France/ Netherlands/ South Africa, 2020, 79’ Director: Teboho Edkins Days of Cannibalism accounts the social impact of a completely different economic model on a traditional...
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Hungary, 2020, 75’ Directors: Asia Dér and Sari Haragonics As Hungary’s political climate becomes increasingly radicalized, Virág, a former green politician, loses faith in the...
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Switzerland, 2019, 80’ Director: Christian Labhart DOP: Pio Corradi, Simon Guy Fässler A film about how I deal with the painful fact that the world...
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Turkey, 2019, 93’ Director: Sеlim Yildiz DOP: Adar Baran Deger Editor: Selim Yildiz Producer: Selim Yildiz We are witnessing a long-lasting and devastating war with...
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Germany, 2021,70’ Director: Wolf Emil Fuchs Co-directors: Nadia Franka Richter Wanda Johanna Richter Producer: Wofgang Reinke An intimate look at the first six month after...
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Switzerland, 2019, 78’ Writer and Director: Jacqueline Zünd Parents split up, a family falls apart. Two separate worlds emerge from what once was considered a...
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Bulgaria, 2020, 71’ Directors: Tsvetan & Zdravko Dragnevi DOP: Krassimir Stoichkov Editor: Tsvetan Dragnev Producer: Gala Film, Galya Toneva Sometimes people want to go somewhere...
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Bulgaria, 2019, 90’ Director: Borislav Kolev DOP: Plamen Gerasimov Editing: Miroslav Gaydoshik Producer: Projector, Maria Landova A documentary about the rock music influence during the...
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Bulgaria/Finland, 2019, 87’ Director: Tonislav Hristov Writer: Tonislav Hristov & Kaarle AHo Producer: Kaarle Aho & Kai Nordberg In coproduction with: Soul Food, Kirstine Barfod...
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Switzerland, 2020, 101’ Director: Daniel Howald Martin is rejected by his mother and beaten by his father: a childhood without love. It sounds like a...
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France, 2021, 8’ Scriptwriter and Director: Laure Chichmanov DOP: Martin Neumann Editor: Nadège Kintzinger Producer: Charlotte Vande Vyvre, Francesca Betteni Barnes, Patricia and Georges Chichmanov...
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Bulgaria, 2021 Duration: 18’ Writer and Director: Miroslav Christov DOP: Georgi Chelebiev Editor: Joseph Kokonchev Sound: Dobromir Hristoskov The airport brings together not only travelers,...
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Bulgaria, 2020 Director: Eldora Traykova Script: Assen Vladimirov DOP: Emil Christov Producer: Pro Film, Assen Vladimirov The documentary film reveals the last days of a...
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Greece, 2021, 21’ Director: Nikos Kostopoulos A film based on the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the local courts of...
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Germany/ Italy, 2021, 12’ Director/Producer/Editing: Daniela Lucato DOP: Jacopo Pantaleoni Music: Daniel Birch Whether having come in Berlin for love or having fallen in love...
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Bulgaria, 2020, 13’ Director: Maria Makedonska DOP: Evgeni Vatcov Producer: Film Grains, Gleb Sharkunov When an encounter must happen, it will. When a song must...
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France, 2020, 40’ Writer: Anne-Lise LePellec Directors: Pierrick & Anne-Lise LePellec DOP: Pierrick Le Pellec Editor: Pierrick Anne-Lise le Pellec and Vincent Prête This is...
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Bulgaria, 2021, 15’ Scriptwriter and Director: Andrey Hristozov Editor: Andrey Hristozov Producers: Andrey Hristozov, Stefan Dimov, Boris Zafirov DOP: Stephan Dimov My Stellar Tale is...
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Turkey, 2020, 45’ Scriptwriter and Director: Metin Akdemir DOP: Oguzhan Üstun Editor: Emre Kaya Producer: Irem Akbal & Emre Kaya The director believes that the...
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Bulgaria/France, 2019, 23’ Scriptwriter and Director: Bojina Panayotova Sofia, 13 June 2014. As every day, Ivan returns to the building from which he was evicted....
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Serbia, 2019, 27’ Scriptwriter and Director: Maja Novaković DOP: Jasna Prolić Editor: Marija Kovačina Producer: Maja Novaković, Milan Milosavljević In the lush pastoral hills of...
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Germany, 2019, 36’ Director: Jonas Englert This documentary essay tries to render visible the process of globalization in Greece and its implications from a personal...
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Bulgaria, 2013, 70’ Director: Boriana Pouncheva Scriptwriters: Yurii Dachev, Tatiana Granitova, Boriana Pouncheva DOP: Tsvetan Nedkov Producer: Cinemascope – Ivan Nichev Ilia was a baby,...
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Bulgaria, 2013, 62’ Directors: Nina Pehilovanova and Petya Nakova DOP: Dimitar Kostov Editing Elitza Uzunova Producer: Ivan Tonev To be able to live "Like a...
