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Nadezhda Koseva

Born September 19, 1974 · Sofia, Bulgaria (age 51)

Nadezhda Koseva was born in 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating from the National Academy for Theater and Film Art she directed the short fiction novel "The Ritual", part of the omnibus film "Lost and Found" which premiered at Forum Berlin IFF 2005.Nadejda Koseva's next short fiction film "Omelet" won a Special mention at Sundance Film Festival '09 among other awards worldwide. Her latest sh…

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Returning

Returning · 2022

An unexpected return surprises unpleasantly the young Petya, who is ought to forgive her father after 10 years of absence.

Thirst

A couple and their teenage son eke out a living on a hilltop, doing the laundry for local hotels, despite the intermittent water supply. Their simple life is overturned by the arrival of a father-and-daughter team of diviner and well-digger, who promise to bring an end to this precarious existence by finding a source on their arid hill. But ultimately, these newcomers quench a thirst far greater than than the simple need for water.

Irina

Irina is a part-time waitress in a small Bulgarian town. On the very same day when she is fired, her husband gets into a serious accident. Irina's family is trapped in poverty. To make ends meet, she becomes a surrogate mother. Fights, despair and the seed of life growing in her belly bring on another wave to this rough and wrecked life. Slowly, Irina discovers what it means to love and to forgive.

Buffer Zone

Buffer Zone · 2015

The film's motto is: "The world of the elderly is a world that is constantly shrinking. Little things become big. Few people are important to us, but they are very important." Federico Fellini.

8' 19"

8 minutes and 19 seconds – that’s all the time we have until the news about the death of the sun reaches us. That's what it takes for the light to travel from there to here. And then the darkness comes… But the theme of this Apocalypse is not necessarily going to be expressed through a global cataclysm, horsemen of the apocalypse, angels of death, fire and destruction. It will rather be shown as something very personal, intimate and almost silent.

Omelette

Omelette · 2008

While a woman makes an omelette, we learn how difficult it is to make ends meet. 7-minute short film which won honorable mention at Sundance 2009. Created at the invitation of Capital Weekly as part of the first BC omnibus film '15' - 15 authors, 15 years, 15 short films.

At Sunrise

At Sunrise · 2022

A boy takes care of his grandmother after the loss of his sister.

Lost and Found

Lost and Found · 2005

MovieAnimationDrama

Six young filmmakers from Central and East Europe developed shorts about the theme of 'generation'.

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Returning

Returning · 2022

An unexpected return surprises unpleasantly the young Petya, who is ought to forgive her father after 10 years of absence.

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Thirst

A couple and their teenage son eke out a living on a hilltop, doing the laundry for local hotels, despite the intermittent water supply. Their simple life is overturned by the arrival of a father-and-daughter team of diviner and well-digger, who promise to bring an end to this precarious existence by finding a source on their arid hill. But ultimately, these newcomers quench a thirst far greater than than the simple need for water.

Producer

Irina

Irina is a part-time waitress in a small Bulgarian town. On the very same day when she is fired, her husband gets into a serious accident. Irina's family is trapped in poverty. To make ends meet, she becomes a surrogate mother. Fights, despair and the seed of life growing in her belly bring on another wave to this rough and wrecked life. Slowly, Irina discovers what it means to love and to forgive.

Writer

Buffer Zone

Buffer Zone · 2015

The film's motto is: "The world of the elderly is a world that is constantly shrinking. Little things become big. Few people are important to us, but they are very important." Federico Fellini.

Producer

8' 19"

8 minutes and 19 seconds – that’s all the time we have until the news about the death of the sun reaches us. That's what it takes for the light to travel from there to here. And then the darkness comes… But the theme of this Apocalypse is not necessarily going to be expressed through a global cataclysm, horsemen of the apocalypse, angels of death, fire and destruction. It will rather be shown as something very personal, intimate and almost silent.

Director

Omelette

Omelette · 2008

While a woman makes an omelette, we learn how difficult it is to make ends meet. 7-minute short film which won honorable mention at Sundance 2009. Created at the invitation of Capital Weekly as part of the first BC omnibus film '15' - 15 authors, 15 years, 15 short films.

Director

At Sunrise

At Sunrise · 2022

A boy takes care of his grandmother after the loss of his sister.

Producer

Lost and Found

Lost and Found · 2005

MovieAnimationDrama

Six young filmmakers from Central and East Europe developed shorts about the theme of 'generation'.

Director

The Trap

The Trap · 2023

MovieDramaThriller

Bojeka is an eccentric man with a strong sense of his own dignity. When the local oligarch starts a dangerous for the people project for a nuclear waste repository near the town, Bojeka turns out to be the only one who can and dares to oppose him.

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