Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence

Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence
Бинка. Да разкажеш приказка за мълчанието
Directed by Elka Nikolova
Produced by Stanimir Trifonov
Written by Elka Nikolova
Music by Rumen Boyadzhiev
Cinematography
  • Christo Bakalov
  • Vanyo Georgiev
Production
company
Vreme Film Studio
Release date
 2006
Running time
 48 minutes
Country Bulgaria
Language Bulgarian

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]

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 vanues 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 (FIFA).[8]

The film is archived in the Bulgarian National Film Center.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Tehrani, Bijan (21 April 2007). "Binka, story of an artist working in a very complicated times". Cinema Without Borders. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  2. ↑ staff (2007). "Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence". The New Yorker. p. 19. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Haynes, John; Bahun, Sanja (2014). Cinema, State Socialism and Society in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1917-1989: Re-Visions. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 1317818725.
  4. ↑ staff (16 April 2007). "Премиера на документалния филм на Елка Николова в Музея за модерно изкуство. Сред публиката като обикновен зрител беше и Джордж Сорос Бинка. Да разкажеш приказка за мълчанието" (in Bulgarian). Capital. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  5. ↑ staff. "FILM EXHIBITIONS: Binka: To Tell a Story about Silence". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  6. ↑ staff. "BINKA: TO TELL A STORY ABOUT SILENCE". Fresh Arts. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  7. ↑ staff. "Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence". Brave Festival. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  9. ↑ staff. "BINKA. TO TELL A STORY ABOUT SILENCE". Bulgarian National Film Center. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

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