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Bulgaria, 1977, 54’ Script: Christo Iliev - Charly Director: Georgi Stoev - Jacky An emotional story about the life of prisoners during their preparation for...
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Bulgaria, 2013, 75’ Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Peter Valchanov Script: Marin Damyanov, Pencho Kovachev DOP: Krum Rodriguez Producer: Plamen Yordanov Two Roma teenagers, Tsvetan (18) and...
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Germany, 1996, 96’ Director: Andres Veiel Rudi, Tilman and Thilo are dead – of their own free will. In the provinces of Swabia, Andres Veiel...
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Germany, 2005, 82’ Director: Andres Veiel On the night of 13 July 2002, the Schönfeld brothers and their friend Sebastian Fink killed sixteen-year-old Marinus Schöberl,...
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Germany, 2017, 107’ Director: Andres Veiel A documentary about the 20th century German sculptor and performance artist Joseph Beuys. Screening: 17.09.2021, 22:00h, Open Air Library
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Germany, 2004, 108’ Director: Andres Veiel Four acting students are the focus of Andres Veiel’s long-term observational documentary. We meet Stephanie, Karina, Constanza and Prodromos...
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Canada, 2011, 99’ Director: Aaron Yeger A People Uncounted is a 2011 Canadian documentary film that tells the story about the culture and history of...
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Germany, 2016, 94’ Director: Philip Scheffner, Colorado Velcu A song, a promise to the beloved, to the children, to oneself. Members of the Velcu family...
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Germany, 1970, 47’ Director: Peter Nestler Roma talks about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, inspired by Otto Pankok’s...
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Hungary, 2013, 104’ Director: Eszter Hajdú In 2008 and 2009, a group of Hungarian right-wing extremists committed a series of attacks on random members of...
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Serbia, 2003, 78’ Director: Želimir Žilnik This film is about people who emigrated to European countries during the war years of the nineties. They have...
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Bulgaria, 2018, 56’ Director: Ludmila Zhivkova, Documentary For the first time in the history of Bulgarian cinema, a Romani is in the director’s chair: Ludmila...
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Germany/Poland, 2012, 110’ Director: Philip Scheffner In 1992, two men were shot in a field near the German-Polish border. The circumstances which led to the...
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UK, 2019, 90’ Director: Roz Mortimer This urgent and magical hybrid documentary fluidly interweaves fantastical re-imaginings of buried secrets with a ghostly narration and direct...
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Bulgaria, 2020, 28’ Director: Vilma Kartalska The inspiring story of Natalia Tsekova, the first Roma girl with a degree in acting, of her dreams that...
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Germany, 2011, 69’ Director: Eliza Petkova Wie fühlt man sich, wenn 40 Polizisten mitten in der Nacht an der Tür klingeln mit der Ankündigung: „Ihr...
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Bulgaria, 2013, 54' Director: Georgi Stoev - Jacky Scriptwriter: Christo Iliev - Charly Bobby, a.k.a. the TV set up the first independent Gypsy TV...
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Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, 2018, 94' Scriptwriters and directors: Christo Bakalski, Kornel Miglus A decade ago a wildfire engulfed the Monastery of St. Petka nearby the...
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Germany, 2022, 107’ Script: Lutz Pehnert. Director: Lutz Pehnert. Cinematography: Anne Misselwitz, Thomas Lütz. Music: Bettina Wegner. Production: solo:film GmbH – Susann Schimk. Coproduction with...
Bulgaria,2022,77’ Script - Bilyana Kirilova, Neda Milanova, Valeria Stoykova. Director - Bilyana Kirilova. Camera - Teodor Fichev. Music - New Generation, Kale, Wozzeck & Chugra....
Ukraine, 2022,80’ Script and director: Taras Tomenko. Cinematography: Misha Lubarsky. Production: Insightmedia Producimg Center. Producers: Volodimir Filippov, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Alla Ovsyannikova, Andriy Suyarko Contact: info@insightmedia.com.ua...
France-Bulgaria, 2022, 68’ Script and director: Elitza Gueorguieva. Camera: Thomas Favel, Elitza Gueorguieva. Music: Arno Ledoux. Producers: Eugénie Michel-Villette, Martichka Bozhilova. Contact: agitprop@agitprop.bg The action...
Hungary, 2021, 79’ Screenplay: Mate Korosi, Alexandra Lang, Gelleri Pal Gaspar, Eszter Angyalosy. Director: Mate Korosi. Cinematography: Mate Korosi. Music: Mark Bartha. Producers: Borbala Csukas,...
Israel, 2022, 89’ Script: Ran Tal. Director: Ran Tal. Production: Ran Tal, Sarig Peker. Executive Producers: Nancy Pomagrin, Yael Melamede. Editing: Nili Feller. From more...
