BALCONADA

Bulgaria
| 2025
| 8 min.
| Animation

Script: Iva Tokmakchieva

Director: Iva Tokmakchieva

Animation: Iva Tokmakchieva, Petya Zlateva

Set Design: Andrea Popyordanova

Composer: Amin Goudarzi

Production: Compote collective – Vessela Dantcheva

Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

Contacts: www.compote-collective.com, [email protected], +359895005007

A hot summer day, ordinary at first – neighbors drift on their balconies. Until an unexpected rainstorm brings inspiration and shared joy.

 

Festival Selections & Awards:

In The Palace of Culture, Pernik, 2025, Animation Competition

Flipbook International Animation Festival, North Macedonia, 2025, International competition

Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland, 2025, Shorts competition

Imaginaria – Animated Film Festival, Italy, 2025, Main competititon

Anim’est International Animation Festival, Romania, 2025, International Short competition

Animage International Animation Festival, Brazil, 2025, Shorts competition

Animateka, Slovenia, 2025, International competition

+ many more

 

IVA TOKMAKCHIEVA graduated in Animation from NBU, and her graduation film Let’s Meet Yesterday was selected at numerous international and national festivals, earning several awards, including the ASIFA Student Award in 2020. Since then, Iva has been part of the Kompot Collective, and Balkonada is her debut film.