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Magdelena Ilieva
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Magdelena Ilieva studied film directing at NYU Tisch and Bulgaria. She produced feature The Lesson (Toronto IFF, awarded at Warsaw IFF, Tokyo IFF, LUX Prize finalist, sold in over 35 territories) and shorts The Son (Tampere IFF, Sofia IFF, Grand Prix for Best Short at Cottbus IFF and the Bulgarian Film Academy), ENEMIES (Sofia IFF, Trieste IFF), Jump (Clermont-Ferrand, EFA nomination), among others. She is currently in postproduction with her directorial debut Eternity Package, aka Money for a Funeral, which she launched at the Berlinale Talent Project Market in 2016 with her company Little Wing Productions. Her short Hole, aka Money for a Funeral, created together with Jonathan Heidelberger, was a Best Short nominee at Oscar-qualifying Edmonton IFF and was awarded at the Bulgarian Golden Rose FF “for a tenderly told story with thrillingly built characters”.
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Eternity Package
Bobby is a struggling funeral agent in a small Bulgarian town whose life is collapsing: his wife is leaving him, his corrupt competitor is monopolizing all the corpses in town, and his only client ...
MIDPOINT participants:
Magdelena IlievaJonathan HeidelbergerMagdelena IlievaJonathan HeidelbergerMagdelena Ilieva
Eternity Package
Bobby is a struggling funeral agent in a small Bulgarian town whose life is collapsing: his wife is leaving him, his corrupt competitor is monopolizing all the corpses in town, and his only client ...
MIDPOINT participants:
Magdelena IlievaJonathan HeidelbergerMagdelena IlievaJonathan HeidelbergerMagdelena Ilieva
Eternity Package
Bobby is a struggling funeral agent in a small Bulgarian town whose life is collapsing: his wife is leaving him, his corrupt competitor is monopolizing all the corpses in town, and his only client ...
MIDPOINT participants:
Magdelena IlievaJonathan HeidelbergerMagdelena IlievaJonathan HeidelbergerMagdelena Ilieva
You Better BE
Boggie (28) and his mom Tanya (55) live in distant towns and meet every few months. Their relationship seems great but is built on many lies. Having grown up in a small Bulgarian conservative town, ...
You Better BE
Boggie (28) and his mom Tanya (55) live in distant towns and meet every few months. Their relationship seems great but is built on many lies. Having grown up in a small Bulgarian conservative town, ...
You Better BE
Boggie (28) and his mom Tanya (55) live in distant towns and meet every few months. Their relationship seems great but is built on many lies. Having grown up in a small Bulgarian conservative town, ...