GREECE, 2022, 78’ Script: Thomas Sideris. Director: Thomas Sideris. Cinematography: Selahattin Sevi – Mert Kaya. Music: Christos Tsiamoulis. Production: OROS FILMS PRODUCTION. Contact: sideris.tom@gmail.com People...
Germany, 2021,73’ Script: Benjamin Rost. Director: Benjamin Rost. Producer: Mark Szilagyi, Estella Suplit. Cinematography: Johannes Greisle. rost_benjamin@yahoo.de Three diamond diggers in South Africa are searching...
Greece, 2020, 82’ Script: Yiannis Kolozis. Director: Yiannis Kolozis. Production: Yiannis Kolozis. Contact: vamvax19@hotmail.com A journey in time through the eyes of two generations of...
Turkey, 2020, 84’ Script: Ensar Altay. Director: Ensar Altay. Producer: Abdulkadir Karakelle. olgasku11@gmail.com Norihito works for a company that specializes in cleaning the apartments of...
Germany-Austria, 2021, 72’ Script: Roser Corella. Director: Roser Corella. Cinematography: Roser Corella and Alfonso Moral. Music: Paul Frick. Producer: Roser Corella. Contact: roser.corella@gmail.com Meagre wages,...
Brazil, 2021, 88’ Script: Pablo Francischelli, Caio Jobim. Director: Pablo Francischelli. Producer: Caio Jobim. Cinematography: Luis Abramo. Contact: pablo@doblechapa.com.br After a long time apart, the...
Germany, Switzerland, 2021, 97’ Script: Nathalie David. Director: Nathalie David. Cinematography: Adrian Stähli - Nathalie David. Producer: Peter Spoerri. Coproducer: Nathalie David. Distributor: MissingFILMs. Contact:...
Bulgaria, 2021, 60’ Script: Pavlina Ivanova. Director: Pavlina Ivanova. Cinematography: Alex Samundji. Producer: Agitprop - Martichka Bozhilova. Contact: agitprop@agitprop.bg Mimo Morski, a traveling musician, invites...
Bulgaria, 2021, 55’ Script: Ana Kitanova. Director: Ana Kitanova. Cinematography: Angel Balakchiyski. Music: Stefan Valdobrev. Production: Art Fest – Stefan Kitanov Co-Production: Doli Media Studio...
Bulgaria, 2021, 60’ Script: Petya Nakova, Ognyan Statelov. Director: Petya Nakova. Cinematography: Dimitar Kostov. Music: George Strezov. Production: Contrast Films Bulgaria – Katya Trichkova. Supported...
Bulgaria, 2020, 56’ Script: Nikolay Vasilev. Director: Nikolay Vasilev. Cinematography: Borislav Georgiev. Production: BNT – Katya Atanasova. Contact: nikoleye@abv.bg “All we need to do is...
France, 2021, 36’ Script: Nathalie Giraud & Timothée Corteggiani. Director: Nathalie Giraud & Timothée Corteggiani. Cinematography: Nathalie Giraud & Timothée Corteggiani. Production: Anne Bruneau, Nathalie...
France, 2021, 59’ Scriptwriters and Directors: Maxime Faure & Adam W. Pugliese. Cinematography: Maxime Faure. Producer: Maxime Faure & Adam W. Pugliese. Contact: contact@adampugliese.com By...
Croatia, 2020, 60’ Script:Neven Hitrec. Director: Neven Hitrec. Producer: Jure Bušić. Contact: jurebusic@gmail.com One family. A nine year old child. The Croatian curriculum for the...
Germany, 2021, 30’ Director: Julia Groteclaes. Cinematography: Sina Diehl. Music: Hannes Bieber. Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Contact: julia.groteclaes@filmakademie.de The Lignite company, RWE, becomes the bad men...
Iran, 2021, 23’ Script: Ashkan Ahmadi. Director: Ashkan Ahmadi. Producer: Ashkan Ahmadi. Contact: ahmadi.ashkan@gmail.com Nasser is a young shoulder-carrier working in Uramanat Mountains. He lives...
Germany, 2020, 29’ Script: Jens Schanze. Director: Jens Schanze. Cinematography: Boerres von Weiffenbach. Producer: Judith Malek-Mahdavi. Contact: post@maschafilm.de Asude is 17. She lives in rural...
Turkey, 2021, 20’ Director: Mehmet Akif Güler. Script: Mehmet Akif Güler. Producer: Mehmet Akif Güler. Contact: mehmetakifguler@gmail.com Abdullah Milhim is a photographer trying to announce...
Greece, 2022, 12’ Script: Vicki Markolefa. Director:Vicki Markolefa. Producers: Vicki Markolefa, Bastian Fischer, Vasilis Fourkiotis. Contact: giveusabump@gmail.com The film INDIGENIUS LOCI explores the interface of...
