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NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE Bulgaria-France, 2025, 85 min, color, documentary

After the sudden loss of her father, Plamena returns from Sydney to her hometown in Bulgaria, caught between the intimacy of grief and the cold machinery of an investigation into what happened. Through fragmented timelines, intimate family moments, and AI-generated readings of institutional letters, No Way to Say Goodbye transforms personal loss into a reflection on empathy and the power of memory to shape who we are. Blurring the boundaries between the personal and the institutional, the film asks how we can remain human in a world increasingly governed by automation and indifference.

Plamena Slavcheva

Plamena Slavcheva

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR
Plamena Slavcheva
SCRIPT
Plamena Slavcheva
CAMERA
Georgina Pretto
MUSIC
George Donchev, George Strezov
CAST
Emiliya Dimitrova, Plamena Slavcheva, Andreana Slavcheva
PRODUCERS
Emiliya Dimitrova, Plamena Slavcheva, Andreana Slavcheva
PRODUCTION
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NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE Bulgaria-France, 2025, 85 min, color, documentary

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