PALACE OF CULTURE / ДВОРЕЦ
3.7.2024
11:00 DOC | BLOCK 1 : MIXED PERSPECTIVES / 85’22”
Film 1 Coach Pancake
Film 2 Shitty Therapy
Film 3 Knin - Zadar
Film 4 Know Your Stones
Film 5 Newsreel 242 - Sunny Railway
13:00 FICTION | BLOCK 1 : SOMETIMES FAMILY CAN BE TRICKY / 88’24”
Film 1 Scrapyard
Film 2 The Call
Film 3 Boxes
Film 4 Another Nest
Film 5 They Call Me Chino
Film 6 Dustlight
4.7.2024
11:00 DOC | BLOCK 2 : IMMERSING REALITY / 92’41”
Film 1 Notes from a Sea Voyage
Film 2 The Moon Will Contain Us
Film 3 API
Film 4 Savage
Film 5 The Box
13:00 FICTION | BLOCK 3 : FACING THE SHADOWS / 79’22”
Film 1 Wrecker
Film 2 Welcome Tahiya
Film 3 8th February
Film 4 Amanda, You Lied!
Film 5 A Good Boy
15:00 FICTION | BLOCK 4 : BREAKING BOUNDARIES / 97’24”
Film 1 FÁR
Film 2 RAPT
Film 3 The Heart of Texas
Film 4 Sports Day
Film 5 Fake Shot
Film 6 Beaks
15:00 FICTION | BLOCK 2 : TEENAGE STORIES / 88’46”
Film 1 The Ghosts You Draw on My Back
Film 2 Aunque es de noche
Film 3 Every Day It Gets A Little Easier
Film 4 The Tuner of Silences
Film 5 Things Unheard Of
19:00 FULL-LENGTH / 120’
Film 1 Liza, Go On! HALL 1 / ЗАЛА 1
17:00 ANIMATION | BLOCK 1 : ANIMALS ARE OUT … / 114’09”
Film 1 The Boy and the Crow
Film 2 Cat
Film 3 Rhino
Film 4 OVO
Film 5 I Am A Horse
Film 6 Chicken
Film 7 Pink Mountain
Film 8 Canard
Film 9 The End of The Voyage
Film 10 Ted the Shark
Film 11 La Perra
Film 12 In the Shadow of the Cypress
19:00 NATIONAL | BLOCK 1 : BULGARIAN DRAMA / 82’41”
Film 1 Family Portrait of the Black Sea
Film 2 Iskra
Film 3 Scarlet
Film 4 Across the Naked Hills
21:00 FULL-LENGTH / 82’16”
Film 1 It’s Only/Not Only a Body… Or a Short Film About Freedom
PALACE OF CULTURE /
5.7.2024
11:00 DOC | BLOCK 3 : UNVEILING SOCIETY AND HUMAN BEHAVIORS / 79’12”
Film 1 Been There
Film 2 Saintonge Roundabout
Film 3 Fantoomwijk
Film 4 The Weight of Sight
Film 5 Mechanical Monsters
113:00 FICTION | BLOCK 5 : LET’S HAVE SOME FUN! / 73’52”
Film 1 The Washing Machine
Film 2 The Pileup
Film 3 Lady in Black
Film 4 L'âge Acrobatique
Film 5 Taste Life
15:00 FICTION | BLOCK 6 : IT’S SO HOT! / 82’16”
Film 1 Pool Edge
Film 2 Heat Spell
Film 3 The Never Ending Story
Film 4 Pigeons Are Dying, When the City Is on Fire
Film 5 The First Setting Sun of Summer
6.7.2024
11:00 DOC | BLOCK 4 : CHRONICLES OF COURAGE AND RESILIENCE / 86’20”
Film 1 15 Years
Film 2 QUARTZ 7:11
Film 3 TITI - In cyclone's wake
Film 4 Carmen, no Fear of Freedom
13:00 FICTION | BLOCK 7 : THIS IS ALL ABOUT LOVE / 82’58”
Film 1 Joie de Vivre
Film 2 Aguamiel
Film 3 The Date
Film 4 Summertime
Film 5 Dive
Film 6 For people in trouble
17:00 ANIMATION | BLOCK 2 : … AND HUMAN BEINGS TOO / 113’32”
Film 1 Outside
Film 2 Sweet Like Lemons
Film 3 Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Film 4 Her Dress for the Final
Film 5 Salute to the Sun
Film 6 Cold Soup
Film 7 The Wide Eyed Girl and the Legged Boy
Film 8 Green Grass
Film 9 Peeping Mom
Film 10 Drijf
Film 11 The Meatseller
19:00 NATIONAL | BLOCK 2 : MOSAIC OF LIFE / 79’15”
Film 1 Bright City
Film 2 Everything Tastes Strange Today
Film 3 You Don't Exist
Film 4 Talking Heads or Men Of Duty or This Is Definitely Not Propaganda
Film 5 And that’s for this Christmas
Film 6 Two Times Two
21:00 FULL-LENGTH / 128’02”
Film 1 End of Trip - Sahara
15:00 FICTION | BLOCK 8 : IT’S NOT AN EASY LIFE / 81’12”
Film 1 Please Make It Work
Film 2 The Sea That Moves Things
Film 3 The Boat
Film 4 Alarms
Film 5 Coal
PALACE OF CULTURE /
3.7.2024
15:00 STUDENT DOC | BLOCK 1 : NOT-SO-STRANGE PEOPLE / 84’31”
Film 1 The Fantastic Life of Miss Bacon
Film 2 The Field
Film 3 Modern Masturbation Allegory
Film 4 Between the Fields
4.7.2024
15:00 STUDENT DOC | BLOCK 2 : INHABITANTS AND THEIR LIVING SPACES / 95’42”
Film 1 Peron
Film 2 La Panadellla
Film 3 There Is a Place
Film 4 Behind God's Back
Film 5 Chemkids
17:00 STUDENT FICTION | BLOCK 1 : TEENAGE STORIES / 95’35”
Film 1 The Night Practice
Film 2 Gentleman Sofa Rider
Film 3 How To Skin a Chitah
Film 4 Apnea
Film 5 Bunk
19:00 FULL-LENGTH
Film 1 Lie of the Land
5.7.2024
15:00 STUDENT DOC | BLOCK 3 : RESILIENT PEOPLE / 85’23”
Film 1 Mother's Milk
Film 2 Salary
Film 3 Carry On Painting
Film 4 Lost in Helsinki
17:00 STUDENT FICTION | BLOCK 2 : THREADS OF DESTINY / 103’54”
Film 1 Eyes Shut
Film 2 Duality
Film 3 1000
Film 4 Fish
Film 5 Take Me to Her
Film 6 YUGOTRANSPORT - We are all on the same bus
Film 7 Syncope
19:00 FULL-LENGTH / 83’55”
Film 1 Sunflower
17:00 FULL-LENGTH / 71’32”
Film 1 Reflections In a Room 19:00 FULL-LENGTH / 79’
Film 1 Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning
21:00 STUDENT ANIMATION | BLOCK 1 : CREATIONS BY TALENTED STUDENTS 108’02”
Film 1 Between Yawns
Film 2 Porous
Film 3 It's Dance Time
Film 4 Hooked on Illusions
Film 5 Shellfish
Film 6 Butty
Film 7 Papa Bouteille
Film 8 Life of Cat
Film 9 From the Top
Film 10 The Tornado Outside
Film 11 Homemaker
Film 12 Ride on the Wind
Film 13 Dodo
Film 14 Such Miracles Do Happen
6.7.2023
15:00 DOC | BLOCK 5 : ABOUT THE PAST / 82’08”
Film 1 Bye Bye Benz Benz
Film 2 Ever Since, I Have Been Flying
Film 3 Filming Under Fire: John Ford's OSS Field Photo Branch
Film 4 Taking Back the Groove
17:00 STUDENT FICTION | BLOCK 3 : GERMAN FICTION / 107’29”
