Bulgarian single mother Irina is living in a social housing unit in London’s outskirts. As one can presume, her life is far from idyllic: her attempts to breakthrough as an architect (she was trained as such back home) are doomed to fail, as she is consumed by a draining job in a bar, as well as constant and pointless fighting with her neighbors. Until, one day, she crosses paths with a coquette stray cat… A solid piece of social realist cinema following the footsteps of a glorious British tradition, in which a seemingly insignificant event grows into an edifying allegory on intolerance, xenophobia, and prejudice.
Cat in the Wall
Cat in the Wall
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
- Script: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
- Cinematography: Dimitar Kostov
- Editing: Donka Ivanova
- Music: Andy Cowton
- Actors: Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov, Orlin Asenov, Gilda Waugh, Chinwe A Nwokolo, Kadisha Gee Camara, Jon-jo Inkpen, John Harty
- Production: Activist 38
- Producers: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
- Co-production: Glasshead, Ici et Là Productions
- Co-producers: Lambros Atteshlis, Christophe Bruncher
- Sets: Yuliya Kunova
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Bulgaria, UK, France
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 92´
- Contact: Coccinelle Film, info@coccinellefilm.com
Mina Mileva
Mina Milena and Vesela Kazakova have been named “The Demonic Duo” by a member of the Bulgarian Parliament, who was insulted by the content of their movies. Their documentary Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service, which revolved around power games in the film industry under Communism, created a tempest of reactions including legal actions against the two directors. At the same time the film was screened in cinemas in Bulgaria for seven months and received numerous international awards. Their following film The Beast Is Still Alive, linking today’s prominent political figures to the shady Communist past, was pulled down from national broadcast due to fierce reactions by the representatives of the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The gifted duo moved into fiction film with Cat in the Wall, which was screened at the Locarno Film Festival.
Filmography
2008 Zaradi Lelia Sneje (doc)
2014 Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service (doc)
2016 The Beast Is Still Alive (doc)
2019 Cat in the Wall
2014 Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service (doc)
2016 The Beast Is Still Alive (doc)
2019 Cat in the Wall
Vesela Kazakova
Mina Milena and Vesela Kazakova have been named “The Demonic Duo” by a member of the Bulgarian Parliament, who was insulted by the content of their movies. Their documentary Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service, which revolved around power games in the film industry under Communism, created a tempest of reactions including legal actions against the two directors. At the same time the film was screened in cinemas in Bulgaria for seven months and received numerous international awards. Their following film The Beast Is Still Alive, linking today’s prominent political figures to the shady Communist past, was pulled down from national broadcast due to fierce reactions by the representatives of the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The gifted duo moved into fiction film with Cat in the Wall, which was screened at the Locarno Film Festival.
Filmography
2008 Zaradi Lelia Sneje (doc)
2014 Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service (doc)
2016 The Beast Is Still Alive (doc)
2019 Cat in the Wall
2014 Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service (doc)
2016 The Beast Is Still Alive (doc)
2019 Cat in the Wall
