The Box Office is open from 15:00 till 20:40 (closed for today).

Blaga's Lessons Urotčite na Blaga

Stephan Komandarev / Bulgaria, Germany / 2023 / 114 min / Bulgarian

In this evocative social drama, Komandarev aims his lens at the lives of today’s senior citizens – a vulnerable group whom politicians so often promise the right to a dignified life… but reality is much different. Karlovy Vary 2023 Best Film Award.

cast Eli Skorčeva (Blaga), Gerasim Georgiev, Rozalia Abgarian, Ivan Barnev, Stefan Denoljubov, Ivajlo Hristov

festivals, awards Karlovy Vary 2023 (Best Film, Best Actress, Grandprix of the Ecumenical Jury)

A recently widowed former comparative literature teacher, Blaga is a woman of firm morals. She is a bearer of knowledge and sensibility that the present day does not appreciate. When she tries to use all of her savings to order a gravestone for her recently deceased husband, but is robbed by telephone scammers soon after, her moral foundation collapses. Outwardly cool-headed, but inwardly ravaged, Blaga has no choice but to act according to the fixed, jungle-like rules of financial relationships governing this ruthless and incomprehensible world.

“Over three decades, Bulgaria lost one-third of its population /…/. Many educated and highly qualified people were sucked out by the Western economy; later on, the poorly paid work force left as well. /…/ Schools and hospitals in the provincial towns are closing down, and education has been devaluated in general. /…/ I am not sure if the system established here is capitalism or rather some absurdist surrogate, but I can bravely state that the expectations of my generation were not met either by the newly established order or by us joining the European Union.” (Stephan Komandarev)

Kinodvor. Newsletter.

Join our mailing list and receive details of upcoming films and events!

What's On

Scorched Earth Verbrannte Erde

Thomas Arslan

Sunday, 27. 04. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall

A minimalist crime thriller set on the nocturnal streets of contemporary Berlin, much like its protagonist: laconic, efficient, and very, very cool.

Savages Sauvages

Claude Barras

Sunday, 27. 04. 2025 / 11:30 / Small Hall

Eleven-year-old Kéria, her young cousin Selaï and orangutan Oshi join forces to protect their tropical forest from destruction. On their exciting mission of the heart, they discover the importance of mutual respect and nature conservation.

Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods Bambi, l'histoire d'une vie dans les bois

Michel Fessler

Sunday, 27. 04. 2025 / 14:20 / Main Hall

The story of Bambi retraces the first years of a fawn’s life, and the trials he must face in the woods… This initiatory tale, a hymn to nature.