Valeria Varbanova
Acting
Biography
Valeria Varbanova is a bulgarian actress who graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov". Her career began with a debut performance in Milko Lazarov's recent film Tarika. She is set to appear in her first feature film in a leading role, My Father's Shoes, directed by Bulgarian filmmaker Hristo Simeonov, which is soon to be released.
Known For
Tarika lives with her father and her grandmother in a small hut near the border far away from the local village. Marked by her “butterfly wings”, a rare bone condition she inherited from her mother, the girl has been the source of the community’s superstition forever. When the local cattle is struck down by a mysterious disease, fear starts spreading among the villagers...
Tarika
Fresh out of prison, a young man drifts through the outskirts of Sofia over the course of a single day, confronting his loneliness, his family's alienation, a lost love, and a missing dog, while searching for a way to let go of his past and move forward.