Every wall is a door

Film by Elitza Gueorgueiva

In a surrealist decor, a Bulgarian state television programme for young people shows a female journalist posing philosophical questions to workers, hippies, and political scientists: “At the end of the day, what expectations are the most important? Those are fulfilled or those that aren’t?” We are in 1989 and the Berlin Wall has just fallen, and for the first time Bulgaria sees its people swell the streets with youthful energy, prompted by a shared dream - Democracy.
Building on the recordings of “Variant M” – a unique TV programme from the 1990s, the film “Every wall is a door” explores these process of struggle and dissidence, posing questions about the meaning of failed revolutions.

=====> VOD ON DEMAND <=====

with

  • Svetla Kamenova
  • Editing : Mélanie Braux
  • Mixing : Jean Mallet
  • Calibration : Nicolas Perret
  • graphic design: Mélanie Yvon
  • original Music: Xavier Damon
  • Duration: 58 min 23
  • Produced by Eugénie Michel-Villette

partenership

  • Institut Français, Bourse Louis Lumière
  • Atelier documentaire La fémis 2014
  • SCAM Brouillon d'un rêve
  • Centre National du Cinéma
  • Procirep-Angoa
  • Aide à la post production Ile-de-France
  • Produced by Lyon Capitale Tv and Studia Vreme (Bulgaria)

news

  • VOIR EN VOD Lien
  • Trailer Lien
  • Extracts// 0.2// une porte Lien
  • Elitza Guerguieva has published her first novel Les Cosmonautes ne font que passer at Editions Verticales

projections and selections in Festivals

  • Festival Passé pas oublié • september 2022, Bulgarie
  • FAITODOCFESTIVAL • août 2018, Italy
  • FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE LA ROCHELLE • july 2018
  • LA FEMIS • june 2018, Paris
  • CAFE DES IMAGES • may 2018, Hérouville
  • TROISIEME PORTE À GAUCHE • july 2018, Bordeaux
  • DISTRITAL FESTIVAL • march 2018, Mexique
  • EDOCFESTIVAL • may 2018, Equateur
  • ONE WORLD ROMANIA IHRDF • march 2018, Bucarest
  • LA PREMIÈRE FOIS • february 2018, Marseille
  • Programmé par NAYRA • february 2018, Lille
  • FESTIVAL HUMAN RIGHTS • july 2018, Bolivie
  • BOBINES SOCIALES • february 2018, Paris
  • TRANSCINEMA • november 2017
  • MIDBO BOGOTA • october 2017, Colombie
  • FESTIVAL LETTRES DU MONDE • november 2017, Bordeaux
  • MOIS DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE • november 2017, Morbihan
  • ESCALES DOCUMENTAIRE DE LA ROCHELLE • november 2017
  • LA GAÎTÉ LYRIQUE cycle Le tour du Jour , programmed by Benoît Hické • October 2017, Paris
  • First Italian FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI • october 2017, Florence
  • First Bulgarian CINELIBRIS • october 2017, Sofia
  • FICVALDIA • october 2017, Chili
  • Lecture/ performance • Les cosmonautes ne font que passer • october 2017, Montévidéo, Marseille
  • ACTORAL • october 2017, Montévidéo, Marseille
  • FESTIVAL DE GINDOU • august 2017, France
  • ETATS GÉNÉRAUX DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE as part of Une Histoire de production • August 2017, Lussas
  • FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU DOCUMENTAIRE EN CÉVENNES • may 2017, Lassalle
  • FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU DOCUMENTAIRE ÉMERGENT • may 2017, Communes Images, Saint-ouen
  • COMPETITION FRANÇAISE - CINEMA DU RÉEL • march 2017, Paris & Bruxelles
  • Présenté à l'atelier PREMIER JET DU FESTIVAL LA PREMIÈRE FOIS • 2015, Marseille

awards

  • SPECIAL MENTION Faitodocfestival • Italy
  • SPECIAL MENTION Festival Transcinéma • Chili
  • SPECIAL PRIZE European Festival of Roussé • Bulgaria
  • YOUTH AWARD at Escales documentaires de La Rochelle • France
  • SPECIAL MENTION Institut Français Award at Cinéma du Réel • France
  • SPECIAL MENTION Library Award at Cinéma du réel • France
contact
Les Films du Bilboquet
3 avenue Jean-Baptiste Lebas, Roubaix, 59100
France
contact@lesfilmsdubilboquet.fr
Copyright © 2025 Les Films du Bilboquet - All rights reserved - Design and Authoring by Nicolas Sordello.