2024, Bulgaria, 53 minutes, documentary
Director: Yuri Dachev
Script: Yuri Dachev
Cinematography: Georgi Marinov
Documentary from the series “BNT Presents”, dedicated to the emblematic TV presenter Brigitta Cholakova. The film follows the life of the legend in Bulgarian journalism, standing in front of the BNT camera are people from Brigitta Cholakova’s team sharing memories, unforgettable moments, and revelations.
Yuri Dachev
Born in 1963 in Shumen, Bulgaria. In 1986 graduated in Theatre Studies in NATFA, in Prof. Dimitar Kanoushev’s class. Specialist in History of the Performance and Theatre Critics in the class of Prof. Cesare Molinari at the University of Florence (1993-1994). Participated in the International Residency at the Royal Court Theatre (1999). Scholar of Cultur Contact (Austria) in 2008. For two years (1999, 2000) is a consultant for Bulgaria for the Bonner Biennale in Bonn. Playwright, screenwriter, and professor at NATFA (1992), critic and journalist. Author of more than 2,000 publications in the field of theater. His dramatic texts have received over 60 scenic realizations. His dramatic texts have been translated and published in English, German, Hungarian, Russian, French, Polish, Finnish, Macedonian languages. He is professor and associate professor in the Theater Studies Department at NATFA (2003). Since 2005 – – author of the weekly show “Recipe for culture” BNT – SAT.
Filmography
2024 – Brigitta
2022 – Lazar and Grigor
2022 – The dance inside me
2008 – The World is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner
2004 – Journey to Jerusalem