Mona Lisa

63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere

A man rides a donkey on a dusty road. A woman follows. She is wearing a hayrick. The man is murmuring. The woman under the hayrick listens. And then the woman stops. And the man looks at her.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIFF63.

Direction: Veselka Kuncheva

Script: Veselka Kuncheva, Maria Stankova

Cinematography: Vesselin Hristov

Editing: Yosif Kokonchev, Maria Stoyanova

Sound: Veselin Zograforv, Valeria Popova

Music: Mira Iskarova

Actors: Militsa Gladnishka, Danail Obretenov

Production: Borough Film, Contrast Films

Producers: Vladimir Andreev, Georgi Balkanski, Katya Trichkova, Veselka Kuncheva

Co-producers: Todor G. Todorov, Ivan Andreev

Costumes: Vanina Geleva

Production Design: Vanina Geleva

Make Up: Bistra Ketchidjieva

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Bulgaria

Production Year: 2021

Duration: 10΄

Contact: Contrast Films

Awards/Distinctions: Special Mention for Short Film, Bulgarian Film Critics’ Guild Award for Best Film – Golden Rose FF 2021

Veselka Kuncheva

Veselka Kuncheva has mastered directing for puppet theater at the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts Sofia, where later she specialized in cinema and television. She is a director of drama, opera, and puppet performances in Bulgaria and abroad. Her performances received prestigious international and national awards.