the Grasshopper

“It’s crucial for me to work with people I get along with”

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Azeri filmmaker reveals details about the intimate atmosphere in which he creates his cinema and elaborates on the shift to magical realism in his second feature  

15/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Review: Strandzha

Review: Strandzha

Pepa Hristova's documentary debut feature attempts to conduct a terrain study, focused on a picturesque mountainous region in Bulgaria, where ancient rituals mingle with current politics  

07/02 | IFFR 2025 | Harbour

Review: Geri’s Wish

Review: Geri’s Wish

Tonislav Hristov’s eighth documentary feature follows a young woman on the brink of adulthood who, having been abandoned by her mother, has already faced myriad life challenges  

23/12/2024 | Films | Reviews | Bulgaria/Finland

Geri’s Wish and White Shoulder for a Black Man win the top prizes at the Golden Rhyton Film Festival

Geri’s Wish and White Shoulder for a Black Man win the top prizes at the Golden Rhyton Film Festival

53 documentary and animated films competed at the annual Bulgarian gathering while 19 other titles were shown in the parallel programme Open Horizons  

23/12/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Bulgaria

Tzvetan Dragnev • Director of Balkan Black Box

Interview: Tzvetan Dragnev • Director of Balkan Black Box

“I prefer to leave things fragmented, just as they are in real life”

The Bulgarian filmmaker speaks about his affinity for places and characters that are off the beaten track while breaking down his third documentary feature  

13/12/2024 | /Bulgaria

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