Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence

Overview

A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Though she remained faithful to the communist ideals she became an avid critic of the regime and brought upon herself the wrath of its censorship. As a result four of her nine films were shelved and released to the public only after the fall of the regime in 1989, and Binka Zhelyazkova became known as the bad girl of Bulgarian cinema. A provocative portrait that reveals the pressures and complexities that arise when art is made under totalitarianism.

Details

Cast

Andrej Certov

Self

Antonina Zhelyazkova

Self

Angel Vagenshtain

Self

Atanas Svilenov

Self

Valeri Petrov

Self

Delyana Hadzhiyankova

Self

Ivan Popjordanov

Self

Ivan Traykov

Self

Ingeborg Bratoeva

Self

Kliment Denchev

Self

Kosta Bikov

Self

Kosta Tzonev

Self

Lila Toke

Self

Lyuben Chatalov

Self

Neda Stanimirova

Self

Nikolai Sotirov

Self

Pamela Rosenberg

Self

Pavel Pisarev

Self

Tzvetana Maneva

Self

Victoria Krumova

Little Girl