Projects
Viktoria
A film byMaya Vitkova
Writer | Maya Vitkova |
Top cast | Irmena Chichikova, Daria Vitkova, Kalina Vitkova |
Release Year | 2014 |
Runtime | 2h35 |
Language | Bulgarian |
Casting
Irmena Chichikova | Boryana |
Daria Vitkova | Viktoria (2nd age) |
Kalina Vitkova | Viktoria (3rd age) |
Mariana Krumova | Dima |
Dimo Dimov | Ivan |
Georgi Spasov | Todor Zhivkov |
Anastasia Ingilizova | |
Svetoslav Draganov | Sando |
Simeon Tsolov | Stefcho (2nd age) |
Ivo Karamanski | Stefcho (3rd age) |
Miroslav Pashov | Socialist Man |
Eden DeRousse | Russian Girlscout |
Credits
- Music Kaloyan Dimitrov
- Director of photography Krum Rodriguez
- Sound Ivan Andreev, Kamen Atanassov, Petar Kadiiski, Aleksandar Simeonov
- Set design Atanas Apostolov
- Costume design Kristina Tomova, Ani Vladimirova
- Make-up and hair Zoran Kocov
- Film editing Alexander Etimov
- Production manager Vessela Banzourkova, Manol Mitrev, Todor G. Todorov
- Producer Maya Vitkova, Anca Puiu
- Countries of origin Bulgaria
Synopsis
Dreaming of the West, Boryana is determined not to have a child in communist Bulgaria. Nonetheless, her daughter Viktoria enters the world in 1979, curiously missing a belly button, and is declared the country's Baby of the Decade. Pampered by her mother state until the age of nine, Viktoria's decade of notoriety comes crashing down with the rest of European communism. But can political collapse and the hardship of new times finally bring Viktoria and her reluctant mother closer together?
Awards
CinEast (Bulgaria, 2014)
winner - Special Jury Prize
Maya Vitkova
Munich Film Festival (2014)
winner - One Future Prize
Maya Vitkova
Sundance Film Festival (2014)
winner - Grand Jury Prize
Maya Vitkova
Titanic International Film Festival (2014)
winner - Breaking Waves Award
Maya Vitkova
Bulgarian Film Academy Awards (2015)
winner - Best Score
Kaloyan Dimitrov
Reviews
It feels fierce and urgent: tremendously designed, acted and shot.
Eastern Bloc decrepitude has rarely looked as lovely as it does in Maya Vitkova’s “Viktoria,” an offbeat allegorical satire that devolves into a cinematographer show reel.