Complete schedule of the events and screenings and their locations within the festival.
THURSDAY, 10.07.25
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
17:00 The Erasmus Generation (Special screening)
Italy, 2024, 67 min., dir. Vincenzo Imperato, Q&A
19:30 Festival opening
19:40 Amoris Pomum (Special screening)
Uruguay, 2021, 4 min., dir. Felipe Sanguinetti;
Bulgarian premiere
19:45 Agatha's Almanac (Competition)
Canada, 2025, 84 min., dir. Amalie Atkins;
Bulgarian Premiere
21:30 Concert – Nino Gomez and Elitsa Alexieva
RHODOPIAN DRAMA THEATER “NIKOLAY HAITOV”
18:30 Land Without Bread (Special screening)
Spain, 1933, 30 min., dir. Luis Buñuel
FRIDAY, 11.07.25
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
10:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (91 min.)
Abel
Portugal, Bulgaria, 2023, 18 min., dir. Petya Atanasova
On the Melted Snow
Belgium, Iceland, 2025, 73 min., dir. Mojtaba Bahadori
16:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (93 min.)
The Closing of a Refinery
Portugal, 2023, 16 min, dir. Vasco Monteiro;
Bulgarian premiere
Architecture of Happiness
Switzerland, Germany, 2025, 77 min.,
dir. Michele Chirilliano, Anton von Bredow;
Bulgarian premiere, Q&A
18:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (106 min.)
Clear Sky
Poland, 2024, 22 min., dir. Marcin Kundera;
Bulgarian premiere
In the Rearview
Poland, France, Ukraine, 2023, 84 min., dir. Maciek Hamela;
Bulgarian premiere
20:00 Landshaft (Competition)
Germany, Armenia, 2023, 97 min., dir. Daniel Kötter;
Bulgarian premiere, Q&A
22:00 The Shrovetide Devil (Competition)
Portugal, 2024, 52 min., dir. Diogo Varela Silva;
Bulgarian Premiere
RHODOPIAN DRAMA THEATER “NIKOLAY HAITOV”
12:30 Girls Don't Cry (Competition)
Germany, 2025, 90 min., dir. Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte;
Bulgarian premiere
14:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (98 min.)
Grandma's Food
Brazil, 2024, 16 min., dir. Luisa Macedo
Nansie
Australia, 2024, 82 min., dir. Anna Trichet-Laurier;
World Premiere, Q&A
16:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (83 min.)
Taste of Home
UK, 2023, 30 min., dir. Jitu Raj
The Keep
Italy, 2024, 17 min., dir. Federico Conti
Gigi
Switzerland, 2024, 19 min.,
dir. Tanguy Bula, Roberto Resciniti, Adriane Absolone;
European Premiere
The Good Death
Netherlands, Turkey, 2024, 20 min., dir. Hasan Ete;
Bulgarian Premiere
18:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (82 min.)
Conventions of Contract
Greece, 2024, 26 min., dir. Stefanos Mondelos;
Bulgarian Premiere
Silt
Bulgaria, 2023, 23 min., dir. Katya Simeonova
Bitter Oranges
Switzerland, France, 2024, 15 min., dir. David Tissato, Noé Cusot;
Bulgarian Premiere
Lynx
Bulgaria, 2025, 15 min., dir. Stefan Voyvodov
Travel Story
Bulgaria, UK, 2024, 3 min., dir. Michaela Draganova;
Bulgarian Premiere
20:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (96 min.)
Unfiltered
UK, 2024, 42 min., dir. Ellie Green
4:30
Russia, 2023, 15 min., dir. Vasilii Ovchinnikov;
Bulgarian Premiere
The Old Man and His Dream
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025, 26 min., dir. Dusko Mazalica;
Bulgarian Premiere
Gaya was here
Netherlands, 2024, 13 min., dir. Finn Szumlas;
Bulgarian Premiere
22:00 COMPETITION PROGRAM (69 min.)
Koka
Poland, 2024, 48 min., dir. Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk
Songs of Duolan
Georgia, 2025, 21 min., dir. Sakhamin Trofimov;
Bulgarian premiere
SATURDAY, 12.07.25
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
10:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (91 min.)
The Dinosaur Man
Japan, 2025, 13 min., dir. Kazuya Ashizawa;
Bulgarian premiere
Perfect Meal
Greece, France, 2023, 52 min., dir. Alexandros Merkuris
Birthday Cakes from China
China, 2024, 26 min., dir. Shengzha Zhang;
Bulgarian premiere
15:30 COMPETITION PROGRAM (80 min.)
To the Embers
France, 2024, 28 min., dir. Morgane Ambre;
Bulgarian premiere, Q&A
Unspoken
Poland, 2024, 52 min., dir. Maciej Adamek;
Bulgarian premiere
19:00 AWARD CEREMONY
19:30 Mother Vera (Competition)
UK, 2024, 91 min., dir. Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson;
Bulgarian premiere, Q&A
21:30 Concert – NO MORE MANY MORE
RHODOPIAN DRAMA THEATER “NIKOLAY HAITOV”
11:30 Thai-land (Competition)
Israel, 2024, 75 min., dir. Nir Dvortchin;
European Premiere
13:00 Until the Orchid Blooms (Competition)
Cambodia, France, 2024, 103 min.,
dir. Polen Li; Bulgarian Premiere
15:00 Stray Bodies (Competition)
Greece, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria,
2024, 109 min., dir. Elina Psiku
17:00 Blueberry Dreams (Competition)
Georgia, France, Belgium, Qatar, 2024, 76 min.,
dir. Elene Mikaberidze; Bulgarian premiere, Q&A
SUNDAY, 13.07.25
REGIONAL LIBRARY “NIKOLAY VRANCHEV”
11:00 Special Screenings (48 min.)
Sea Me – A Life in Silence
Bulgaria, 2024, 30 min., dir. Lyubo Yonchev
Clean Mountains
Bulgaria, 2024, 18 min.,
dir. Yasmina Ivanova, Ekaterina Angelova; Q&A
15:30 Hala (Bulgarian Competition)
Bulgaria, 2023, 63 min.,
dir. Vanya Ivanova, Maria Landova
16:30 School of Hope (Bulgarian Competition)
Bulgaria, 2024, 82 min.,
dir. Yana Alexieva; Q&A
18:30 Soul Beyond Measure (Bulgarian Competition)
Bulgaria, 2024, 109 min.,
dir. Sofia Stoycheva; Q&A
20:30 The Cruel Way (Bulgarian competition)
Bulgaria, 2024, 109 min.,
dir. Deyan Bararev; Q&A
RHODOPIAN DRAMA THEATER “NIKOLAY HAITOV”
11:30 Oblivion (Special Screening)
Bulgaria, 2022, 27 min.,
dir. Valentina Fidanova-Kolarova; Q&A
12:00 Artists for Children (Bulgarian Competition)
Bulgaria, 2024, 75 min.,
dir. Elena Panayotova; Q&A
13:30 This was 1965 (Bulgarian competition)
Bulgaria, Germany, 2025, 101 min.,
dir. Lisa Marie Stoychev; Q&A
15:30 SPECIAL SCREENINGS (55 min.)
Jar of Time – Bulgaria, 2024, 27 min.,
dir. Nevena Semova; Q&A
Memories from 1994
Bulgaria, Germany, 2025, 28 min.,
dir. Isa Edelhoff, Isabel Bakalski; Q&A
17:00 A Lesson in Flying (Special Screening)
Bulgaria, Japan, 2025, 80 min.,
dir. Svetlozar Georgiev; Q&A