Film 1 No Power for Nobody
Film 2 In the End We're All Music
Film 3 Valve
Film 4 Catching Birds
Film 5 Roaldies
Film 6 Crust
DIRECTORATE OF THE MINES /
3-6.7.2024
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Film 1 20TH CINEMATIC NAIL FACTORY
Film 2 CHROMATIC SYMPHONY
Film 3 HYPNOSUGGESTION
Film 4 I FOUND WATER
Film 5 IMAGE ME
Film 6 IMMACULATE GENERATIONS NO. 1
Film 7 LA VOIX DES SIRÈNES
Film 8 LION IN THE WIND
Film 9 LONGING FOR LIGHT
Film 10 PAINFUL FLAVOURS
Film 11 RED EARTH
Film 12 RULE NO. 5: SHADOW YOUR MAN CLOSELY
Film 13 SHAPES
Film 14 THE LOVERS OF AVIGNON
Film 15 WAVEWIDTH
OPEN-AIR
BG CLASSIC FILMS
29.6.2024 HE PRINCE’S THIRTEENTH BETROTHED / 85' THE PEACH THIEF / 105'
30.6.2024
ARMOURLESS KNIGHT / 78' MARITAL JOKESUP / 82'
1.7.2024 IN THE CHERRY TREE / 90' KING FOR A DAY / 87'
2.7.2024 EXAMS AT ANY ODD TIME / 80' THE BOY TURNS MAN / 92'
3.7.2024 A DOG IN A DRAWER / 86' DIVORCES / 75'
4.7.2024 WITH CHILDREN AT THE SEASIDE / 76’ MANEUVERS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR / 95’
5.7.2024 ALL FOR LOVE / 92' DOOMED SOULS / 141'
6.7.2024 FAVOURITE 13 / 89' THE TIED-UP BALOON / 98'
Across The Naked Hills /
dir./реж. Dimitar Kutmanov / Димитър
BULGARIA /
/ 2023 / 27’
04.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
Quiet and withdrawn, Zhana finds an escape from her dull life in her bond with an abandoned dog until her controlling foster father, Danail, discovers her secret.
And That’s For This Christmas /
dir./реж. Peter Vulchev / Петър
BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ / 2024 / 14’41’’
05.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Зала 1
While preparing the details for his own funeral, an elderly man realizes that he will be celebrating Christmas alone. Unable to fall asleep, he decides to spend the holiday at the grave of his deceased wife.
BRIGHT
dir./реж. Petya Andreeva / Петя
BULGARIA /
/ 2024/ 11‘30’’ 05.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A woman embarks on an adventure outside, attracted by the thought of getting a cake.
EVERYTHING TASTES STRANGE TODAY
/
dir./реж. Kristina Spassovska / Кристина Спасовска BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ / 2023 / 11’50’’
05.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ НА КУЛТУРАТА
/ Зала 1
On another endless, summer day, in the privacy of their garden, all a twelve-year-old girl wants is to be her older brother’s darling.
В поредния безкраен летен ден, в уединението на градината им, единственото, което дванадесетго-
Family Portrait Of The Black Earth /
dir./реж. Ivan Popov-Zaeka / Иван Попов-Заека BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ / 2023 / 10’
04.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
A loving husband’s quest to find a replacement breast for his cancer-stricken wife ends up in the botany books.
ISKRA / Искра
dir./реж. Snejina Latev / Снежина
BULGARIA, SWEDEN / БЪЛГАРИЯ,
/ 2024 / 20’56’’
04.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Trapped in a routine of cleaning the past, Iskra longs for the outside world that lies beyond her balcony.
SCARLET
/ Скарлет
dir./реж. Maria Bobeva / Мария Бобева
BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ / 2023 / 24‘41“
04.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A young social worker goes on a mission to save a little girl from her mom‘s underworld but instead she falls into the girl‘s imaginary reality.
Talking Heads Or Men Of Duty
Or This Is Definitely Not Propaganda /
dir./реж. Kristiyan Petrov / Кристиян Петров BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ / 2023 / 13’40’’
05.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Two street preachers engage in a heated verbal standoff over their conflicting philosophies.
TWO TIMES TWO / 2 Х 2
dir./реж. Andrey M. Paounov / Андрей
BULGARIA, GERMANY /
/ 2023 / 15‘
05.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
1
Two equal stories complement each other in a free meditation on the topic of violence.
You
Don’t Exist / Ти
Yana
BULGARIA, GERMANY /
05.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A woman’s digital romance turns her life into a relationship with a device.
BESt FiCTION FILM
8th February / 8 февруари
dir./реж. Sara Martínez Sanz / Сара Мартинес Санс SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 15’03’’
04.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
КУЛТУРАТА ПЕРНИК / Зала 1
Elisa, an aspiring actress, goes to talk about her experience to a journalist.
Елиса, изгряваща актриса, дава интервю, за да разкаже своята история.
A Good Boy
/ Добро момче
dir./реж. Paul Vincent de Lestrade / Пол
FRANCE, BELGIUM / ФРАНЦИЯ, БЕЛГИЯ / 2023 / 19’21’’ 04.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
During a training session, 16-year-old Maxime sees the police arrive to question his coach, who has been accused of sexual abuse by one of the club’s children.
Aguamiel / Медена вода
dir./реж. Sage Bennett / Сейдж Бенет MEXICO, USA / МЕКСИКО, САЩ / 2024 / 13’
06.07.2024 / 13:00/ PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
Tensions rise as an angsty teenage daughter pines for her mother’s attention while she searches for her own fulfillment in life and love.
