Black Money for White Nights
2026

Black Money for White Nights

Australian Premiere.

Railway dispatcher Gosha and maternity nurse Marina discover that recovering their stolen savings may demand compromises even they never imagined making. A Coen brothers-worthy premise collides with contemporary Bulgaria in this deliciously morally grey tragicomedy.

Director

Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov

Runtime

94 Minutes

Country

Bulgaria, Greece

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Black and white exist only in the title of this deliciously morally grey Bulgarian tragicomedy. Railway dispatcher Gosha (Ivan Savov) and maternity nurse Marina (Tanya Shahova) have spent decades quietly supplementing their modest incomes through ‘small’ acts of corruption, saving every ‘lev’ for the retirement trip of a lifetime to St Petersburg. When a travel scam wipes out their nest egg in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, their dream holiday gives way to a desperate chain of lies, bad luck and increasingly impossible choices. Beginning with a premise worthy of the Coen brothers, the film unfolds as both a sharply observed portrait of contemporary Bulgaria and a compassionate reflection on the quiet moral compromises that shape ordinary lives.

“Contemporary Eastern European cinema at its best."

FilmInk

Karlovy Vary

Film Credits

Director

Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov

Year

2026

Country

Bulgaria & Greece

Language

Bulgarian

Subtitles

English

Type

Feature Fiction

Program Strand

World Cinema

Producer

Konstantina StavrianouIrini Vougioukalou & Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov

Writer

Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov & Decho Taralezhkov

Cinematographer

Alexander Stanishev

Editor

Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Cast

Ivan SavovMargita Gosheva & Tanya Shahova

Music

Theodoris Oikonomou

Film Source

Cercamon

Genre

Black ComedyDramaPolitics & Road Movie

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