AFRIKA (in development)

Bulgaria / France / Sweden / Romania, 2020

Feature, 35mm, Color, +/-120 min

 

Writer: Maya Vitkova-Kosev

Director: Maya Vitkova-Kosev

Director of Photography: Krum Rodriguez

Producer: Maya Vitkova-Kosev (Viktoria Films, Bulgaria)

 

Selected for the Holland Film Meetings, CineLink Sarajevo, Transilvania Pitch Stop, XII ScripTeast and the 2018 Sundance Screenwriters Lab;

 

Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center (script and project development);

 

VIKTORIA  

Bulgaria / Romania, 2014

Feature, 35mm, Color, 155 min

 

Writer: Maya Vitkova

Director: Maya Vitkova

Director of Photography: Krum Rodriguez

Production Design: Rin Yamamura

Composer: Kaloyan Dimitrov

Editor: Alexander Etimov

Sound design: Kamen Atanasov

Producer: Maya Vitkova (Viktoria Films, Bulgaria)

Co-producer: Anca Puiu (Mandragora, Romania)

World Sales: Viktoria World Sales and Distribution

 

Selected for the Script & Pitch Workshops, the Balkan Fund, the Berlinale Talent Project Market, the NIPKOW Programm and the EKRAN Programme of Andrzej Wajda's Master School of Film Directing;

 

Supported by the Media Programme, Vienna Film Fund, Bulgarian National Film Center;

 

World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2014, World Dramatic Competition (January, 2014)

 

 

Awards (selected):

 

- Sundance Film Festival 2014 (World Dramatic Competition) - nominated for the Grand Jury Prize

- International Film Festival Rotterdam (Hivos Tiger Award Competition) - nominated for the Hivos Tiger Award

- Göteborg International Film Festival (Ingmar Bergman International Debut Film Award Competition) - nominated for the Ingmar Bergman Debut Film Award

- 21st Titanic International Film Festival (Breaking Waves Award Competition), won the Breaking Waves Award (main award of the festival)

- 7th OFF PLUS CAMERA International Festival of Independent Film (Main dramatic "Making Way" Competition), nominated for the Making Way Award, won the Youth Jury Award

     - 13th Transilvania International Film Festival (Main Competition), nominated for the Transilvania Trophy, won the Special Jury Award

     - 7th CinEast, the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Lixembourg - won the Special Jury Prize \

    - REC Tarragona International Film Festival - won the main Critic's Award and a Special Mention of the International Competition Jury

 

 

MY TIRED FATHER

Bulgaria, 2011

Short fiction, 35mm, Dolby SR, 14 min 

 

Writers: Radu Jude, Maya Vitkova

Director: Maya Vitkova

Director of photography: Krum Rodriguez

Producers: Emil Vitkov, Maya Vitkova

Production: Viktoria Films

World sales / Distribution: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V.

 

Wolrd Premiere: 17th CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto (June, 2011)

 

Awards:

 

- 20th Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival in Toronto, Canada - won the Tim Hortons Award

- 14th Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Australia - Tadgell's Blubell Honor Award Finalist 

- LLAPI FILM FEST, Republic of Kosovo -  Staff Award

- Gjakova International Short Film Festival in Prishtina, Kosovo - Audience award 
 

 

STANKA GOES HOME
Bulgaria, 2010

Short fiction, 35mm, Dolby SR, 15 min 


Writer: Radu Jude

Director: Maya Vitkova

Director of photography: Krum Rodriguez

Producer: Maya Vitkova

Production: Viktoria Films

World sales / Distribution: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V.

 

World Premiere: 49th Cannes Critic's Week - Out of Competition (May, 2010)

 

Awards

 

16th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL 
- Special mention - best international short

38th HUESCA FILM FESTIVAL 
- Francisco García de Paso Award for "the short film that best emphasises human values" 
- Special Mention of the Youth Jury

3rd BUEU INTERNATIONAL SHORTFILM FESTIVAL 
- Best Film editing award

14th ISMAILIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR DOC. & SHORT FILMS 
- Best Short Fiction Film Award

5th ATHENS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL “PSAROKOKALO" 
- Audience award (main award of the festival)

BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY 
- Nominated for the Best film sound award

4th OBLÒ FILM FESTIVAL [OFF] 
- Second prize / Special jury mention

8th NAOUSSA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 
- 2nd Best Short Film 
- Best Photography