Bulgaria, 2026, 70 min., Bulgarian with English subtitles, dir. Nikola Boshnakov
Over the past twenty years, European regulations have reduced Bulgarian household farms from 80,000 to just 2,000. Mina Vardzhieva kept one alive through decades of hardship after the fall of communism – gangster-era chaos, pressure from authorities, bird flu and African swine fever. Now she faces an impossible choice: to continue her life as a farmer or become a grandmother on the luxury U.S. island of Martha’s Vineyard.
Screenwriter: Nikola Boshnakov
DOP: Antoni Stoev
Music: Blagomir Alexiev – Miro
Production: Gala Film Ltd.
Director’s Biography:
Nikola Boshnakov (b. 1977, Sofia) graduated in Film and Television Directing from New Bulgarian University in 2006. He works as a freelance editor, director, and screenwriter. His films include the documentaries Lifestyle – Sketches from a Village (2004), Silence Is Golden (2006), Jacky, Johnny and Charlie Are Not Dogs’ Names (2010), My Uncle Luben(2022) and the feature Aurora (2026), co-directed with Georgi Stoev – Jacky), A Few Chunks of Cheese (2026).