March 4th, 2024
Great news: THE WORKER receives production support from HESSEN FILM & MEDIEN.
March 2nd, 2024
So happy that SILENT OBSERVERS is selected for the 21st Sofia Meetings Works In Progress Selection and the post-production of the film is almost finished.
January 5th, 2024
Very honored that the project in development DISSONANCE is supported by Creative Europe - MEDIA.
April 3rd, 2023
We are incredibly happy that SILENT OBSERVERS gets supported by EURIMAGES.
March 26th, 2023
So glad that the project in development DISSONANCE has won the EastWest Filmdistribution Award at the 20th Sofia Meetings.
March 15th, 2023
Very honored that the project in development DISSONANCE is selected for the 20th Sofia Meetings (22.03 - 26.03.2023).
March 6th, 2023
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON has a cinema release from 9 March.
January 6th, 2023
Eliza Petkova has been selected for the Villa Kamogawa artist residency 2023 in Kyoto, Japan.
November 16th, 2022
We are very happy to announce that MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON is awarded BEST DOCUMENTARY at the BLACK CAT AWARD International Film Festival.
October 24th, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON is selected for BLACK CAT AWARD International Film Festival in La Paz, Bolivia (11.11 - 15.11.2022)
August 29th, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON is selected for HEIMAT EUROPA Filmfestspiele (19.08 - 10.09.2022)
August 15th, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON is nominated for the Documentary Competition at the 16. Fünf Seen Filmfestival (24.08. - 04.09.2022)
August 3rd, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON is a part of Junger Dok- Film in Ringenwalde selection (26. - 28.08.2022)
July 17th, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON, A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN and ZHALEIKA will be presented at the 48. Summer Film School Uherské Hradiště (29.07. - 08.08.2022) followed by a master class of Eliza Petkova
June 12th, 2022
A selection of Eliza Petkova's short movies followed by master class by Eliza will be presented at Goethe Institut and Institut Français in Sofia on June 29th, 2022
April 4th, 2022
So happy to announce that Constanze Schmitt just won the Best Cinematography Award for MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON at Frauen Film Festival Dortmund + Köln
March 31st, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON has its Berlin Premiere at 18th ACHTUNG BERLIN Filmfestival (20.-27.4.2022)
February 22nd, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON is selected for the International Documentary Film Competition at 26th Sofia International Film Festival (10.-31.03.22)
February 21st, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON will be presented at International Frauen Film Festival Dortmund + Köln (29.03. - 3.04.22)
February 20th, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON is part of 10th Liberation DocFest Bangladesh (11.-15.03.22)
January 26th, 2022
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON just received the
CRITICS AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY at 43rd Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
December 16th, 2021
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON will have it's German premiere at
43rd Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
October 21st, 2021
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is available on ARTE Channel for one month.
September 29th, 2021
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN wins the BEST DIRECTOR Award of Tirana International Film Festival
June 2d, 2021
MAYOR, SHEPHERD, WIDOW, DRAGON celebrates the world premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival
March 5th, 2021
Very happy to announce that Eliza Petkova recieved the Kompagnon Prize for her next project THE WORKER at 71. Berlinale
March 3d, 2021
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN starts a digital cinema preview on March 8th at 18 German cinemas
March 2d, 2021
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is going to India again as a part of the 19th Pune International Film Festival
January 10th, 2021
We are delighted to announce that A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is part of the oldest film festival in Asia - The 51th International Film Festival of India, Goa (IFFI)!
November 29th, 2020
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is part of the 21st International Film Festival of Tbilisi.
