Bulgaria of all Places!

"The future belongs to the youth, but never to the present." This popular statement among Bulgarian film workers is what we intend to refute at Arsenal with the series "Bulgaria of all Places! Contemporary Cinema from Bulgaria" featuring, in addition to films of renowned directors of the middle generation such as Ivan Cherkelov, Wassil Shivkov, Milena Andonova, Iglika Trifonova, and Ljudmil Todorov, debuts of younger filmmakers. For only such a compilation forms an extensive program of different themes and styles, signatures and perspectives on a country full of contrasts. The films CHRISTMAS TREE UPSIDE DOWN, INVESTIGATION, MONKEYS IN WINTER and SEAMSTRESSES are by filmmakers who featured remarkable debuts during the time of political change. Twenty years later, they again address contemporary subjects. The opening evening is dedicated to three Another part of the program is the audience success Zift, which was recently presented in Wiesbaden at the goEast Festival. Three full-length documentaries round off the panorama of contemporary Bulgarian cinema conveying a detailed and multilayered picture of life in present-day Bulgaria. (Christo Bakalski)