Film Screening: “Sister”

10 October 2019

20:45

ICA Cinema, Screen 1

The Bulgarian Cultural Institute London in partnership with the British Film Festival cordially invites you to the screening of the new Bulgarian film “Sister” by Svetla Tsotsorkova, selected in the program of the British Film Festival 2019.

Dir Svetla Tsotsorkova

Prod Svetoslav Ovcharov

Scr Svetoslav Ovcharov, Svetla Tsotsorkova

With Monika Naydenova, Svetlana Yancheva, Elena Zamyarkova

Bulgaria-Qatar

2019

97min

Sales Film Republic

With English subtitles

Like her award-winning debut Thirst (LFF 2015), Tsotsorkova’s latest drama is centred on a professional occupation – the making and selling of ceramic figures at a wayside shop. Rayna is a defiant teenager who says what she thinks and makes up stories to impress potential customers, but her fantasy world uncovers a hidden reality when she becomes involved with her sister’s boyfriend. Focusing on the world of a single mother and her two daughters, Sister is, according to Tsotsorkova, ‘a confession of love to those who live a seemingly unnoticeable life’. Strikingly composed and featuring superb performances by its leads, Tsotsorkova’s drama has its fair share of twists and more than a few unexpected encounters as the three protagonists engage with the world around them.