In the struggle of daily existence, the thirst for love may be greater than that for life itself.
A couple and their teen-aged son eke out a living on a hilltop, doing the laundry for local hotels, despite the intermittent water supply. Their simple life is overturned by the arrival of a father-and-daughter team of diviner and well-digger, who promise to bring an end to this precarious existence by finding a well on their arid hill. But ultimately, these newcomers quench a thirst that is much stronger than that for mere water.

Direction: Svetla Tsotsorkova

Script: Svetoslav Ovcharov, Svetla Tsotsorkova, Ventsislav Vasilev

Production: Nadejda Koseva, Svetla Tsotsorkova, Nadejda Koseva

Cinematography: Vesselin Hristov

Editing: Nina Altaparmakova, Svetla Tsotsorkova

Production Design: Georgi Todorov-Jozy

Costume Design: Elena Stoyanova

Sound: Valeria Popova

Original Score: Hristo Namliev

Cast: Monika Naydenova, Alexander Benev, Ivaylo Hristov, Svetlana Yancheva

Original Title: JAJDA

Original Language: Bulgarian

Film Production Country: Bulgaria

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Statement of the Director/s
THIRST is an intimate, lived-through, auto-biographical film.

THIRST is a film about the kind of love that comes upon us when we least expect it. About the kind of love that knows no boundaries. About the kind of love, for which there is no “convenient” age or time. About the kind of love that can turn you into a murderer. About the kind of love that is more powerful than death. About the kind of love that forces us to remain human.

Biography of the Director/s
Svetla Tsotsorkova was born in Burgas in 1977.
In 2004 she graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. Since then she has been working mainly as a producer and actress. Her first short film as a director, LIFE WITH SOPHIA, was not only recognised by various international film festivals, among them the International Critiques week in Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Telluride, Brussels, Cottbus, Regensburg, Drama, etc. but also won awards at Trieste, Sofa, Lodz, Beijing and Poitiers.

Filmography of the Director/s
2005 - MY MOTHER, short
2004 - LIFE WITH SOPHIA, short

Awards Won
Minsk IFF Listopad: Best Cast Award & Jury Prize
Cluj Transilvania IFF: Special Mention for Best Actors
Vilnius IFF: Best Film & Best Actress
Crossing Europe FF Linz: Audience Award for Best Fiction Film

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Paris, 75020, France
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +33 1 47 97 39 84
Website: http://www.alphaviolet.com/