Crystal Globe Competition / Cherni pari za beli noshti / Bulgaria, Greece 2026
After years of saving money from the small bribes they collect, sixty-year-old Marina and her husband Gosha from Bulgaria are preparing for their dream trip to St. Petersburg to witness the White Nights. But when Russia invades Ukraine and the travel agency vanishes with all their savings, the couple’s dream collapses along with their illusion of control over their moral principles and the relationship they have with each other. Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, recipients of the 2019 Crystal Globe, return to Karlovy Vary with a tragicomic portrait of a generation forced to reassess its values as they question everything that is considered black and white in post-Soviet society.
Natalia Kozáková
95 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
/ Screenplay Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Decho Taralezhkov
/ Dir. of Photography Alexander Stanishev
/ Music Theodore Oikonomou
/ Sound Ivan Andreev, Kostas Varympopiotis
/ Editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis
/ Art Director Ivelina Mineva
/ Producer Konstantina Stavrianou, Irini Vougioukalou, Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
/ Production Abraxas Film
/ Coproduction Graal Films, Bulgarian National Television, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT, Greek Film Centre, Bulgarian National Film Center, Eurimages
/ Cast Tanya Shahova, Ivan Savov, Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Sibila Petrova
/ Sales Cercamon
/ Contact Abraxas Film
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov. Selected filmography: The Lesson (Urok, 2014), Glory (Slava, 2016), The Father (Bashtata, 2019), Triumph (Triumf, 2023), Black Money for White Nights (Cherni pari za beli noshti, 2026).
Abraxas Film
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Bulgaria
Phone: +359 884 120 775
E-mail: [email protected]
Cercamon
PO Box 417 207, 00000, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971 566 063 824
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