November 2d, 2020
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is going to Lithuania and is selected for the European Film Forum Scanorama - International Film Festival in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda and Siauliaiilnius
October 28th, 2020
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is part of 19th FILMZ – Festival og German Cinema
September 27th, 2020
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is selected for the 47th edition of International Film Fest Gent
September 9th, 2020
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is in the feature competition of the 49th edition of International Film Festival Sehsüchte
August 8th, 2020
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is selected for Korean premiere for the 22nd Seoul International Women’s Film Festival
June 6th, 2020
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is nominated for the International Competition of the 24th Sofia International Film Festival
December 18th, 2019
We are happy to announce that the diploma feature of Eliza Petkova
A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN is invited to premiere at
70th BERLINALE within the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino
September 20th, 2019
ZHALEIKA will be screened at OSOBEN POGLED - panorama of female directors in bulgarian cinema, Sofia
January 5th, 2019
We just finished another shooting block of the longterm documentary BÜRGERMEISTER SCHÄFER WITWE DRACHEN
October 13th, 2018
Premiere of the short DIE ANDEREN (THE OTHERS) at the 52. Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
July 9th, 2018
We just started shooting of the upcoming feature EIN FISCH DER AUF DEM RÜCKEN SCHWIMMT(A FISH SWIMMING UPSIDE DOWN)
December 1st, 2017
ABWESEND is selected for the International Competition of the 12th Femina International Women’s Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 13th - 18th 2017)
July 15th, 2017
ZHALEIKA takes part in the 23rd International Film Festival Nancy, France (August 25th - September 3rd 2017)
April 20th, 2017
ZHALEIKA is selected for the competition of Sehsüchte 46th Student Festival, Potsdam, Germany (26.4.-1.5.2017)
March 23th, 2017
ZHALEIKA takes part in the 18th Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Sweden (3.-8. April 2017)
March 4th, 2017
ZHALEIKA is selected for the international competition "promising debuts" at Lets Cee Film Festival, Vienna, Austria .
(March 21th - 27th 2017)
February 28th, 2017
ZHALEIKA will be the opening film at the International Filmfestival Kinotrip, Ljubljana, Slovenia .
(March 29st - April 1st 2017)
January 10th, 2017
ZHALEIKA will be screened at the 15th Pune International Film Festival PIFF, India in the Section Global Cinema.
(January 12th - 19th 2017)
January 10th, 2017
ZHALEIKA is part of the section „New Authors“ at Küstendorf Film and Music Festival, Serbia.
(January 14th - 19th 2017)
December 2nd, 2016
NABELSCHNUR received the 1st place of the audience award at Randfilmfestival, Kassel, Germany
November 27th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR just won 3 prizes at 23th International Film Festival ETIUDA&ANIMA, Krakow, Poland
The Bronze Dinosaur Umbilical Cord/ Nabelschnur dir. Eliza Petkova, prod. German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), Germany „For the original aesthetics and a filled with humor and formally intriguing storytelling”.
STUDENT JURY decided to award its prize to: NABELSCHNUR / UMBILICAL CORD dir. Eliza Petkova, German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) „For a rich description of the human nature, obtained through minimalistic and original aesthetics”.
FICC (international jury if film clubs) JURY decided to award its prize to: NABELSCHNUR / UMBILICAL CORD dir. Eliza Petkova, German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb)
November 22th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is selected for the international competition at 17th Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia.
(November 28th - December 4th)
November 8th, 2016
ABWESEND and NABELSCHNUR will be screened at Ruberoid Festival 2016, Berlin, Germany.
(November 25th - 26th)
November 8th, 2016
Today ZHALEIKA received a diploma for best directing and finesse cinematic language at 23th Minsk International Film Festival, Belarus.
November 8th, 2016
Today ZHALEIKA received a diploma for best directing and finesse cinematic language at 23th Minsk International Film Festival, Belarus.
November 8th, 2016
Today ZHALEIKA received a diploma for best directing and finesse cinematic language at 23th Minsk International Film Festival, Belarus.
November 7th, 2016
ZHALEIKA just won the 2nd Youth Jury Prize for Live-action Feature Film at 33rd Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA.
November 7th, 2016
ZHALEIKA will be screened at Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia.
(November 12th -20th 2016)
November 6th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR is part of the european competiton selection of the European Short Film Festival of Lyon-Villeurbanne, France.
(November 18th.- 27th 2016)
November 5th, 2016
ZHALEIKA will be screened at Cinedays Skopje, Makedonia.
(November 10th - 19th 2016)
November 5th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR is in the competition of 23th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima Krakow, Poland.
(November 22th - 27th 2016)
November 1st, 2016
ZHALEIKA participates in the 23. Minsk International Film Festival LISTAPAD, Belarus.
(November 4th - 11th 2016)
October 26th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is part of the youth film competition of the 35th Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, Finland.
(November 13th - 20th 2016)
October 16th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is a part of Balkanmania in the Museum Istanbul Modern, Turkey.
(October 20th - October 30th 2016)
October 10th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR will be screened at 2morrow Film Festival Moscow, Russia.
