Mila from Mars (2004)

Original title

Мила от Марс

Directed by

Zornitsa Sofia Popgancheva

Genre

drama film

Country

Bulgaria

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a small Bulgarian town leaves for the capital city, Sofia, in search of a better life. She navigates relationships and the challenges of urban existence while trying to hold on to her sense of self.

low-keyunderstatedintimateindependentcerebralunconventionalemotionally-resonant

What happens

Mila from Mars (Bulgarian: Mila ot Mars, Мила от Марс) is a 2004 Bulgarian film directed by Zornitsa Sophia. The so called "beginning of independent Bulgarian cinema" -the film was a no-budget film, but ended up with selection at many festivals and was Bulgaria's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film is distributed in Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia by Art Servis Sarajevo. The film won the Heart of Sarajevo International Film Festival for Best Film and the Special Jury Prize for the ensemble cast at the same festival. It won two awards at Mannheim-Heildelberg IFF - Ecumennical Jury Prize nad Reiner Werner Fassbinder Prize for unconventionally narrated film. The film won total of 16 awards and was a national box office hit. Festival selection include Mar del Plata IFF, IFFI Goa, Warsaw IFF, New Directors/ New films in Nu York, Palm Springs IFF, Wiesbaden IFF Go East, Goteborg IFF, Busan IFF, Thessaloniki IFF, Haifa IFF, Sao Paulo IFF, Triest IFF, Istambul IFF and many more. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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