Alarms
/ Тревога
dir./реж. Nicolas Panay / Никола Пaне FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2024 / 16’43’’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
Pierre must navigate a tumultuous construction site, ensuring that progress doesn’t come at the cost of safety.
Amanda, You Lied / Лъжеш, Аманда
dir./реж. Eva Libertad, Nuria Muñoz / Ева Либертад, Нурия Муньос SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2024 / 16‘17‘‘
04.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
/
1
Amanda and Virgi are two inseparable friends, but nothing will ever be the same again, when one afternoon, a man crosses their path.
Аманда и
Another
Nest / Кукувиче
dir./реж. Márk Beleznai / Марк Белезнай HUNGARY / УНГАРИЯ / 2023 / 17’24‘‘
03.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
1
The 24 year old Ádám lives the calm life of a small-time pot dealer in his late-grandma’s apartment, in the outskirts of Budapest. Bence, his 14-year-old half-brother who just left home and is looking for refuge at Ádám’s place.
24-годишният Aдам
Aunque Es De Noche
dir./реж. Guillermo García López /
SPAIN, FRANCE /
/ 2023 / 16’ 03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
La Cañada Real, Europe’s largest slum on the outskirts of Madrid, has been without electricity for over a year. In the firelight, Toni, a 13 year-old boy, discovers that his best friend Nasser is leaving forever.
Beaks / С нокти и клюнове
dir./реж. Xavier Demoulin / Ксавие Демулен FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 22’30’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
/
1
To pay off her debts, Anaïs has no choice but to dive into the world of cockfights.
Coal / Въглища
dir./реж. Saman Lotfian / Саман Лотфиан
IRAN / ИРАН / 2024 / 19’44’’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/ Зала 1
Before you will be able to lie to another you must lie to yourself.
Boxes / Кутии
dir./реж. Angela Dimeska /
/ 2023 / 14‘55‘‘
03.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
Lidija is a mom and a drug dealer. A mistake risks her boss’s anger, her daughter’s safety, and her husband Nikola finding out her secret.
Dive / Гмуркане
dir./реж. Ivan Malekin / Иван Малекин
CROATIA / ХЪРВАТИЯ / 2024 / 14’59’’
06.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
During a summer holiday, a mother and her teenage daughter must learn to navigate their strained relationship after a family scandal.
Dustlight
/ Прашинки
dir./реж. Chryssanthi Kouri / Хрисанти Кури GREECE / ГЪРЦИЯ / 2023 / 20’06’’
03.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
A woman returns home to clear out her late mother’s things and as memories force her to embrace her grief she reaches a personal epiphany.
Every Day It Gets A Little Easier
dir./реж. Cagil Bocut / Кагил
TURKEY /
/ 2024 / 20‘
03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A teenage swimmer jeopardizes her chances of making the provincial team when she struggles to balance her rigorous training schedule with the demands of school, her relationship, and her family.
Fake Shot / Фейк
dir./реж. Francesco Castellaneta / Франческо
/ ИТАЛИЯ / 2023 / 20’00” 04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Emily and Breazy are two siblings who dream of breaking into the trap scene.
Fár / Мъки
dir./реж. Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter / Гуннур
Мартинсдотир Шлютер ICELAND / ИСЛАНДИЯ / 2023 / 05’13’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ НА КУЛТУРАТА ПЕРНИК / Зала 1
A bird hits a window of a café and disrupts its customers. A woman faces a decision on whether to ignore nature or to react.
Птица се удря в прозореца
For People In Trouble
/ За
dir./реж. Alex Lawther / Алекс Лотер UK / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2022 / 16’05’’
06.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 1
Two people meet one night in London, their relationship blossoms and fractures, intertwined with impending societal collapse.
Heat Spell / Жега
dir./реж. Marie-Pier Dupuis / Мари-Пиер
CANАDA / КАНАДА / 2023 / 13’53’’
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
As the afternoon heat sets in, Maxime feels the weight of each passing moment.
Joie De Vivre
dir./реж. Dada / Дада CANADA / КАНАДА / 2023 / 11’
06.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Trevor and Elsa share breakfast in their Montreal apartment, when Trevor interrupts the silence with a simple, “You good?” disrupting the balance of their relationship.
Lady In Black
dir./реж. Gana Čomagić / Гана
MONTENEGRO / ЧЕРНА ГОРА / 2023 / 13’00”
05.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
A conflicted funeral director enthusiastically tackles a large influx of customers during a new pandemic, along with their scrutiny of his career and fatherhood. Директор
L’âge
Acrobatique
/
dir./реж. Mathieu Barbet / Матийо Барбе FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 15’35’’
05.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Lucas, thirteen, takes part in an acrobatic rock workshop for the first time.
Тринадесетгодишният
Pigeons
Are Dying, When The City Is On Fire /
dir./реж. Stavros Markoulakis /
GREECE /
/ 2023 / 21’
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
On the warmest day of the year, all creatures dream of escaping from the city that’s burning.
Please Make It Work /
dir./реж. Daniel Soares / Даниел Соарес SWITZERLAND, PORTUGAL / ШВЕЙЦАРИЯ,
ПОРТУГАЛИЯ / 2022 / 14’00’’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
Cláudia is a Portuguese immigrant who deals with a terrorizing boss, her rejecting daughter and the strong mountain wind, as she cleans sophisticated AirBnB’s in the Swiss Alps.
Клаудиа е португалска имигрантка, която трябва да се справя с тормозещия я
Pool Edge / На
dir./реж. Giuseppe Zampella / Джузепе Зампела
ITALY / ИТАЛИЯ / 2023 / 11’14’’
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/ Зала 1
On a scorching summer day, a father-daughter game turns into a nightmare at a public pool.
RAPT / Психофизика
dir./реж. Margot Budzyna / Марго
USA / САЩ / 2023 / 11’51’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A young woman navigates a surreal audition process where her boundaries are tested in pursuit of a coveted spot in an elite acting program.
Scrapyard / Автоморга
dir./реж. Miguel Ángel Olivares /
SPAIN /
/ 2023 / 8’
03.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
The unconditional support that Rubén offers to Asïr reflects the purest friendship.
Sports Day /
dir./реж. August Adrian Braatz / Август Адриан Браац
SLOVENIA / СЛОВЕНИЯ / 2023 / 22’50’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
Lucian (13) applies for the skiing sports day at school, even though he can’t ski at all. Lucian doesn’t want to be an outsider. He wants to fit in.
Луциан (13 г.)
Summertime / Лято
dir./реж. Sara Scalera / Сара Скалера
ITALY / ИТАЛИЯ / 2023 / 14’53’’
06.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 1
Two boys growing up, curious to see what it’s like to be adults.
