2020 ShortFest Archive
Nina is a street pickpocket under the control of Vassil, who collects everything she can steal. They live under one roof, but sometimes Nina dreams about escaping. In another attempt to pickpocket Nina is captured. To her surprise, the victim of the robbery offers her help to go home.
In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes
In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes
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Hristo Simeonov is a film director and screenwriter based in Sofia. He is a Berlinale and Sarajevo Talents Campus alumni. His short fiction films are shown at international festivals like Clermont-Ferrand, Tampere, Dresden, Cottbus, Molodist, Bilbao, Triest, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Tel Aviv etc. His debut short film THE SON (2015) won the Main Short Film Prize at Cottbus Film Festival (2016) and Best Bulgarian Short Film at the Bulgarian Film Academy Awards (2016) and other 15 awards.