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Cécile Tollu-Polonowski

Zhaleika

Logline
Lora, 17 years old, has to face the death of her father. She doesn't want to fulfill the expectations of people surrounding her in the small remote bulgarian village....
Talent
Cécile Tollu-Polonowski
Role of participant
producer
Director
Eliza Petkova
Producer
Tim Oliver Schultz, Svetoslav Draganov, Cécile Tollu-Polonowski
Screenwriter
Eliza Petkova
Status
finished
Year of production
2016
Running time
92 min
Genre
Coming-of-age
Country of Production
Germany
Production Company
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
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Cast & Crew

Director of Photography
Constanze Schmitt
Sound, Sound Design
Hannes Marget
Costume Design
Waris Klampfer
Editing
Eliza Petkova, Hannes Marget
Gaffer
David Schmitt
Cast
Anna Manolova,

Contact

Name
Josephine Settmacher
Company
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
E-mail
festival@dffb.de

Festivals and Awards

Berlinale Generation 2016, Special Mention of the International Jury, 1st Feature nomination
Sofia FF Bulgaria 2016, Grand Prix Winner
Burgas, Bulgaria
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Zlin FF, Czech Republic
5 Seen Festival, Germany
Cinematik, FF Slovakia
Skopje Cinedays, Macedonia
Novi Sad Cinema City,  Serbia
Cinema Jove, FF Spain
Gent FF, Belgium
Cineast, Luxemburg
Mill Valley, FF USA
Chicago International Children FF, 2nd Prize Youth Jury
Oulu FF Finnland November
Minsk Listapad FF, Diploma for Best Director
Balkan Manya @ Istanbul Modern
Zagreb FF, Croatia
Let’s CEE Vienna, Austria
Tbilissi FF, Georgia