Две подрастващи
Taste Life / Дегустирам
dir./реж. Léo-Antonin Lutinier / Лео-Антонин
FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 25’
05.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Antonin (35) remains unpredictable in his social relationships, in his love and friendship relationships. Who can support his endurance?
The Boat / Лодката
dir./реж. Luke Morgan / Люк Морган IRELAND / ИРЛАНДИЯ / 2023 / 15’47’’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
/
Dhuckia’s father must make a terrible choice when he learns she is showing the early symptoms of leprosy.
Бащата
проказа.
The Call / Зов
dir./реж. Mirak Zymberaj / Мирак Зимберай KOSOVO / КОСОВО / 2023 / 10’18’’
03.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/ Зала 1
A random conflict between two brothers ends tragically.
The Date / Срещата
dir./реж. Amy Hodge / Ейми Ходж UNITED KINGDOM / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2023 / 12’52”
06.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Sasha, a loud mouthed thirteen-year-old goes on her first date but when she gets turned on and takes charge of her own sexuality it reveals the confusing nature of what girls are allowed to want. Саша,
The First Setting Sun Of Summer
/
dir./реж. Asteris Tziolas /
GREECE /
/ 2023 / 22’20’’
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
In the heart of summer, a young boy takes a moment to stare, for the first time in his life, into the light of the setting sun.
The Ghosts You Draw On My Back /
Призраците,
dir./реж. Nikola Stojanović / Никола
SERBIA / СЪРБИЯ / 2023 / 14’
03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 1
Teenage Sara travels to a small provincial town to attend the memorial service of her grandmother.
си.
The Heart Of Texas /
dir./реж. Gregory JM Kasunich / Грегъри
USA /
/ 2024 / 14’54’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
An aspiring country singer on her way to a life changing audition collides with an undocumented worker who refuses medical care.
The Never Ending Story /
История
dir./реж. David Valero / Давид Валеро
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 13’50’’
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
History repeats itself.
The Pileup / Машинката
dir./реж. Oscar Toribio / Оскар Торибио
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 12’
05.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/ Зала 1
Angustias is an elderly widow, who receives a mysterious package and finds inside a strange object that she has never seen. With the help of her friends, she will try to find out what “the pileup” is for. Възрастна вдовица
The Sea That Moves Things
/
dir./реж. Lorenzo Marinelli / Лоренцо
ITALY / ИТАЛИЯ / 2022 / 15’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
Massimo has Parkinson’s disease. A meeting with an African boy will allow him to react to pain.
The Tuner Of Silences
dir./реж.
Mário
Patrоcínio / Марио
PORTUGAL, BRAZIL /
/ 2023 / 21’00’’
03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Mwanito only knows his father, brother, uncle and servant. He’s been told that the rest of the world is dead.
The Washing Machine
/ Пералнята
dir./реж. Diane Malherbe / Даян Малерб
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2021 / 6’30”
05.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
To start a washing machine is not so easy for everyone. You still have to choose the right program…
They Call Me Chino /
dir./реж. Jesús Rivera / Хесус Ривера
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 18’
03.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
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1
Chino is a young guy who -like a wolf against his instincts- wants to leave his pack. But first he has to accept the fact that he is part of it.
Welcome Tahiya /
dir./реж. Marta Bayarri / Марта Баяри
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 14’28’’
04.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
Three months ago, Anna crossed the border with Tahiya and hid her in the flat where she lives with Xavi, her partner.
Things Unheard Of
Ramazan Kılıç
TURKEY /
/ 2023 / 15’36’’ 03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
10 years old Şevîn who wants to make a Kurdishspeaking television for her bedridden and mute grandmother.
Wrecker / Рушител
dir./реж. Martina McGlynn / Мартина Макглин IRELAND / ИРЛАНДИЯ / 2023 / 14’13’’
04.07.2024 / 13:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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1
Ireland 1849, a young girl grows suspicious about how her father has been providing for them as famine tears through their community.
1849,
Cat / Котарак
dir./реж. Dimitar Kutmanov / Димитър Кутманов
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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1
The cat has an especially delicious recipe: Mouse Soup! Котката
Cold Soup / Студена супа
dir./реж. Marta Monteiro / Марта
PORTUGAL, FRANCE /
/ 2023 / 09’50’’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A woman victim of domestic violence looks back at the years when she was married, recalling how difficult it was to stay afloat.
Chicken / Кокошка
dir./реж. Anna Benner / Анна Беннер GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2023 / 08’03’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
/
1
What do we burn when our world is already on fire?
Drijf / Дрейф
dir./реж. Levi Stoops / Леви Стоупс
BELGIUM / БЕЛГИЯ/ 2023 / 14‘59‘‘
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/ Зала 1
Two people adrift at sea are fighting a bloody battle for the survival of both themselves and their relationship. Двама
Duck / Патица
dir./реж. Elie Chapuis / Ели Шапюи SWITZERLAND, BELGIUM / ШВЕЙЦАРИЯ,
/ 2023 / 09’06’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
Vladimir and Olga raise ducks on a small isolated farm in the countryside. They hope for a child, but this expectation soon turns into a nightmare.
Green Grass
/
dir./реж. Elise Augarten /
FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 12’21’’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Wild grass grows in the train. Red wades through and confronts her past.
Her Dress For The Final
/
dir./реж. Martina Meštrović / Мартина Местрович CROATIA / ХЪРВАТИЯ / 2023 / 8’45“
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/ Зала 1
One day my granny dyed her wedding dress black. She wanted to be buried in it.
In The Shadow Of The Cypress /
dir./реж. Hossein Molayemi – Shirin Sohani / Хосейн
IRAN / ИРАН / 2023 / 19‘33‘‘
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A story about suffering, inner conflict and Love.
I Am A Horse
/ Жената
dir./реж. Chaerin Im / Чаерин Им
S outh Korea, Denmark / Ю жна
/ 2022 / 7’58“
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
What happens when the magnificent she-horse arrives in the Korean patriarchal society?
La Perra
/ Кучката
dir./реж. Carla Melo Gampert /
COLOMBIA / FRANCE /
/ 2023 / 14’05’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Being a daughter, being a mother, becoming a woman.
Outside / Отвън
dir./реж. Izabela Plucińska / Изабела
POLAND / ПОЛША / 2023 / 5’00’’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 1
The coal-drawn film OUTSIDE tells the story of domestic violence.
Ovo
dir./реж. Stiv Spasojevic / Стив Спасоевич FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 6’40”
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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1
This is the story of a meeting between an astonishing robot from outer space and an adorable little bird just hatched from its egg…
Peeping Mom /
dir./реж. Francis Canitrot /
/ 2023 / 14’50’’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
At fifty years old, Eli takes care of his mother. Intrusive and lustful, the old lady is nostalgic about her wild youth, sex is an obsession for her.
