THE HERD
LOGLINE:
On the Bulgarian border with Greece, daughter and father, Tariqa (17) and Ali (60) live in a hut near a mountain village. They’re shunned by the people because of rumours that there’s a strange illness in their family.
A border fence is being erected to stop immigrants who the villagers believe carry foreign diseases.
When the villagers find all of their animals dead, they blame Ali and Tariqa whose goats are still alive. Angry and afraid, the villagers slaughter their herd, lynch and kill father and daughter.
The next morning, Tariqa’s only goat left alive awakens the village with her sorrowful bleating.
Director / MILKO LAZAROV
Writers / MILKO LAZAROV, EKATERINA CHURILOVA, SIMEON VENTSISLAVOV
Producer / VESELKA KIRYAKOVA
SECURED FINANCING:
Supported by CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA
Bulgarian film center
MDM – Germany
Film Fund Luxembourg
ZDF/ARTE
DORA
Dora (80) was a very popular actress in the past, who now has share her state-owned flat with a couple of young artists. The complicated triangle between them turns out to be the stage of Dora’s last role.
Director / GRIGOR ANTONOV
Writers / MILKO LAZAROV & SIMEON VENTSISLAVOV
Producer / VESELKA KIRYAKOVA
PARTICIPATED IN:
SOFIA MEETINGS 2015
Awarded for Best project at Los Angeles GFF/IPDF 2015
SECURED FINANCING:
Bulgarian film center
DECONSTRUCTION
LOGLINE:
Angel is the last astronomer working in the biggest observatory in Southeastern Europe on mount Rozhen. When he learns that the state intends to close down the observatory, Angel decides to preserve its giant lens, which he believes to have photographed God with.
Director / PAVEL G. VESNAKOV
Writer / PAVEL G. VESNAKOV
Producer / VESELKA KIRYAKOVA
PARTICIPATED IN:
SOFIA MEETINGS 2015
Awarded with FOCUSFOX award for best project
SECURED FINANCING:
Bulgarian film center for development
REMAINS OF LIFE
first feature movie by Sevda Shishmanova
LOGLINE:
24 hours before the attack in Burgas, the stories of the victims and the assassin interlace in a fatal sequence. The hatred that caused the deaths of innocent people pits the search team photographer against his own prejudices and he finally seeks forgiveness from the people he previously considered his enemies.
Director / SEVDA SHISHMANOVA
Writers / SEVDA SHISHMANOVA, MILENA PETROVA
Producer / VESELKA KIRYAKOVA
SECURED FINANCING:
Bulgarian film center
WINDLESS
LOGLINE: An empty apartment’s price and a piece of desolate land stand between an old man and his estranged relatives in a battle for lost dignity.
Director / Pavel G. Vesnakov
Writers / Pavel G. Vesnakov, Teodora Markova, Nevena Kertova, Georgi Ivanov
Producer / Veselka Kiryakova
Co-producer / Dispàrte - Italy
SECURED FINANSING:
Bulgarian film center for production
MIBACT minority film fund, Italy
PARTICIPATED IN:
Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab |2020-2021|
ScripTeast |2019-2020|
Les Arcs co-production village |2019|
THE UMBRELLA – TV series
Writers Sevda Shishmanova, Milena Petrova, Lilo Petrov, Vladislav Tinchev
Produced by Veselka Kiryakova
Secured financing:
Creative Europe MEDIA single project development.
Participated in:
Seriè Series / 2019
Torino Film Lab Extended / 2020