Binka Zhelyazkova
Binka Zhelyazkova was a Bulgarian film director. She was the first Bulgarian woman to direct a feature film. Her work often reflected her struggles, and four of her nine films were banned from distribution and reached audiences only after the end of communism. Despite her difficulties at home her films won numerous awards outside of Bulgaria.
The Tied Up Balloon (1967)
A barrage balloon appears unexpectedly over a Bulgarian village during World War II. The startled villagers decide to knock it down with a fusillade yet the balloon flies off to the mountains. The villagers, armed to their teeth, set off after it. But they are not ... (more)
A barrage balloon appears unexpectedly over a Bulgarian village during World War II. The startled villagers decide to knock it down with a fusillade yet the balloon flies off to the mountains. The villagers, armed to their teeth, set off after it. But they are not ... (more)
The Great Night Swim (1980)
Friends of different generations, practicing different professions, spend together their summer holidays at the seaside every year. It is sunny; they look carefree and happy. They know each other very well, they are used to each other. To such an extent, that bore ... (more)
Friends of different generations, practicing different professions, spend together their summer holidays at the seaside every year. It is sunny; they look carefree and happy. They know each other very well, they are used to each other. To such an extent, that bore ... (more)
The Last Word (1973)
The seven women inmates in Poslednata Duma are imprisoned because they have been associated with partisans opposing the fascist puppet government of the German Nazis. Each of them has the power to save herself if she will betray the others, and each bravely refuses ... (more)
The seven women inmates in Poslednata Duma are imprisoned because they have been associated with partisans opposing the fascist puppet government of the German Nazis. Each of them has the power to save herself if she will betray the others, and each bravely refuses ... (more)
We Were Young (1961)
During Second World War a beautiful love between two young people burns out against the background of the Nazi reality. (more)
During Second World War a beautiful love between two young people burns out against the background of the Nazi reality. (more)
The Swimming Pool (1977)
Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a swimming pool on the night of her graduation party. (more)
Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a swimming pool on the night of her graduation party. (more)
Life Quietly Moves On... (1957)
The fortunes of a group of partisans after the triumph of the socialist revolution. (more)
The fortunes of a group of partisans after the triumph of the socialist revolution. (more)
On the Roofs at Night (1988)
1987 Bulgarian 2-part television feature film (drama) directed by Binka Zhelyazkova (more)
1987 Bulgarian 2-part television feature film (drama) directed by Binka Zhelyazkova (more)
The Bright and Dark Side of Things (1982)
The fundamental questions of human life about guilt, repentance, and redemption are posed in the two documentary essay - about the grief of the women from Sliven Prison who give birth to their children behind bars. Binka Zhelyazkova diagnoses the public through the ... (more)
The fundamental questions of human life about guilt, repentance, and redemption are posed in the two documentary essay - about the grief of the women from Sliven Prison who give birth to their children behind bars. Binka Zhelyazkova diagnoses the public through the ... (more)
Lullaby (1982)
"Nani-na, sleep tight" is the song Bulgarian mothers sing to their little babies. It is obvious that the same song is sung to the little babies in the women's prison in Sliven where the great Bulgarian director Binka Zhelyazkova made two documentaries, the first ... (more)
"Nani-na, sleep tight" is the song Bulgarian mothers sing to their little babies. It is obvious that the same song is sung to the little babies in the women's prison in Sliven where the great Bulgarian director Binka Zhelyazkova made two documentaries, the first ... (more)