Salute To The Sun /
dir./реж. Thomas Kunstler / Томас Кунстлер
GREECE / ГЪРЦИЯ / 2022 / 8’24’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
What can a humble florist in love do to win the heart of a Pasha’s favorite?
Какво може
dir./реж. Julia Ocker / Джулия Окер GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2022 / 03’37’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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The rhino is looking forward to his date with the rhino lady.
dir./реж. Darko Masnec / Дарко Маснек CROATIA / ХЪРВАТИЯ / 2022 / 8’50“
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
An astronaut in love realizes there are others like him. Shapes change, but their needs remain the same.
Sweet Like Lemons
dir./реж. Jenny Jokela / Джени Йокела
UK, Finland / Великобритания, Финландия / 2023 / 5’31“ 05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Chapter closing without closure.
Ted The Shark / Акулата Тед
dir./реж. Nathalia Rojas, Hector Acosta / Наталия Рохас, Ектор Акоста COLOMBIA / КОЛУМБИЯ / 2023 / 11’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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In a world where humans and animals are worlds apart, six-year-old Ted discovers his mind is linked to a human girl, unraveling a hidden connection that holds the key to defeating a growing garbage monster threatening their reality. В свят,
The Boy And The Crow / Момчето
dir./реж. Tudor Om / Тудор Ом
ROMANIA / РУМЪНИЯ / 2023 / 2’48’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
1
One Choice left: Fight or Flight!
The End Of A Voyage /
dir./реж. Minho Choi / Миньо
SOUTH KOREA /
/ 2023 / 9’55’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
1
A middle-aged man is sailing while losing his memory.
The Meatseller
/ Месарката
dir./реж. Margherita Giusti / Маргарита Джусти
ITALY / ИТАЛИЯ / 2023 / 17’13’’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
The Meatseller is the true story of Selinna Ajamikoko, a young Nigerian woman who dreams of becoming a meatseller like her mom.
Walk A Mile In My Shoes /
dir./реж. Laura Georgescu Baron / Лаура
ROMANIA / РУМЪНИЯ / 2022 / 6’12’’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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Being someone else is not always the answer.
1
The Wide Eyed Girl And The Long
Legged Boy /
A love story full of encounters, mismatches, and an incessant search for the relationships of
1000
dir./реж. Nevena Semova / Невена
ESTONIA, BULGARIA / ЕСТОНИЯ,
/ 2023 / 11‘48‘‘
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 2
An ambitious graveyard manager prepares to bury her 1000th body, when her plans are ruined.
Apnea / Без дъх
dir./реж. Natalia Bermúdez / Наталия Бермудес MEXICO / МЕКСИКО / 2023 / 20‘00‘‘
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
The secret relationship between a student and her coach sinks them into a place that blurs the line between love and abuse.
Bunk / На открито
dir./реж. Piotr Jasinski / Пьотр Ясински CZECH REPUBLIC / ЧЕХИЯ / 2023 / 21’00’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/ Зала 1
After learning that his best friend Ales is gay, Tomas tries to find out whether their friendship still makes sense.
Catching Birds / Разголване
dir./реж. Simon Maria Kubiena, Lea Marie Lembke / Симон Мария Кубиена, Леа Мари Лембке GERMANY, FRANCE, AUSTRIA / ГЕРМАНИЯ, ФРАНЦИЯ, АВСТРИЯ / 2023 / 18‘52‘‘ 04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/ Зала 2
The boundaries between friendship and desire blur in a male-dominated environment. The physical closeness of two friends is called into question by their first sexual impulses.
Границите между приятелство и
Crust
/ Коричка
dir./реж. Jens Kevin Georg / Йенс
GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2023 / 25‘59‘‘
06.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
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2
12-year-old Fabi has to finally prove himself as one of the family - by getting his first scar.
Duality / Двойственост
dir./реж. Yasaman Afshar / Ясаман
FRANCE /
/ 2023 / 11’9’’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Maryam, fleeing her restrictive life in Tehran for Paris, finds courage and liberation in dance, challenging her past by publicly sharing her art despite the potential fallout.
Мариам
Eyes Shut / Стисни
dir./реж. Angela Victoria Kuhn /
SWITZERLAND /
/ 2023 / 11’ 05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
The bond between two siblings threatened to break under the burden of domestic violence.
Fish / Риба
dir./реж. Siying Li / Сийинг Ли CHINA / КИТАЙ / 2022 / 14’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 2
The fish, the scent, the killing, all witnessed by the ocean.
Рибата,
Gentleman Sofa Rider / Жокеи
dir./реж. Atef Maslah / Атеф Маслах
FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 19‘
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
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2
After an horse accident that left him injured, Turbo struggles to reconcile with his brother who might have the promising future he once hope would be his.
How To Skin A Cheetah /
dir./реж. Meghan O’Shaughnessy /
/ 2024 / 19’41’’
04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Bobby’s tales of hunting game on the plains of Tanzania inspire a sinister side in her mollycoddled co-worker Lucas.
In The End We’re All Music
/
dir./реж. Katharina Schnekenbühl / Катарина Шнекенбюл GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2024/ 12‘42‘‘
06.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
ДВОРЕЦ НА КУЛТУРАТА ПЕРНИК / Зала 2
A day in a swimming hall, where the stories of three women of different generations coincide on the search for what being strong really means.
Един ден прекаран
No
Power For Nobody /
dir./реж. Marcus Hanisch / Маркус
/ 2023 / 11’
06.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/
2
For an award ceremony successful actress Juliane makes her punky husband fit into her social expectations.
dir./реж. Fabian Weißenborn/
/ 2023 / 25’41’’
06.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
A retired rocker convinces his quirky chaos troupe to jump on the tour bus with him one more time to perform on a big stage.
Syncope / Синкоп
dir./реж. Linus von Stumberg /
SWITZERLAND /
/ 2023 / 21’18’’ 05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Whim and the ensemble have to dance for their lives in the piece SYNCOPE.
Take Me To Her /
dir./реж. Bartłomiej Błaszczyński /
Блашчински POLAND /
/ 2024 / 15’
05.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Basia hides her grief. At an acting school audition, she cares for another candidate’s baby.
Valve / Вентил
dir./реж. Leve Kühl / Леве Кюл GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2023 / 13’11’’
06.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
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2
Driven by the pressure to prove himself, Mike decides to fight back between screaming engines and the neon lights of a gas station.
The Night Practice
Bogdan Alecsandru
/ 2023 / 16’ 04.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
The new goalkeeper in the soccer team believes that one of his teammates could be a potential romantic interest. Their intimate bond conceals far darker.
