SISTER

2019, Bulgaria, Qatar, fiction 97 min, colour, DCP, 1:2,35
Director – Svetla Tsotsorkova


Short Synopsis
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.

Cast

Monika Naydenova, Svetlana Yancheva, Elena Zamyarkova, Assen Blatechki

Crew
script Svetla Tsotsorkova, Svetoslav Ovcharov,
director Svetla Tsotsorkova,
DoP Vesselin Hristov,
Sound design Valeria Popova,
Producers: Svetoslav Ovcharov & Svetla Tsotsorkova
World sales: Film Republic https://filmrepublic.biz/

Awards
“Special mention” San Sebastian IFF; Best lm at Cottbus IFF, Germany;
Best lm 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 lm at So a 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; Guada- lajara IFF – Mexico; Festival del Cinema Europeo IFF, Italy,
Wome lm 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; Films de “Mer
Noire” Mayenne, France

Contact:

Front Film
7 Victor Grigorovic Str, ap.5 Sofia 1606, Bulgaria
Tel: +359 898 552388, +359 888 325022