Slava Doytcheva

In hopes that they can help each other, a psychiatrist arranges for a suicidal young man and a terminally ill woman to meet.

Ivan, a Bulgarian taxi driver living at the Golden Sands tourist resort, is saving money in order to go back to Finland to meet his ex-wife and son, and to make amends for his past mistakes. But money is tight, and eventually Ivan will resort to extreme measures.

Haunted by childhood traumas, Veera is trying to become more independent through live-action role-playing. As she guides herself and her mentally challenged brother through worlds of multiple roles and identities, witches and wizards, she finds the courage to face the demons of her own past and her abusive father’s legacy.

Two best friends get involved into the domination games of two mafia bosses in post-communist Bulgaria. Clutching like crayfish to the baits of everyday life, they determine their fates: without the other one knowing, they are manipulated to take seemingly harmless tasks. Parallel to the criminal line in the story, our attention is drawn toward the inner problems of the characters, toward the links that exist between everything and everyone. The two friends try fruitlessly to establish a dialogue. A dialogue about relationships, about death, about responsibilities, about the essence…

A chance encounter at a family wedding will force Yana, a closeted young woman, to face her biggest issue - herself.

On the eve of Holy Saturday, Novena and her girlfriend Maria are on their way home, armed with love, good humour and a carton of eggs to be dyed for Easter. A sudden phone call upsets all plans.

A restless daughter meets a spirit-fish who gives her pure water. But as her family devours the delicious water, they begin to suspect more than the origin of its taste.

An omnibus film made under the creative eye of Radu Jude, with the help of Cătălin Cristuțiu and the support of the Ticino Film Commission, RSI and Majid Foundation. Eleven directors from all over the world worked with the archive material provided by RSI to create their own films, which merged into this collective work that reflects on the meaning of images from the past to give them a new light.

A gigantic Christmas tree travels across Bulgaria towards the capital passing birthdays, pregnancies, a suicidal man and gypsies. The countless stories on the way sketch a realistic and poetic image of this brand new member of the European Union.

The short film tells the story of a disgruntled employee who, in the name of corporate teambuilding, is forced to exercise positive thinking while planting trees. But it's only after she has passed through cruelty and succeeded in connecting with another human being that she is able to experience a moment of peace and love.