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BIRTHDAY Bulgaria, 2025, 105 min, color

Grandma Genoveva has been bedridden for many years, with no relatives and only one wish: to die. On her birthday, seventy-year-old “veteran” prisoner Vasil is released from prison. His first act of freedom is to commit a robbery, hoping to return to his only “family” behind bars. While searching for valuables in Genoveva’s apartment, an unexpected encounter leads to a strange deal: Vasil is to kill her, and in return for this “merciful” act, she will leave him everything she owns. Soon, however, unforeseen circumstances begin to delay the agreement.

 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Golden Rose ’25 – Audience Award

Ivaylo Penchev

Ivaylo Penchev

Ivaylo Penchev is a director, producer, writer and cinematographer. He studied Film and TV Cinematography at the All-Russian State University of Cinematography, Moscow (1982). Director of the feature films Tough Old Men (2011), Holidaymakers (2016) and Last Call (2020). Winner of many awards as a producer, director and cinematographer of feature and documentary films and the 13-episode TV series Magna Aura: The Lost City.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2011 Tough Old Men

2016 Holidaymakers

2020 Last Call

2021 Uncle Claus

2025 Birthday

DIRECTOR
Ivaylo Penchev
SCRIPT
Bozhan Petrov Ivaylo Penchev
CAMERA
Georgi Chelebiev
MUSIC
George Strezov
CAST
Vasil Banov, Meglena Karalambova, Stefan Denolyubov, Kitodar Todorov, Phillip Avramov
PRODUCERS
Stoyan Stoyanov, Ivaylo Penchev, Borislav Penchev
PRODUCTION
Urban Media

BIRTHDAY Bulgaria, 2025, 105 min, color

PROGRAM

Odeon Cinema
15:30 h

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