Turkey, 2020, 5’ Script: Anıl Gök Director: Anıl Gök Producer: Anıl Gök Contact: anilgok20@gmail.com The story of people who carry a lifeline to fish trying...
Germany, 2021, 5’ Director: Emily Ufken. Producer: Alexander Conrads. Musik: Simon Conrads. Contact: alexanderconrads@gmx.de While in rehab, a young man recounts his descent into gambling...
Germany, 2021, 14’ Director: Robin Trouillet Cinematography: Josua Wielandt Contact: robin.trouillet@t-online.de Jürgen Leppert, also known as "Der Dreher" or "der Kreisel" is a graduate engineer,...
Poland, 2020, 28’ Director: Pawlina Carlucci Sforza Contact: m.hudzikowski@sfp.org.pl The film tells the story of the communal memory of killings that took place after World...
Austria, 2021, 6’ Director: Johannes Gierlinger Contact:mail@johannesgierlinger.com Chawani, bashi is a film about the ancient Kurdish city of Hasankeyf, Turkey. Edited out of photographs taken...
Poland, 2020, 11’ Script: Katarzyna Warzecha. Director: Katarzyna Warzecha. Contact: m.hudzikowski@sfp.org.pl After his mother dies, Adam comes across some letters exchanged years ago between his...
Canada, 2021,3’ Script: Vivien Forsans. Director: Vivien Forsans. Music: Thibault "Kalleos" Dagallier. Contact: vivienforsans@yahoo.fr The story of a mother who died four years after giving...
Bulgaria-France, 2020, 30’ Scriptwriter: Gaëlle Boucand. Director: Gaëlle Boucand. DOP: Victor Zébo. Producer: Elinka Films / Léa Todorov After twenty years away in western Europe,...
Bulgaria, 2021, 99‘ Script: Anna Petkova, Konstantin Petrov. Director: Anna Petkova. Cinematography: Hristo Kovachev. Music: Boris Chakarov. Production: Gala Film – Galina Toneva, Kiril Kirilov....
Bulgaria, 2021,81’ Script: Teodora Stoilova-Doncheva, Stephan Komandarev. Director: Stephan Komandarev. Cinematography: Vesselin Hristov. Music: Prof. Dr. Viliyan Platikanov. Production: Argo Film – Stephan Komandarev, Katya...
Bulgaria, 2021, 76 ’ Script: Konstantin Petrov, Kostadin Bonev. Director: Kostadin Bonev. Cinematography: Alex Samoungi. Production: Trivium Films – Kostadin Bonev. Supported by the Bulgarian...
Bulgaria, 2020, 54’ Script: Aksiniya Velinova. Director: Mihajlo Kocev. Camera: Krasimir Andonov. Music - Ivo Paspalski. Production - Audiovideo Orpheus. This is the story of...
Bulgariа, 2022, 82’ Script:Petya Tetevenska, Svoboda Madanska. Director: Nikolay Vasilev. Cinematography: Borislav Georgiev. Music: Georgi Tzvetkov. Production: Magic Shop – Georgi Nikolov. Supported by the...
Bulgaria, 2021, 60’ Script: Eliza Gozeva, Teodora Doncheva Director: Stanislav Donchev Cinematography: Martin Dimitrov Music: Alexander Kostov Production: Geopoly Film – Pavlina Jeleva Supported by...
Bulgaria, 2020, 63‘ Script: Fani Tsurakova. Director: Dimitar Sardzhev. Cinematography: Kiril Prodanov. Music: Mira Iskarova. Production: Screening Emotions – Poli Angelova, Nikolay Todorov. Supported by...
Fiction, Bulgaria/Romania, 97’, 2021 Script: Svetoslav Draganov, Bogomil Dimitrov, Nevena Borisova Director: Svetoslav Draganov. Cinematography: Vesselin Hristov. Music: Boris Changarov, Sebastian Zsemlye. Cast: Hristo Petkov,...
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Germany, 2022, 155’ Director: Alice Agneskircher. Cinematography: Jan Kerhart. Music: Max Knoth. Producers: Alice Agneskirchner, Sandra Ehlermann. Co-Production: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam, Deutschland. Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln,...
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Estorium, 90′ Estorium is a digital encyclopedia in which we collect human stories in different formats: video, audio, texts, photos, virtual reality. The audience in...
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Bulgaria, 2021, 105’ Director: Polly Guentcheva. DOP: Krassimir Andonov. Writers Nina Altaparmakova, Polly Guentcheva. Producers: Polly Guentcheva, Martichka Bojilova, Emil Spahiiski. An inspiring story that...
Bulgaria, 56’, 2022 A film by Boyko Vassilev. DOP Christo Obreshkov. Producer Bulgarian National Television. Many have forgotten that the war in Ukraine is not...
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