2025, Bulgaria, 81 min., Feature, Drama
Kamen Stoyanov
Kamen Stoyanov
Rosen Daskalov
Elena Zamyarkova, Irmena Chichikova, Mariana Krumova, Ivo Dimchev, Vasil Duev-Taig, Jana Jakovleva
Zornitsa Sophia (MQ Pictures), MAGICBOX, Doli Media Studio, Motiff Pictures
Zvezda manages to organize her first solo exhibition, but the planned triumph is postponed by a national lockdown. Refusing to surrender, she transforms the gallery into her own cell and stage, becoming a living sculpture observed from the windows and via live stream. In this pursuit of recognition, she risks her own stability and her mother’s health. The film is a provocative study of how the thirst for fame can erode human values and personal ethics.
Kamen Stoyanov
Kamen Stoyanov is a visual artist and filmmaker living and working in Vienna and Sofia. He studied Painting at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and Film Directing at NBU. His experimental short Up and Through (2020) won Best Experimental at the Dumbo Film Festival in New York. Zvezda is his feature-length directorial debut, premiering in the New Bulgarian Cinema section of the 29th Sofia IFF.
FILMOGRAPHY
FESTIVALS, AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2025 – Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival – Official Selection