National Culture Fund, Bulgaria

They follows two university professors over the course of a day. Lyudmil begins a new position at the university where Miho, the older chairman of the department, is busy juggling the social pressures of work and family. In the end, the two are seen living together as a couple, tender but cautious to keep their relationship secret.

In 2005 rural Bulgaria, lonely 30-year-old Ovanes spends his days between a dull job at the local butcher shop and late nights chatting online. One day, he begins an unexpected virtual friendship with Ollie.

On the outskirts of a Bulgarian village, Zaka lives alone brewing her herbal teas. When Katya turns up on Zaka's doorstep with young Bobby in tow, their shared pain sparks an unlikely bond and a quiet, irreversible shift materialises.

Fresh out of prison, a young man drifts through the outskirts of Sofia over the course of a single day, confronting his loneliness, his family's alienation, a lost love, and a missing dog, while searching for a way to let go of his past and move forward.