Directed by Pavel G. Vesnakov • 2024 • Bulgaria

When his estranged father dies, taciturn Koko (rapper Ognyan “Fyre” Pavlov) returns to his native Bulgaria after years spent working abroad. As Koko tries to put the late man’s affairs in order, he is drawn ineluctably back into a world he thought he had left behind, forced to grapple with family legacy and unresolved trauma. Meanwhile, the economic pressures of life in post-communist Bulgaria continue to take their toll as development threatens the local cemetery. Shot in a square aspect ratio that recalls classical portraiture and anchored by a remarkable lead performance, Pavel G. Vesnakov’s latest feature blends potency and tenderness, capturing a lifetime’s worth of familial tension with a precise, poetic visual language.

WINDLESS • БЕЗВЕТРИЕ
Directed by Pavel G. Vesnakov
Written by Pavel G. Vesnakov, Simeon Ventsislavov, Teodora Markova, Nevena Kertova
Cinematography by Orlin Ruevski
Music by Ascari
Starring: Ognyan Pavlov, Veselin Petrov, Mihail Mutafov

In Bulgarian with English subtitles