Roma Policy Lab

Media lab

FILM: A Life in Search of Justice

See a film about a woman who defends rights and fights against discrimination and injustice. In her life, she was pointed at for working with Roma, and the Roma remain accepted with suspicion – lawyer Daniela Mihailova.

FILM: Stronger Than Words – 5 filmmakers take a stand against hate speech, in 5 films without words

“Stronger Than Words” is a video omnibus dedicated to overcoming stereotypes towards different vulnerable groups in Bulgaria. For making it happen, the NGO Fine Acts worked with five Bulgarian filmmakers on five short films addressing hate speech that are thematically and stylistically unified – they are “told” without words.

FILM: Cosmic Love

Next to the invisible people stands an artist painting “gypsy visions” in the noise. Between the poet and the woman, between the society and the family, between Bulgaria and the world, in search of the divine and of oneself, where is Sally Ibrahim? Conductor of a “cosmic love”. What is the song of her life?

FILM: Little People

We often point the finger at the difference between people. Consciously or not, we make an escape from the problems of the “different”. Is otherness a punishment for us humans? Let’s look inside ourselves and find out how fair and accepting are we, and can we really get to know the ‘different’? This is what we will find out in the story of “Little People”.

FILM: Vanessa

How strong can a mother be? Militsa has firmly grasped the hand of her sunny child. She doesn’t give up so that Vanessa can have a happy and meaningful life. Milica, who stands up...

FILM: Gavril, Maria, Gabriela

Gavril and Maria grew up without parental love, rejected. Fate brings them together in one of the children’s homes. The adversities in life have locked Maria in her mental prison, and Gavril is the one who opens the door to the world for her, against all odds, making her believe, trust and fight. She gives it all to Gabriella. The three of them represent love, family and faith.

Project: “Rock’ n’roll for Girls”

The project aimed at overcoming stereotypical thinking that puts one gender in a dominant position over the other. The focus of the project were 4 small communities in villages or suburban areas, where people from ethnic minorities live, as well as other people with incomes lower than the average for the region.

FILM: The Kirilovi Familiy

The film was created within the project “…slowly, without malice, humanly…” of the Roma World -21st Century Foundation and tells the story of a Roma familly in Bulgaria.