Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence (Bulgarian Бинка. Да разкажеш приказка за мълчанието) is a 2006 documentary film directed by Elka Nikolova.[1] It is 48 minutes in length, and was released in Bulgaria in 2006 and in the United States in 2007.[2]
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Directed by | Elka Nikolova |
Written by | Elka Nikolova |
Produced by | Stanimir Trifonov |
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Music by | Rumen Boyadzhiev |
Production company | Vreme Film Studio |
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Running time | 48 minutes |
Country | Bulgaria |
Language | Bulgarian |
The topic of the film is the life and struggles of Bulgaria's first female film director Binka Zhelyazkova during difficult times politically.[3] The documentary premiered in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art, on April 4, 2007.[4][5] Later it was shown at many venues such as the Russian Cultural Center In Houston, Texas,[6] Brave Festival in Wrocław,[7] and was also shown at the 2007 South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles, California where it won the Audience Award for best documentary film; it won the award for Best Debut Film at the 2007 Golden Rython Festival for Nonfeature Films; and was also featured in Montreal, Quebec's International Festival of Films on Art.[8]
The film is archived in the Bulgarian National Film Center.[9]
Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence at IMDb
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