bulgaria &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:bulgaria @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:25:18 +0200 Нощта срещу тринадесети [Noshtta sreshtu 13-i / On the Eve of the 13th] (Anton... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nw5f <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Нощта срещу тринадесети [Noshtta sreshtu 13-i / On the Eve of the 13th] (Anton Marinovich, 1961)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Нощта срещу 13-ти (1961)/div div class="caption" Three men packed in a car. It's night and it's raining. DP: Trendafil Zahariev./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #AntonMarinovich #ApostolKaramitev #KostaTsonev #AtanasBoyadzhiev #TrendafilZahariev #drama #crime #Bulgaria #1960s/div /section ]]>

Нощта срещу тринадесети [Noshtta sreshtu 13-i / On the Eve of the 13th] (Anton Marinovich, 1961)

Mar

13

Нощта срещу 13-ти (1961)

Three men packed in a car. It's night and it's raining. DP: Trendafil Zahariev.

#FilmDuJour #March #AntonMarinovich #ApostolKaramitev #KostaTsonev #AtanasBoyadzhiev #TrendafilZahariev #drama #crime #Bulgaria #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nw5f Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100 Слънцето и сянката [Slantzeto i syankata / Sun and Shadow] (Rangel Vulchanov,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4ydx <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Слънцето и сянката [Slantzeto i syankata / Sun and Shadow] (Rangel Vulchanov, 1962)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" National First Love Day/div div class="img" Слънцето и сянката (1962)/div div class="caption" The two young lovers (Georgi Naumov and Anna Prucnal). DP: Dimo Kolarov./div div class="txt" First love for National First Love Day (USA). &nbsp; A boy and a girl fall in love at a resort at the Black Sea. He's the son of an architect, an optimist who sees creation where possible. She's the daughter of a nuclear scientist, the future an inevitable apocalypse. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FirstLoveDay #RangelVulchanov #GeorgiNaumov #AnnaPrucnal #GustawHoloubek #RangelVulchanov #BogumiłKobiela #SimeonPironkov #DimoKolarov #drama #romance #ColdWar #Bulgaria #1960s/div /section ]]>

Слънцето и сянката [Slantzeto i syankata / Sun and Shadow] (Rangel Vulchanov, 1962)

Sep

18

National First Love Day

Слънцето и сянката (1962)

The two young lovers (Georgi Naumov and Anna Prucnal). DP: Dimo Kolarov.

First love for National First Love Day (USA).

 

A boy and a girl fall in love at a resort at the Black Sea. He's the son of an architect, an optimist who sees creation where possible. She's the daughter of a nuclear scientist, the future an inevitable apocalypse.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FirstLoveDay #RangelVulchanov #GeorgiNaumov #AnnaPrucnal #GustawHoloubek #RangelVulchanov #BogumiłKobiela #SimeonPironkov #DimoKolarov #drama #romance #ColdWar #Bulgaria #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4ydx Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0200 Il pleut sur Santiago [Rain over Santiago] (Helvio Soto, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hyv5 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Il pleut sur Santiago [Rain over Santiago] (Helvio Soto, 1975)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 11/div div class="occasion" 1973/div div class="img" Il pleut sur Santiago (1975)/div div class="caption" Naicho Petrov as Chilean president Salvador Allende. DP: Georges Barsky ./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #HelvioSoto #JohnAbbey #JeanLouisTrintignant #BibiAndersson #AnnieGirardot #NicoleCalfan #RiccardoCucciolla #HenriPoirier #NaichoPetrov #AstorPiazzolla #GeorgesBarsky #drama #history #docudrama #politics #coup #France #Bulgaria #1970s/div /section ]]>

Il pleut sur Santiago [Rain over Santiago] (Helvio Soto, 1975)

Sep

11

1973

Il pleut sur Santiago (1975)

Naicho Petrov as Chilean president Salvador Allende. DP: Georges Barsky .

#FilmDuJour #September #HelvioSoto #JohnAbbey #JeanLouisTrintignant #BibiAndersson #AnnieGirardot #NicoleCalfan #RiccardoCucciolla #HenriPoirier #NaichoPetrov #AstorPiazzolla #GeorgesBarsky #drama #history #docudrama #politics #coup #France #Bulgaria #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hyv5 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0200 И дойде денят [I doyde denyat / And the Day Came] (Georgi Djulgerov, 1973) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-l0kr <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" И дойде денят [I doyde denyat / And the Day Came] (Georgi Djulgerov, 1973)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="occasion" 1944/div div class="img" И дойде денят (1973)/div div class="caption" Mustafa (Plamen Maslarov) running. DP: Radoslav Spassov./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #GeorgiDjulgerov #VasilAkiov #PlamenMaslarov #ElenaMirtchofska #AsenKisimov #KrzysztofPenderecki #LyubomirPipkov #RodionShchedrin #RadoslavSpassov #drama #war #WW2 #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #1970s/div /section ]]>

И дойде денят [I doyde denyat / And the Day Came] (Georgi Djulgerov, 1973)

Sep

9

1944

И дойде денят (1973)

Mustafa (Plamen Maslarov) running. DP: Radoslav Spassov.

