SISTER
In a small town in Bulgaria, a mother and her two daughters are struggling to survive. The younger daughter often invents stories to make life more interesting. Unwittingly, she eventually gets caught in a web of her own lies.
(fiction, feature) 97 min, colour,
script Svetla Tsotsorkova, Svetoslav Ovcharov;
director Svetla Tsotsorkova,
DoP Vesselin Hristov,
sound design Valeria Popova
cast Monika Naydenova, Svetlana Yancheva,
Elena Zamyarkova, Assen Blatechki,
Bulgaria, Qatar
Awards
“Special mention” San Sebastian IFF; Best film at Cottbus IFF, Germany;
Best film at CINEDAYS Norther Macedonia; Young FIPRESCI JURY AWARD at Warsaw
IFF; Best Cinematography and the Award of Bulgarian Film Union at “Golden Rose”
IFF Bulgaria; Best Film, Best Actress and Best Actor at Bosporus IFF, Turkey;
Best Actress at Beirut IFF; Best film at Sofia IFF; Special Jury Award at Lecce IFF,
Italy; Best Cinematography at “Golden Eye” FF, Bulgaria
Festivals
San Sebastian – New Directors competition (2015) – World Premiere; London IFF;
Thessaloniki IFF; Goteborg IFF; Shanghai IFF; “Cinecitta” – Netherlands; B3 Biennale –
Germany; Films de Femmes de Creitel – France; KINO PAVASARIS – Lithuania; Guadalajara
IFF – Mexico; Festival del Cinema Europeo IFF, Italy, Wome film festival – Levan,
Bengaluru IFF – India, Black Movie IFF – Geneva; Filmatique Talent - USA and Canada;
Cork IFF – Ireland; “Made in Europe” – online edition; Festival of Bulgarian movies in Paris; PULA IFF – Croatia;