Kite

2025, Bulgaria, 22 min., Feature, Drama

Director: Irina Ivanova
Script: Irina Ivanova
Cinematography: Stoyan Doychev
Cast: Anelia Mangurova, Boris Varbanov, Dobromir Bozhilov, Emil Emilov, Bozhila Simova


Edi and Stella are a young couple moving in together for the first time. They rent an apartment on the 14th floor of an old Soviet-style block in Sofia. Just as they are moving the last of their belongings – a massive 35 kg, 1.80 m tall concert harp – the elevator malfunctions. Their struggle to carry this heavy yet beautiful burden up 14 flights of stairs becomes the first true test of their life together.

Irina Ivanova

Irina Ivanova holds an MA in Film Studies from NATFA, where she teaches Film History and Analysis. She is an established film critic and author. Her screenwriting credits include the documentary We Loved Them So Much (2020) and the feature project Boy, both supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center. She also directed the documentary Keranka: Hunger for Life. In 2025, she was honored with the Vasil Gendov Award for Film Criticism.

FILMOGRAPHY

2025 – Kite
2023 – Keranka: Hunger for Life

AWARDS, NOMINATIONS AND FESTIVALS

2025 – Short Film Factory (Romania) – Award Winner: “Relationships” Category
2025 – Sofia Short Fest – Special Diploma
2025 – Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival – Official Selection
2025 – IFF Against the Flow – Official Selection
2025 – Vasil Gendov Awards – Short Film Category Nomination