Synopsis
Director's biography
Dimana Pastrakova was born in Varna, Bulgaria. There she graduated economics and management at Varna Trade School "Georgi S. Rakovski". After graduation she applied to NATFA "Krastoy Sarafov". This year she graduated with a bachelor's degree in film and television directing.
Her creative activity began in her hometown Varna. There she enrolled in the school" Dedal". Gradually over the years she went from attending cinematography and photography classes to becoming a member of the school's organizers. Together with them she did a number of projects. One of the most significant was the creation of the Varna Film Festival - The Quarantine Film Festival, an international short film festival for young filmmakers. This school encouraged and inspired her to start studying film and television directing.
Dimana discovers herself when she tells other people's stories, especially when such stories would be hard to hear. Her projects have a certain set of locations, capturing a certain atmosphere and the character within it - a unique symbiosis for the viewer that reaches an emotional response through the subconscious.
Credits
Director: Dimana Pastrakova
Screenplay: Dimana Pastrakova
Cinematography: Vladimir Trifonov
Editing: Stefana Markova
Music: Tsvetoslav Toshev
Specifications
Original title: Пукнатина
Running time: 30'
Film type: Fiction
Country: Bulgaria
Completion date: May 2023