Glory

2016
Drama
101'

Directed by
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov

Screenplay
Kristina Grozeva, Decho Taralezhkov, Petar Valchanov

A reclusive Bulgarian railway trackman finds millions of cash spilled on the tracks and turns them in to the police. When the transport ministry’s head of PR decides to use him as a diversion from a corruption scandal, his simple life falls victim to the grinder of bureaucracy.

An inspector finds millions of leva on the railroad tracks during a search. He hands over the money to the police, and thus, the state organizes an event to honor him. The head of the department of Public Relations of the Ministry of Transportation, Julia Staikova, takes the inspector’s old watch, a family heirloom, in order to give him a new one: a gift for his morals. Along the way, the new watch breaks and the old one gets lost. A desperate battle to restore the treasured heirloom and his dignity begins.

69th Locarno International Film Festival
Official Selection
LUX Prize
Nominee
Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival 2016
Best Screenplay Golden Rose Award, Best Cinematography Golden Rose Award, Best Film Varna Special Award
Hamptons International Film Festival 2016
Best Narrative Feature Golden Starfish Award
Les Arcs European Film Festival 2016
Best Feature Film Crystal Arrow Award
Gijón International Film Festival 2016
Best Film Grand Prix Asturias Award, Best Screenplay, FIPRESCI Prize
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017
Best International Feature Film
Boulder International Film Festival 2017
Best Feature Film Grand Prize, Best Feature Film BIFF Award
2016
Drama
101'

Directed by
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov

Screenplay
Kristina Grozeva, Decho Taralezhkov, Petar Valchanov

Glory

Cinematography
Krum Rodriguez

Editing
Petar Valchanov

Music
Hristo Namliev

Cast
Stefan Denolyubov, Margita Gosheva

Production
Abraxas Film, Graal Films, Screening Emotions, Aporia Filmworks

Production Countries
Bulgaria, Greece