Clean Mountains is a short film about the long-running volunteer clean-up campaign organized by Za Zemiata. We look back at how it all started 25 years ago and track how it has grown over the decades—gathering people from different generations and from all over the country to clear trash from some of Bulgaria’s most remote and beautiful mountains. The film examines how the campaign has evolved, what keeps people coming back, and why the idea of shared responsibility still matters.
Bulgaria, 2024, 19 min, Bulgarian with English subtitles
Director: Yasmina Ivanova and Ekaterina Anguelova
Scriptwriter: Yasmina Ivanova and Ekaterina Anguelova
DOP: Yasen Nikolov
Music: Jambure
Director’s Biography:
Yasmina Ivanova is an environmental and social activist, medical doctor, mountaineer and traveler. Ekaterina Anguelova evaluates the impact of NGO projects. In her spare time, she writes poetry and co-organizes the mountain cleanups featured in the documentary film.
This is the first directing experience for both of them.