Nadezhda Koseva
Directing
Biography
Nadezhda Koseva was born in 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating from the National Academy for Theater and Film Art she directed the short fiction novel "The Ritual", part of the omnibus film "Lost and Found" which premiered at Forum Berlin IFF 2005.Nadejda Koseva's next short fiction film "Omelet" won a Special mention at Sundance Film Festival '09 among other awards worldwide. Her latest short film "Take Two" traveled around the world after winning a Special mention at its premier at Sarajevo IFF '11."Irina" is her debut feature film. In 2005 together with Svetla Tsotsorkova she founded the production company Front Film. Front Film produced the short fiction film "Waltzes and Tangos from the Village of Whitewater" (dir. Ivan Vladimirov) - Locarno IFF '07, the feature films "Buffer Zone" (dir. Georgi Djulgerov), "Thirst" (dir. Svetla Tsotsorkova)'- San Sebastian '15, EFA Discovery nomination '16 and "Ship in a Room" (dir. Lubomir Mladenov) - Tokyo IFF '17, Competition.
Known For
Irina is a part-time waitress in a small Bulgarian town. On the very same day when she is fired, her husband gets into a serious accident. Irina's family is trapped in poverty. To make ends meet, she becomes a surrogate mother. Fights, despair and the seed of life growing in her belly bring on another wave to this rough and wrecked life. Slowly, Irina discovers what it means to love and to forgive.
Irina
8 minutes and 19 seconds – that’s all the time we have until the news about the death of the sun reaches us. That's what it takes for the light to travel from there to here. And then the darkness comes… But the theme of this Apocalypse is not necessarily going to be expressed through a global cataclysm, horsemen of the apocalypse, angels of death, fire and destruction. It will rather be shown as something very personal, intimate and almost silent.
8' 19"
A couple and their teenage son eke out a living on a hilltop, doing the laundry for local hotels, despite the intermittent water supply. Their simple life is overturned by the arrival of a father-and-daughter team of diviner and well-digger, who promise to bring an end to this precarious existence by finding a source on their arid hill. But ultimately, these newcomers quench a thirst far greater than than the simple need for water.
Thirst
Six young filmmakers from Central and East Europe developed shorts about the theme of 'generation'.
Lost and Found
The film's motto is: "The world of the elderly is a world that is constantly shrinking. Little things become big. Few people are important to us, but they are very important." Federico Fellini.
Buffer Zone
While a woman makes an omelette, we learn how difficult it is to make ends meet. 7-minute short film which won honorable mention at Sundance 2009. Created at the invitation of Capital Weekly as part of the first BC omnibus film '15' - 15 authors, 15 years, 15 short films.
Omelette
Bojeka is an eccentric man with a strong sense of his own dignity. When the local oligarch starts a dangerous for the people project for a nuclear waste repository near the town, Bojeka turns out to be the only one who can and dares to oppose him.
The Trap
An unexpected return surprises unpleasantly the young Petya, who is ought to forgive her father after 10 years of absence.
Returning
A boy takes care of his grandmother after the loss of his sister.
At Sunrise
While a woman makes an omelet, we learn how difficult it is to make ends meet.