Sister (Sestra)
Qumra Projects
Svetla Tsotsorkova / Feature Narrative / Bulgaria, Qatar
In Bulgarian
Interests: Women, Drama, Identity, Coming of age
Rated: This film has not been rated.
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Synopsis
In a small town in present-day Bulgaria, a mother and her two daughters are struggling to survive. The dreamy and distracted younger daughter often invents stories to make life more interesting. Unwittingly, she eventually gets caught in a web of her own lies and destroys her older sister’s well-ordered materialistic world. While struggling to get to the facts, the two sisters find out the truth about their mother.
About the Director
Svetla Tsotsorkova was born in Burgas in 1977, and graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia in 2004. Her first short film 'Life with Sophia' was screened at various international film festivals; Semaine de la Critique, Karlovy Vary, and Telluride, winning multiple awards including Trieste, and Lodz. Her first feature 'Thirst' had its world premiere at San Sebastian FF – New Directors competition in 2015. The film participated in more than 60 festivals around the world, received various awards and was sold in 15 countries.
Credits
- Director
- Svetla Tsotsorkova
- Screenwriter
- Svetla Tsotsorkova, Svetoslav Ovtcharov
- Producer
- Svetoslav Ovtcharov