#FilmDuJour #September #GeorgiDjulgerov #VasilAkiov #PlamenMaslarov #ElenaMirtchofska #AsenKisimov #KrzysztofPenderecki #LyubomirPipkov #RodionShchedrin #RadoslavSpassov #drama #war #WW2 #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-l0kr Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Басейнът [Baseynat / The Swimming Pool] (Binka Zhelyazkova, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jnkj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Басейнът [Baseynat / The Swimming Pool] (Binka Zhelyazkova, 1977)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Басейнът (1977)/div div class="caption" Bella (Yanina Kasheva) at the pool, holding a passport. DP: Ivaylo Trenchev./div div class="txt" A passport or ID &nbsp; the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for July is, for unknown reasons, mostly not date-related and follows some sort of vacation narrative./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #BinkaZhelyazkova #KostaTsonev #YaninaKasheva #KlimentDenchev #TzvetanaManeva #KameliyaKostadinova #SimeonPironkov #IvayloTrenchev #passports #ComingOfAge #drama #Bulgaria #1970s/div /section ]]>

Басейнът [Baseynat / The Swimming Pool] (Binka Zhelyazkova, 1977)

Jul

9

Басейнът (1977)

Bella (Yanina Kasheva) at the pool, holding a passport. DP: Ivaylo Trenchev.

A passport or ID*

 

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #BinkaZhelyazkova #KostaTsonev #YaninaKasheva #KlimentDenchev #TzvetanaManeva #KameliyaKostadinova #SimeonPironkov #IvayloTrenchev #passports #ComingOfAge #drama #Bulgaria #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jnkj Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:35:00 +0200 Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/manly-times-1977 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" Festivus/div div class="img" Мъжки времена (1977)/divdiv class="caption" The men with a kidnapped woman, as was a custom in the region. DP: Radoslav Spassov ./div div class="txt" A really silly tradition for Festivus. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #Festivus #traditions #EduardSachariev #NikolaiHaitov #MarianaDimitrova #GrigorVachkov #VelkoKynev #PavelPoppandov #KirilDonchev #RadoslavSpassov #drama #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #Hungary #1970s/div /section ]]>

Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977)

Dec

23

Festivus

Мъжки времена (1977)

The men with a kidnapped woman, as was a custom in the region. DP: Radoslav Spassov .

A really silly tradition for Festivus.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Festivus #traditions #EduardSachariev #NikolaiHaitov #MarianaDimitrova #GrigorVachkov #VelkoKynev #PavelPoppandov #KirilDonchev #RadoslavSpassov #drama #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #Hungary #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/manly-times-1977 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:51:42 +0100 Привързаният балон [Privarzaniyat balon / The Tied-Up Balloon] (Binka... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/priv-rzaniiat-balon-1967 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Привързаният балон [Privarzaniyat balon / The Tied-Up Balloon] (Binka Zhelyazkova, 1967)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" bread/div div class="img" Привързаният балон (1967)/div div class="caption" A boy and young woman (Janet Miteva) riding a donkey. The boy eats a handful while the woman faces downwards. There are several donkeys with riders behind them. DP: Emil Vagenshtain./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #BinkaZhelyazkova #GeorgiKaloyanchev #GeorgiGeorgievGetz #JanetMiteva #SimeonPironkov #EmilVagenshtain #drama #comedy #bread #blimps #animals #donkeys #adventure #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Привързаният балон [Privarzaniyat balon / The Tied-Up Balloon] (Binka Zhelyazkova, 1967)

Mar

17

bread

Привързаният балон (1967)

A boy and young woman (Janet Miteva) riding a donkey. The boy eats a handful while the woman faces downwards. There are several donkeys with riders behind them. DP: Emil Vagenshtain.

