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Mariana Hristova

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155 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 14/08/2023.

Review: Clouds of Chernobyl

Review: Clouds of Chernobyl

Ligia Ciornei’s first feature, inspired by true events, is a parable of female spiritual strength and resistance in dark times of oppression  

23/06/2022 | Transilvania 2022

Sofia Meetings unspools a hybrid edition

Sofia Meetings unspools a hybrid edition

35 feature-film projects, mostly from Central and Eastern Europe, are being presented at this year’s edition of the Bulgarian-based industry gathering  

08/06/2022 | Sofia 2022 | Sofia Meetings

Nikolay Mutafchiev begins filming The Platform by the Black Sea

Nikolay Mutafchiev begins filming The Platform by the Black Sea

The Bulgarian director’s second feature seeks to explore the utopian concept of an ideal state where everyone is equal  

01/06/2022 | Production | Funding | Bulgaria

Twelve features to compete in Transilvania’s Romanian Days sidebar

Twelve features to compete in Transilvania’s Romanian Days sidebar

Nine of the titles are feature debuts, several of which have already been screened and acclaimed at international festivals  

01/06/2022 | Transilvania 2022

Milko Lazarov • Head, Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers

Interview: Milko Lazarov • Head, Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers

“We give prominence to those film professionals who usually remain in the shadows”

Three years into the job, the head honcho of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers gives us his take on the importance of the union’s annual awards and their significance to the local industry  

16/05/2022 | /Bulgaria

Review: The Volunteer

Review: The Volunteer

Structured as a drama about human beings against the system, Nely Reguera's second feature film strikes at the heart of the Western consumerist mentality  

10/05/2022 | D'A 2022

Review: Boney Piles

Review: Boney Piles

Taras Tomenko takes us on a contemplative journey through the remnants of a war-torn country, bringing its future generations into focus  

03/05/2022 | goEast 2022

Vahagn Khachatryan and Aren Malakyan • Directors of 5 Dreamers and a Horse

Interview: Vahagn Khachatryan and Aren Malakyan • Directors of 5 Dreamers and a Horse

“We decided to film three generations in order to come up with a portrait of this entire society”

The filmmakers talk about some of the ideas behind their movie, their relationship with the characters and the images of Armenian society that lurk behind their portraits  

03/05/2022 | goEast 2022

Ketevan Kapanadze • Director of How the Room Felt

Interview: Ketevan Kapanadze • Director of How the Room Felt

“There is a Western image of what activism should be, but it might just not work in the East”

The Georgian filmmaker comments on the poetic style of her film and provides some interesting insights into its production process  

29/04/2022 | goEast 2022

Vera Dreams of the Sea wins the Golden Lily at the 22nd goEast Film Festival

Vera Dreams of the Sea wins the Golden Lily at the 22nd goEast Film Festival

Prizes worth a total of €30,500 have been awarded to works in the main competition, the East-West Talent Lab and the Work-in-Progress Competition for XR  

26/04/2022 | goEast 2022 | Awards

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