Elly Koleva

Inspired by the events of the 2001 'Indigo' club tragedy in Sofia and similar recent cases in Europe, a raw, distinctly female portrayal of adolescent friendship, the intensity of girlhood and the heartbreak of bonds that fall apart, set against the social realities of 2000s post-socialist Bulgaria as the country steps into the European Union.

Mammoth Pictures has inked a deal out of Cannes with the Bulgarian production company Bazuka to exclusively develop and produce a narrative feature take on the cultural tradition spotlighted in Kukeri, their documentary short produced for The New Yorker.