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AURORA Bulgaria-Italy, 2026, 107 min, color

Sofia, November 7, 1952. A mock replica of the cruiser Aurora parades along the yellow cobblestones – a revolutionary symbol reduced to spectacle. In the shadow of the celebrations, Maria, the daughter of an industrialist condemned by the People’s Court, survives as a prostitute in a decaying bourgeois hotel. Her lover is Axinia, an official sculptor of the regime who creates ideological monuments while living in fear.

 

Italian communist journalist Marcello Conti arrives to cover the event and falls in love with Maria, refusing to accept that truth is indecent in this world. Standing between them is a powerful secret police officer – a failed singer and sexual predator, intoxicated by power.

 

As monuments rise and people disappear, love becomes the most dangerous form of illegality. Escape is possible only through a greater lie: the mock Aurora, transformed into an absurd battering ram toward freedom.

Georgi Stoev – Jacky, Nikola Boshnakov

Georgi Stoev – Jacky, Nikola Boshnakov

GEORGI STOEV – JACKY

Georgi Stoev – Jacky is one of the key figures in Bulgarian cinema, with a creative career spanning more than five decades. Born in Sofia on March 22, 1941, he studied biology in Dresden, but his passion for visual storytelling ultimately led him to film. There, he developed a distinctive and hard-to-define style, often described as “Cinema Variété” – a blend of absurdity, humor, satire, and a deeply human view of reality.

 

NIKOLA BOSHNAKOV

Nikola Boshnakov was born in Sofia in 1977. He graduated in 2006 from New Bulgarian University with a degree in Film and Television Directing. Since then, he has worked as a freelance editor, director, and screenwriter.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2001 Rorchach’s Film Blot / short

2010 Jacky, Johnny and Charlie Are Not Dogs’ Names

2022 My Uncle Luben / doc.

2026 Aurora / co-dir.

DIRECTOR
Georgi Stoev – Jacky, Nikola Boshnakov
SCRIPT
Hristo Iliev – Charlie, Georgi Stoev – Jacky, Nikola Boshnakov
CAMERA
Antoni Stoev
MUSIC
Elisa Minari
CAST
Konstantina Georgieva, Brenno Placido, Koyna Ruseva, Hristo Garbov, Boyan Arsov, Ivana Keranova, Franco Nero
PRODUCERS
Ivan Tonev, Giuseppe Lepore
PRODUCTION
ARS Ltd., Bielle Re

AURORA Bulgaria-Italy, 2026, 107 min, color

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