Binka Zhelyazkova
Bulgarian film director
Binka Zhelyazkova, was a Bulgarian film director who made films between the late 1950s and the 1990s. She was the first Bulgarian woman to direct a feature film and one of the few women worldwide to direct feature films in the 1950s. Wikipedia
Born: July 15, 1923, Svilengrad, Bulgaria
Died: July 31, 2011 (age 88 years), Sofia, Bulgaria
Spouse: Hristo Ganev (m. ?–2011)
Children: Svetlana Ganeva
Binka Zhelyazkova was a Bulgarian film director who made films between the late 1950s and the 1990s. She was the first Bulgarian woman to direct a feature ...
Binka Zhelyazkova was born on July 15, 1923 in the town of Svilengrad, Bulgaria. She studied theater at the National Theater Institute in Sofia.
Dec 9, 2021 · A revealing retrospective of Bulgaria's first woman narrative director showcased great achievements despite an arduous and fraught career.
Apr 18, 2024 · A pioneering female director who, despite facing constant censorship, emerged in the post-war era as the defiant conscience of Bulgarian cinema.
Rarely screened films of Binka Zhelyazkova, a pioneer of Bulgarian cinema, active during Bulgarian's totalitarian years, whose films were often censored by ...
Binka Zhelyazkova was a Bulgarian film director. She was the first Bulgarian woman to direct a feature film. Her work often reflected her struggles, and ...
Sep 27, 2023 · Zhelyazkova was not only the first female fiction filmmaker in Bulgaria, but also one of the few whose work reached beyond the Iron Curtain ...
Aug 31, 2021 · Binka Zhelyazkova was born in Svilengrad, a border town in southern Bulgaria, in 1923. She had already moved to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, to ...
Bulgarian director Binka Zhelyazkova (1923-2011) who never shrank from controversy. A film pioneer, she was at the forefront of political cinema.
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival's 62nd edition hosted the first retrospective of Binka Zhelyazkova's work outside of her native Bulgaria.