Yugotransport - We Are All On The Same Bus /
Boris Hadžija /
GERMANY, SERBIA /
/ 2023 /
/ 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Thirty years after Yugoslavia vanished in bloodshed, workers from all the successor states unite again.
BESt ANiMAtION FILM
Between Yawns /
прозявките
dir./реж. Alma Rajot / Алма Раджо FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 3‘55‘‘
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/ Зала 2
A character wakes up halfway... Still under the influence of sleep, his actions and visions will sometimes be shifted… Един герой бавно се събужда
Butty / Бъти
dir./реж. Moritz Henneberg / Мориц
GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2023 / 7’2’’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 2
Butty, a clumsy household robot, accidentally ruins his family’s long-awaited birthday party, leading to his departure out of shame.
Dodo / Додо
dir./реж. Yi Luo / Ий Луо GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2023 / 12’36’’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/
Dodo‘s father is a big blue bird. One day he flies away from the window, and hasn‘t come back. From then on, Dodo stops growing up.
From The Top / Отначало
dir./реж. Rich Farris / Рич Фарис UNITED KINGDOM / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2023/ 8‘14‘‘
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
On a journey to get rid of her drum kit, Robin discovers that giving up a passion isn’t always easy!
Homemaker / Домакиня
dir./реж. Ciara Kerr / Сиара Кер UK / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2023 / 9’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Renee loses herself in a controlling relationship and the abuse she suffers gets worse until she is utterly trapped.
Hooked On Illusions
/
dir./реж. Laura Isabel Schneider / Лаура
/ 2023 / 04’28’’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
At night, a lonely old man fishes the moon’s reflection and dives into an ominous dream world.
It’s Dance Time /
dir./реж. Qiushu Li / Чушу Ли UNITED KINGDOM / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2023 / 4’12’’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
An intimate conversation between two schoolgirls during a group dance.
Задушевен
Life
Of Cat / Котешки живот
dir./реж. Eunjun Park, Se-eun Lee / Юнджун
Се-юн Ли SOUTH KOREA /
/ 2023 / 08’07’’
04.07.2024 /21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/ Зала 2
A street cat named Panther dreamt of being a savage beast.
Papa Bouteille / Татко
dir./реж. Lucie Carraz, Éléonore Deprun, Lalita Bruguiere, Clément Bretou, Pierre Étienne Mazet, Fred Marcassoli / Луси
FRANCE /
/ 2023 / 7’49’’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
We follow an 8 years old child’s daily life. From their eyes, we see their dad’s alcoholism.
Porous
/ Пореста
dir./реж. Cecilia Reeve / Сесилия Рийв UNITED KINGDOM / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2023 / 4’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
In a dreamlike narrative, a woman takes a bath and reflects upon her past experiences; submerged in the water she enters a space out of time.
Ride On The Wind /
dir./реж. Li Jiahang / Ли Дзяхан
CHINA / КИТАЙ / 2023 / 10‘37‘‘
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/ Зала 2
Grandpa’s unwavering care for Grandma.
Such Miracles Do Happen /
dir./реж. Barbara Rupik / Барбара Рупик
POLAND / ПОЛША / 2022 / 14’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
„It’s walking with no muscles, though it shouldn’t be able to walk. Stone tissue. How strange,” said the girl and looked at her boneless body.
Shellfish
/ Черупка
dir./реж. J. Aubert, C. Bouton, G. Callies, M. Chesneau, A. Danton, L. Girault, G. Peyrude, J. Raux / Ж. Оберт, К.
Пейруд, Ж. Ру FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 05’57’’ 04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
2
In a French rocky inlet, Bernard, a small and selfish hermit crab, loses his shell.
The Tornado Outside
/
dir./реж. Maria Tomazou / Мария
/ 2023 / 8’15’’ 04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
A girl who lived her whole life in a perfect safe house has been forced to go outside and face the chaos of life that she usually hides away from.
BESt DOCUMENTARY FILM
15 Years / 15 Години
dir./реж. Katie Mayhew / Кати Мейхю
ENGLAND / АНГЛИЯ / 2023 / 5‘24‘‘
06.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
Living with Parkinson’s Disease as a Wildlife Photographer.
1
Been There / Били сме там
dir./реж. Corina Schwingruber Ilić /
/ 2023 / 10’
05.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
How tourists become invaders hunting for the best pictures.
Api / Апе
dir./реж. Luca Ciriello / Лука Чириело
ITALY / ИТАЛИЯ / 2023/ 20’
04.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
ДВОРЕЦ
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1
Summer in an Apecar: Teens from Aosta Valley navigate trap music, drifting, police fears, and friend-filled parties.
Bye Bye Benz Benz
dir./реж. Mamoun Rtal Bennani, Jules Rouffio / Мамун
/ 2023 / 9’30’’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/
2
While the Moroccan state has been instituting a scrappage scheme for old Moroccan cabs since 2016, Kbir is one of the few drivers still attached to his old Mercedes 240.
Carmen, No Fear Of Freedom
/
dir./реж. Irene Baqué / Ирене Баке SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 30’
06.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
From the neighborhood of “Las 600” in Cartagena, Murcia, Carmen leads the first association of feminist Romani women to combat systemic racism and sexism.
Mercedes 240.
Coach Pancake /
dir./реж. Gabriel Olson / Габриел
USA / САЩ / 2024 / 6‘
03.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Former soccer star Andres, lovingly named “Coach Pancake” by his students, finds his calling training sixyear-olds to find their superpowers on and off the field.
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying
/ Оттогава
dir./реж. Aylin Gökmen / Айлин Гьокмен SWITZERLAND / ШВЕЙЦАРИЯ / 2023 / 19’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 2
A poetic immersion into a man’s memory, where realities are merging. Поетично потапяне в паметта
Filming Under Fire: John Ford’s Oss Field
Photo Branch
dir./реж. Dan Gagliasso / Дан Галиасо
USA / САЩ / 2023 / 21’45’’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
2
Hollywood director John Ford’s service as commander of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Field
Photographic Branch in World War II.
Fantoomwijk /
dir./реж. Ravi Sandberg / Рави Сандберг
THE NETHERLANDS / ХОЛАНДИЯ / 2023 / 14’20’’
05.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
Fantoomwijk gives a voice to the residents, who reminisce about their own neighbourhood that was erased from the city.
Knin-Zadar
/ Книн-Задар
dir./реж. Melita Vrsaljko / Мелита
CROATIA / ХЪРВАТИЯ / 2023 / 15‘16‘‘
03.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
Railway worker Zvonko comes to his workplace with only one task - not to do his job.