#FilmDinner #BinkaZhelyazkova #GeorgiKaloyanchev #GeorgiGeorgievGetz #JanetMiteva #SimeonPironkov #EmilVagenshtain #drama #comedy #bread #blimps #animals #donkeys #adventure #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/priv-rzaniiat-balon-1967 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:28:45 +0100 Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Christo Christov + Todor Dinov,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ikonostas-t-1969-0k77 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Christo Christov + Todor Dinov, 1969)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" apples/div div class="img" Иконостасът (1969)/div div class="caption" A closeup of woman's hand moving an apple. The black-and-white photography is deliberately out of focus. DP: Atanas Tasev./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #apples #ChristoChristov #TodorDinov #DimitarTalev #VioletaGindeva #DimitarTashev #MilchoLeviev #AtanasTasev #drama #religion #fantasy #holidays #Christmas #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Christo Christov + Todor Dinov, 1969)

Feb

5

apples

Иконостасът (1969)

A closeup of woman's hand moving an apple. The black-and-white photography is deliberately out of focus. DP: Atanas Tasev.

#FilmDinner #apples #ChristoChristov #TodorDinov #DimitarTalev #VioletaGindeva #DimitarTashev #MilchoLeviev #AtanasTasev #drama #religion #fantasy #holidays #Christmas #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ikonostas-t-1969-0k77 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:02:32 +0100 Привързаният балон [Privarzaniyat balon / The Tied-Up Balloon] (Binka... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/priv-rzaniiat-balon-1967-rp7z <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Привързаният балон [Privarzaniyat balon / The Tied-Up Balloon] (Binka Zhelyazkova, 1967)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" Balloons Around The World Day/div div class="img" Привързаният балон (1967)/div div class="caption" The balloon sails along as a young woman in white (Janet Miteva) walks with it. DP: Emil Vagenshtain./div div class="txt" One day, a large blimp shows up over a small Bulgarian village. The townspeople, seeing the prosperity in all that beautiful silk and then some, go after it. "It was fear that created the first gods." ### – Stratius\ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #BalloonsAroundTheWorldDay #BinkaZhelyazkova #GeorgiKaloyanchev #GeorgiGeorgievGetz #JanetMiteva #SimeonPironkov #EmilVagenshtain #drama #comedy #blimps #animals #adventure #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Привързаният балон [Privarzaniyat balon / The Tied-Up Balloon] (Binka Zhelyazkova, 1967)

Oct

1

Balloons Around The World Day

Привързаният балон (1967)

The balloon sails along as a young woman in white (Janet Miteva) walks with it. DP: Emil Vagenshtain.

One day, a large blimp shows up over a small Bulgarian village. The townspeople, seeing the prosperity in all that beautiful silk and then some, go after it.

“It was fear that created the first gods.”

– Stratius

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #BalloonsAroundTheWorldDay #BinkaZhelyazkova #GeorgiKaloyanchev #GeorgiGeorgievGetz #JanetMiteva #SimeonPironkov #EmilVagenshtain #drama #comedy #blimps #animals #adventure #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/priv-rzaniiat-balon-1967-rp7z Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:23:54 +0200 Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Todor Dinov & Christo Christov,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ikonostas-t-1969 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Todor Dinov & Christo Christov, 1969)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" World Religion Day/div div class="img" Иконостасът (1969)/div div class="caption" Icon maker Raphe (Dimitar Tashev) and Katerina (Violeta Gindeva) surrounded by the icon stand. The Holy Virgin can be seen in the background. DP: Atanas Tasev./div div class="txt" The cyclical story of the Christ envisioned as an icon maker, the creator of sacred images of the saints and the Holy. &nbsp; When you know what to look for – the significance of bread, the judgement of the Pantocrator, the wheel that begets martyrs – Иконостасът speaks the language of the people, not of the ecclesiastic./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #WorldReligionDay #ChristoChristov #TodorDinov #DimitarTalev #VioletaGindeva #DimitarTashev #MilchoLeviev #AtanasTasev #drama #religion #fantasy #holidays #Christmas #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Todor Dinov & Christo Christov, 1969)

Jan

15

World Religion Day

Иконостасът (1969)

Icon maker Raphe (Dimitar Tashev) and Katerina (Violeta Gindeva) surrounded by the icon stand. The Holy Virgin can be seen in the background. DP: Atanas Tasev.

The cyclical story of the Christ envisioned as an icon maker, the creator of sacred images of the saints and the Holy.

 

When you know what to look for – the significance of bread, the judgement of the Pantocrator, the wheel that begets martyrs – Иконостасът speaks the language of the people, not of the ecclesiastic.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #WorldReligionDay #ChristoChristov #TodorDinov #DimitarTalev #VioletaGindeva #DimitarTashev #MilchoLeviev #AtanasTasev #drama #religion #fantasy #holidays #Christmas #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ikonostas-t-1969 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 21:25:10 +0100