Project: “What we can achieve together”
“Each of the stories we present are real, Bulgarian and need support.” So are the stories about the people and organizations working for the benefit of the Roma community. That’s why we also present...
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Project: …”slowly, without malice, humanly”…
The project envisaged creating and airing on the Bulgarian National Television ten short documentary movies displaying personal stories of individuals from the Bulgarian Roma community. See results here:
FILM: Between Patent Leather Shoes and Ribbons
Stefka was born in Samokov in a large family with nine sisters and one brother. From the age of nine, together with her sisters, she had to fight for her survival.
FILM: The Invisible
Born in Bulgaria, but unknown and invisible in society and Bulgarian institutions. Being human and not being able to prove your identity because you are homeless. See more here.
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: From Major to Minor: Angel Tichaliev’s School of Music
See the short film about Angel Tichaliev – the master of wind music, the creator of Karandila and Karandila Junior. Today, even after severe hemodialysis, he continues to forge young talents.
EXHIBITION: How much emotion can one object hold? What stories lie behind the objects that surround us every day?
At WESEUM (or, ‘the museum of us’) Fine Acts, with the support of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria, asked people from three communities – Roma, LGBTI people and asylum seekers/refugees: What makes you happy? What makes you sad? They answered each question with an object.
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...