Know Your Stones
dir./реж. Katarina Jazbec /
GERMANY, NETHERLANDS / ГЕРМАНИЯ,
ХОЛАНДИЯ / 2023 / 21’
03.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/
1
As we face climate change, young activists, steelworkers, and a geologist come together in a timetraveling space full of nightmares and aspirations.
dir./реж. Pierre-François Gautier / Пиер-Франсоа
FRANCE / ФРАНЦИЯ / 2023 / 21’17’’
05.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Elliott & François Jr., young stuntmen from the Bastien family, inherit the legacy of extreme stunts in the world of “Grands Mécaniques Shows”.
Grands Mécaniques Shows.
Newsreel 242 - Sunny Railways /
Nika Autor /
SLOVENIA /
/
/ 30’ 45’’ 03.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Šamac-Sarajevo railway was built in 1947 with the support of thousands of young leftist from Palestine, Italy, Britain, Greece, France, Denmark, Sweden,etc.
Notes From A Sea Voyage
/
dir./реж. Argyris Germanidis / Аргирис Германидис GREECE / ГЪРЦИЯ / 2023 / 11’29’’
04.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
/
1
Look for an elevated site with a view to the sea. Follow the movement of the sea currents. Imagine a ship. Потърси
Quartz 7:11 / Кварц 7:11
dir./реж. Daniel Ortiz Entrambasaguas / Даниел Ортис Ентрамбасагуас SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 25’51’’
06.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ
/
1
Suffering abuse marks you, conditions you and sometimes limits you. But what about life after suffering it?
Saintonge Roundabout
/
dir./реж. Quentin Papapietro /
FRANCE /
/ 2023 / 14’18’’
05.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
On the roads of Saintonge, roundabouts were organized with an obsession with local culture, this film is therefore an opportunity to turn around these postcard landscapes where oysters, parasols and prehistoric women live together.
Savage / “Диви“
dir./реж. Léonore Mercier / Леонор
FRANCE /
/ 2023 / 20’51’’
04.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
Immerse yourself in the free wanderings of Galicia’s wild horses.
Shitty Therapy
/ Ако
dir./реж. Javier Polo / Хавиер Поло
SPAIN/ ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 10’
03.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1 ДВОРЕЦ НА
/
1
In 2012, two biology students created fecomagnetism, a parody of pseudotherapies that claimed to cure all kinds of diseases by mixing poop with magnets, but shit gets out of hand.
През 2012 г. двама студенти
Taking
Back The Groove
/
dir./реж. Celia Aniskovich / Силия
USA / САЩ / 2023 / 33’14’’
06.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Taking Back the Groove tells the story of how Richie Weeks clawed back the rights to his own music in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and his ongoing fight to restore his legacy and share his music.
Black Lives
The Box / Кутията
dir./реж. Tomaž Pavkovič / Томаж Павкович SLOVENIA / СЛОВЕНИЯ / 2023 / 21’52’’
04.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
A melancholic trip back to a bygone era unfolds as a son discovers rare 8mm footage of his family’s life in a small Yugoslav town during the 60s and 70s.
The Moon Will Contain Us /
dir./реж. Kim Torres / Ким Торес COSTA RICA / USA / КОСТА
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/ 2023 / 18’
04.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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As a magical moon creeps in, different timelines entwine in the mysterious and stagnant town of Manzanillo. Докато магическа луна се
The Weight Of Sight /
dir./реж. Truls Krane Meby / Трулс Кран
NORWAY,
/ 2024 / 19’21’’
05.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
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The Weight of Sight is a playful and deeply personal essay that explores the last 20 years of digital development. Игриво
Titi - In Cyclone’s Wake /
dir./реж. Natasha Blatsiou / Наташа
GREECE /
/ 2023 / 28’06’’
06.07.2024 / 11:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
In the wake of Cyclone Freddy, Titi, an MSF nurse from Niger, travels to Madagascar rural areas to confront the alarmingly rising rates of child malnutrition.
Behind God’s Back /
dir./реж. Roy Jox-Fredstie (r.) / Рой Джокс-Фредисти (р.)
UK / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2023 / 20’
03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/ Зала 2
Conversations about home, danger and identity on the slopes of a reawakening volcano.
Between The Fields / На
dir./реж. Gretel Ribka, Jonas Riedinger / Гретел
GERMANY /
/ 2023 / 29‘42‘‘
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Jürgen works on his farm in Ungeheuerhof, the third generation to do so. “Every father in agriculture wants his son to continue someday.” But what if the son is ill?
Carry On Painting /
dir./реж. Jan-Oke Jens / Ян-Оке Йенс GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2022 / 19‘55‘‘
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
Three Ateliers, three Artists and one message that has everyone in shock - Russia has invaded Ukraine.
Chemkids
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dir./реж. Julius Gintaras Blum / Юлиус
GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2022 / 27’18‘‘
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
While the youth of Chemnitz are looking for their way into adulthood, the former GDR industrial metropolis is struggling to guide them along their way.
Lost In Helsinki /
dir./реж. Sara Fazilat, Antonia Lange / Сара Фазилат,
GERMANY /
/ 2024 / 28‘53‘‘
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
We want to give a brief example of what privilege means and how you have to cope with certain situations and traumas while you actually, like every human, are trying to find your place.
La Panadella
/ Панадела
dir./реж. Joel Jimenez / Джоел Хименес
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 16’’49’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ
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2
La Panadella, an emblematic small road town in decline located in Catalonia, is awaiting the arrival of visitors from a mysterious tower. Панадела,
Modern Masturbation Allegory
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A 23-year-old girl was diagnosed with a masturbation addiction, she began to look for companionship through the camera.
Mother’s Milk / Майчино мляко
dir./реж. Isaac Knights-Washbourn /
Айзък Найтс-Уошбърн
SERBIA / СЪРБИЯ / 2022 / 18’
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ
/ Зала 2
A tender meditation on motherhood and the chains that bind us together. Нежна
Peron / Перон
dir./реж. Samuele Giorgetti / Самуеле
ITALY / ИТАЛИЯ / 2024 / 13’06’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
2
An intimate journey through the Balkans, questioning the real nature of what we see.
Съкровено
Salary / Сол
dir./реж. Eshna Agrawal / Ешна Агравал
INDIA / ИНДИЯ / 2023 / 19’35’’
05.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ
Tradition drowned by climate change!
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2
The Fantastic Life Of Miss Bacon / Фантастичният
dir./реж. Florian Rudolph / Флориан Рудолф GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2022 / 14‘08‘‘
03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
/ Зала 2
What has four hooves and six feet? A family who showers in what other people eat.
Какво има четири копита и шест крака?
The Field /
Поле
dir./реж. Tomasz Grzymała / Томаш
POLAND / ПОЛША / 2023 / 16’44’’
03.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ
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2
A forester tries to unravel secrets of a new, so far unknown, physical force, which he discovered.
