Mina Mileva

The Beast Is Still Alive

Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva

Rousy Chanev, Vesela Kazakova

A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past and find answers and explanations for the catastrophic fall of communism.

Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service

Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva

This documentary was subjected to condemnation and attempts for institutional censorship as soon as it was done. The film observes how one man makes a career using another in the totalitarian society of Communist Bulgaria.

Котка в стената

Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva

Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov

Cat in the Wall tells the true story of how a cat, stuck in a wall, changes the lives of aspirational migrants, benefit fraudsters and gentrified Brexiteers.

Women Do Cry

Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva

Maria Bakalova, Vesela Kazakova

A mother stork is shot down from a chimney. A postnatal woman nearly jumps off a balcony. A girl contracts HIV from an adulterous partner. A woman applies make-up to two kittens. A mother looks for magic in the lunar calendar. These events are commonplace for this seemingly normal family, revealing the fine line they live between fragility and absurdity. In the meantime, their country Bulgaria is shaken up by anti-gender and anti-equality protests with an undercurrent of violence. These women are united by a shared trauma, but now they are ready to confront their father’s troubling past.