(October 15th 2016)
October 7th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is selected for 33rd Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA.
(October 28th -November 6th 2016)
October 3th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR is nominated for the european competiton at Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Nice, France.
(October 14th -21th 2016)
September 23th, 2016
ZHALEIKA has the USA Premiere at Mill Valley Film Festival, California.
(October 06th - 16th 2016)
September 22th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is in the official selection of the Film Fest Gent, Belgium.
(October 11th - 21th 2016)
September 20th, 2016
ZHALEIKA will be shown at 9th Cine East Festival, Luxembourg.
(September 6th - September 23th 2016)
September 17th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is part of the MEETING OF YOUNG EUROPEAN CINEMA in Sofia, Bulgaria.
(September 26th - October 2nd 2016)
September 4th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR won at 22. Festival International du Film Nancy-Lorraine 2016.
Compétition internationale du film court.
Grand prix du festival - Jury lycéen.
September 1th, 2016
ZHALEIKA at the Cinematik International Film Festival (September 13. - 19.), Slovakia.
August 15th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR is in the short film competition at 22. Festival International du Film Nancy Lorraine 22th Edition (26.08 - 04.09), France.
July 8th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is nominated for the Five Lakes Newcomer’s Award at the 10. Internationales Fünf Seen Festival.
(July 27 - August 8, 2016)
July 8th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is in the official selection at the Burgas International Film Festival.
(July 22 - 28, 2016)
June 11th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is selected for the main competition at the 31th Festival International de Cine de Valencia, Cinema Jove.
(June 17 - 24, 2016)
June 9th, 2016
ZHALEIKA will be screened at Cinema City International Film Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia.
(June 25 - July 2, 2016)
May 19th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is selected at the 56th ZLIN FILM FESTIVAL in Czech Republic for the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF EUROPEAN FIRST FILMS.
(May 27 - June 3, 2016)
May 18th, 2016
MEIN SOHN is selected for the BERLIN ART FILM FESTIVAL and will be screened on July 8, 2016.
May 10th, 2016
ABWESEND will be screened at „Неконформистката алтернатива“ in G8 Cinema, Sofia, Bulgaria.
(May 30, 2016)
May 3th, 2016
ZHALEIKA will be screened at THE GOLDEN LINDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
(May 28 - June 1, 2016)
April 22th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR will be screened at the LAUSITZiale IV
(June 23, 2016)
March 19th, 2016
We are very happy to announce that ZHALEIKA just won the GRAND PRIX for Best Film in the International Competition at 20th Sofia International Film Festival.
February 20th, 2016
The members of the International Jury Generation 14plus
Sam de Jong
Petros Silvestros
Liz Watts
give the following awards:
Special Mention: Zhaleika
by Eliza Petkova, Germany 2016
We were moved by this smart allegory about shifting cultural changes and the collision of new and old values in small town Europe. With a great eye for detail, the naturalism of this film combined with a compelling story of a young woman searching for her own place in the world, and her achievement of that freedom, is brilliantly executed both in performance and direction.
February 15th, 2016
ZHALEIKA takes part in the International Competition of the 20th International Sofia Film Festival. The national premiere in Bulgaria is on March 17th, 2016.
February 10th, 2016
ABWESEND takes part in 17. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival.
(March 9 - 14th, 2016)
It will also take part in 20th Sofia International Film Festival.
(March 9 - 20th, 2016)
February 3th, 2016
ZHALEIKA is nominated for the First Feature Award of 66. Berlinale.
January 19th, 2016
ZHALEIKA has its world premiere at 66. Internationale Filmfestpiele Berlin, Berlinale. It takes part in the competition of the Generation section. We are very happy about the nomination.
January 7th, 2016
NABELSCHNUR has its world premiere at 9th Küstendorf Film & Music Festival, Serbia.
(22-27 January 2016)
October 1th, 2015
ABWESEND takes part in 4th Mallorca International Film Festival.
(10-15 November 2015)
September 5th, 2015
ABWESEND is nominated for the International Film Festival Tofifest, Poland.
(18-25 October 2015)
July 7th, 2015
We just started shooting the upcoming film ZHALEIKA in the Bulgarian mountains.
April 4th, 2015
ABWESEND (Absent) has its world premiere at 68. Festival de Cannes as part of the Cinéfondation Sélection. We are very happy about the nomination.
(13-24 May 2015)