There Is A Place/
dir./реж.
Anna Messechkova /
Ана
BULGARIA, THE NETHERLANDS /
/ 2023 / 18’42’’
04.07.2024 / 15:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
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We follow the story of a Bulgarian elderly couple reminiscing on the past and future of their home.
20th Cinematic Nail Factory / Кино
dir./реж. Dalibor Martinis /
2023 / 6‘54‘‘
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА
One Film for Each Nail.
dir./реж. Hüseyin Mert Erverdi / Хюсеин
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE
An experimental journey of colors and darkness unfolds through abstract imagery.
Hypnosuggestion / Хипносугестия
dir./реж. Per Bifrost / Пер Бифрост SWEDEN / ШВЕЦИЯ / 2023 / 7’50’’ 3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА
A hypnotic sci-fi thriller consisting only of still images generated by an Al that examines our memory and consciousness through past and future.
I Found Water / Открих
вода
dir./реж. SJ.Ramir / Си Джей Рамир AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND / АВСТРАЛИЯ, НОВА ЗЕЛАНДИЯ / 2023 / 9’
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА ДИРЕКЦИЯ
I Found Water is an autobiographical film that contemplates memory and experience. Автобиографичен филм-размишление
Immaculate Generations No. 1 /
№ 1
dir./реж. Vito A. Rowlands / Вито А. Роуландс USA, BELGIUM / САЩ, БЕЛГИЯ / 2022 / 10’55’’ 3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА ДИРЕКЦИЯ
Thousands of retinal photographs come together to create a dazzling look into thousands of star-studded souls.
Хиляди
IMAGE
ME / Обр-аз
dir./реж. Till Gombert / Тил Гомберт GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2022 / 5‘55‘‘ 3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА ДИРЕКЦИЯ
The experimental short film “Image me” equates the face with the photographic image, exposing the merge with our depiction and the mechanics of rotation around our own axis.
La Voix Des Sirènes
dir./реж. Gianluigi Toccafondo / Джанлуиджи
DIRECTORATE OF MINES
Up there, on the surface of the water, something extraordinary has just appeared: a voice. So soft and seductive that it’s unlike anything we’ve heard before.
Lion In The Wind
dir./реж. TT Takemoto / ТТ Такемото
USA / САЩ / 2023 / 4’50’’
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА ДИРЕКЦИЯ
A fugue for forgetting windmills in the West.
Painful Flavours /
dir./реж. Julian Hand / Джулиан Хенд UNITED KINGDOM / ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ / 2021 / 21’56’’
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА
In “Painful Flavours” a mesmerising fusion of music and poetry, Felix Bechtolsheimer’s reflective odyssey collides with Curse of Lono’s ambient soundtrack.
Curse of Lono.
Longing For Light
dir./реж. Alba Cros Pellisé / Алба
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 11’10’’
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА
The sun as a brush that naturally highlights the intimacy of the rooms, friends, lovers and the people around her: her chosen family.
Red Earth
dir./реж. Bryce Kraehenbuehl /
AUSTRALIA / АВСТРАЛИЯ
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES /
An imagined future where a rediscovered archive of photographs, sound and film captures the beauty of extinct ecosystems in South Australia.
Rule No. 5: Shadow Your Man Closely / Правило №5:
dir./реж. Miro Manojlović / Миро Манойлович
CROATIA / ХЪРВАТИЯ / 2023 / 9’59“
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА
One shot from Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. train scene becomes the base for specific editing procedures through which the film narrative is reconstructed and a new plot is created.
Един кадър
Shapes / Форми
dir./реж. Tsz-wing Ho / Цвинг Хо HONG KONG / ХОНКОНГ / 2023 / 05’20”
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА
A psychedelic and mysterious galaxy composed of different shapes.
The Lovers Of Avignon
/ Влюбените
dir./реж. Manuel Fernández Ferro / Мануел Фернандес Феро SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 2’33’’ 3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА ДИРЕКЦИЯ
“The Lovers of Avignon” is the first ever translation of pictorial cubism into motion real image. “Влюбените
Wavewidth /
dir./реж. Ethann Néon / Етан Неон BELGIUM/ БЕЛГИЯ / 2023 / 4’53’’
3-6.07.2024
DIRECTORATE OF MINES / МИННА
In Wavewidth, the marine and sound waves resonate in a contemplative experience of a seaside landscape.
End Of Trip – Sahara
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dir./реж. Antonio R. Cabal / Антонио Р. Кабал
SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 128’48’’
05.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
In the 70s, crossing the desert was a youthful way of feeling. They could only risk their lives... and they did.
It’s Only/Not Only A Body... Or A Short Film About Freedom
dir./реж. Michal Hytros / Михал
POLAND / ПОЛША / 2023 / 82’
04.07.2024 / 21:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
What if you could leave everything behind and go to see the world in your RV? This is the story about living your life as a journey, fighting eating disorders, accepting your body, passion for photography and finding yourself eventually.
Lie Of The Land /
Вдън
dir./реж. John Carlin /
UK, IRELAND /
04.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
As the Wards prepare to abandon their lives, escaping a dire financial situation, a last-minute change of heart leaves them fighting for survival.
Life Is Not A Competition, But I’m Winning
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Reflections In A Room /
dir./реж. Ceres Machado / Серес Мачадо SPAIN / ИСПАНИЯ / 2023 / 71’
dir./реж. Julia Fuhr Mann / Юлия Фур Ман GERMANY / ГЕРМАНИЯ / 2023 / 79’
03.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
ДВОРЕЦ НА КУЛТУРАТА ПЕРНИК / Зала 2
A radical utopia far from the rigid gender rules in competitive sports.
Радикална утопия далеч от строгите правила на
Liza, Go On
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dir./реж. Nana Janelidze / Нана Джанелидзе GEORGIA, BULGARIA / ГРУЗИЯ, БЪЛГАРИЯ / 2023 / 115’
03.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 1
/ Зала 1
Liza, a former Georgian reporter on the GeorgianAbkhazian war, receives a phone call from a former soldier from Abkhazia, which turns her life upside down.
03.07.2024 / 17:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2 ДВОРЕЦ НА КУЛТУРАТА ПЕРНИК /
Berta and Hugo embark on an emotional journey where, despite their differences, mistrust, and prejudices, they discover they have more in common than they thought.
Sunflower / Слънчоглед
dir./реж. Gabriel Carrubba / Габриел
AUSTRALIA / АВСТРАЛИЯ / 2023 / 83’30’’
05.07.2024 / 19:00 / PALACE OF CULTURE / Hall 2
A seventeen-year-old boy struggles to understand and embrace his sexuality as he comes of age in the working class suburbs on Melbourne’s edge.