Tzvetanka

Synopsis

In his opulent, playful and sometimes serene debut film, Youlian Tabakov tells the chequered life story of a Bulgarian woman who survived three political regimes: monarchy, socialism and the present day. The director profits from having studied costume and design, which inspired him to interweave the documentary material with animated and staged sequences to produce a stream of imaginative and surprising images.

Director Biography

Youlian Tabakov, writer and director, was born in 1975 in Bulgaria. He holds an MA in Set Design from N. Pavlovich National Art Academy - Sofia and an MA in Fine Art from ENS des Beaux-Arts – Paris. He works frequently for the theatre, hosts solo exhibitions in Sofia and Stockholm and a number of participations in group exhibitions. In 2011 Tabakov received the Golden Age Prize for his contribution to the development of Bulgarian culture. Tzvetanka is his first documentary.