My grandfather creates martenitsas for March 1st. I never wanted to wear one as an Bulgarian in Belgium trying to fit seamlessly in, but memories come back to me and I plunge back into the Bulgaria of my childhood.
Belgium, 2022, 3 min., French, Bulgarian with Bulgarian subtitles
Director: Georges Vanev
Scriptwriter: Nil-Enzo Clémentin & Georges Vanev
DOP: Georges Vanev
Music: Thomas Seban
Production: Self-Financed
Director’s Biography:
Georges Vanev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and studied filmmaking in Brussels, Belgium. He’s directed short films and music videos. He’s shooting his first professional fiction short “Gadjé” in Bulgaria in Summer 2024, a Belgian-Bulgarian co-production. He’s working as a screenwriter on upcoming Belgian TV-Series “Ghost Society” and on his first Feature „Cerberus“.