SNESCHA AND FRANZ

Bulgaria
| 2025
| 96 min.
| Documentary

Script: Svetoslav Draganov
Director: Svetoslav Draganov
Cinematography: Vesselin Hristov, Franz Horner, Verena Horner
Composers: George Donchev, Dimitar Gorchakov, Ilko Gradev, Johann Strauss (Sohn)
Production: Cineaste Maudit production – Svetoslav Draganov
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Contrast Film, Right Solutions, Sonus, Creative Europe MEDIA, Vienna City and Provincial Film Archive, BNT, Sofia Municipality
Contact: cine-ma.com, [email protected]

A love story between Snescha from Bulgaria and Franz from Austria – beginning in 1967 at Sunny Beach and unfolding through years of separation, change and daring expeditions. Their family life oscillates between deep affection, dangerous travels and the search for balance between personal longing and shared dreams.

SVETOSLAV DRAGANOV is a Bulgarian filmmaker. His works have received awards at Dok Leipzig, IDFA, Prix Europa, Golden Rhyton, ZagrebDox and Sofia International Film Festival. His fiction debut Humble won the Special Jury Award at Sofia IFF, 2022.