STAND BY ME

Bulgaria |
2023 |
23 мин.

Script: Alexander Yaneff, Tina Markovich
Director: Tina Markovich
Cinematography: Julian Atanassov
Music: Stefan Diomov

Cast: Lyuben Chatalov, Tzvetana Maneva, Aneliya Mangarova, Mihail Sarvanski, Zlatka Stoykova

Production: Solent Film – Tina Markovich, Bozhidar Peychev
Co-production: Seven Films

Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Burgas Municipality, Nu Boyana Film Studios

An elderly artist wakes up in a wooden boat in the middle of the sea with no memory of who he is. The only thing he has with him is a letter that he has yet to open and read.

Festivals & Awards:

  • Nominated for the 2024 Vasil Gendov Awards of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers; selected for the 2024 IFF Burgas

Tina Markovich debuted in 2020 with her first short film, The Big French Robbery, winning numerous awards at international festivals. In 2023, she scripted and directed her second project, the short film Stand by Me, for which she returned to her hometown Burgas and worked with the prominent Bulgarian actors, Lyuben Chatalov and Tzvetana Maneva.