Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Film and Theatre Arts

As Dimitar’s decades-long fight against enviousness, laziness and prejudice to keep the kukeri tradition in his region alive proves successful, it turns out to have really been a journey towards finding and maintaining his own inner peace all along. Told through a series of interviews and slices-of-life ranging from the tragic to the euphotic is a story of love and resilience.

In the heart of a small Bulgarian village, two estranged sisters, Lina and Mila, reunite for their father’s funeral, only to find themselves embroiled in a series of absurd and comical misadventures. Accompanied by Lina’s foreign boyfriend George, the family navigates confused corpses, broken hearses, chicken chases, unexpected phone calls from the afterlife, and poignant revelations. Despite all the chaos that unfolds, the two sisters manage to iron out their differences, and Lina realizes the importance of her roots.

Ognyan and Vera meet again after 10 years of separation. What unites them is a "time capsule" buried by them when they were children. Childhood memories lead them to the beginning of a one-day adventure that may be their last.

Lilly steals the keys of her new teacher and in an act of revenge trashes his home. She is surprised by his blind and ill-tempered mother and Lilly lies that she is in fact his fiancée. This makes the mother very happy and eventually, Lilly finds herself bound to visit her regularly.

Eva, a young female filmmaker, struggles to develop her first film project while also maintaining balance in her own life - all of which is narrated by the lead character of her film project. A funny, at times wry, yet also affecting study of modern-day dynamics and youth.

Robin and Lia are expecting a baby when doctors suspect Lia has cancer. Desperate for money, Robin gambles, loses his workplace’s cash, and stages a robbery. The investigator uncovers the truth, but Lia’s diagnosis was a mistake — she is healthy.

Vampire, thirsty for blood, searching for his next victim runs across an almost blind granny who takes the vampire for her goth teenager grandson and her loving care turns out to be deadly for him.