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THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN Bulgaria, 2026, 60 min, color

The film is about the difficult life of the “invisible children” - those children who live with the stigma “without parental care” and whose names and faces we are not allowed to show. It is shown through seven stories, created by well known writers – Albena Stambolova, Georgi Gospodinov, Zornica Hristova, Ivan Landjev, Nadejda Radulova, Stefan Ivanov and Teodora Dimova.

Lubomir Mladenov

Lubomir Mladenov

Born in Svishtov in 1972. In 1990, he was accepted into Prof. Georgi Dyulgerov's class, majoring in film directing at NATFA. During this period, he shot four short films, which participated in festivals in Munich, Győr, Cottbus, Angers, Clermont-Ferrand, Kiev, and others. He has been a set designer in the theater, a director and cameraman in television, and a creator of music videos. He directed the documentaries Black Fugitives (2004) and Vitosha (2012), the short films 34 (2007) and Karting (2009), and the feature films Hunting Park (2010) and Ship in a Room (2017).

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2001 Question or request  / short

2005 Black Fugitives  / doc.

2006 34  / short

2008 Hunting Park

2016 Ship in a Room

2026 The Invisible Children

DIRECTOR
Lubomir Mladenov
SCRIPT
Lubomir Mladenov, Milena Neyova
CAMERA
Kiril Prodanov, Boryana Simeonova
MUSIC
Rashko Mladenov
CAST
Boris Varbanov, Vladimir Penev, Denitza Darinova, Elena Dimitrova, Kalin Vranchanski, Lora Tencheva, Martina Vachkova, Miglena Vezirova, Milena Ermenkova-Torosian, Ovanes Torosian
PRODUCTION
Hug Me Association

THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN Bulgaria, 2026, 60 min, color

PROGRAM

Odeon Cinema
17:00 h

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