Binka Zhelyazkova Film Collection

This ad-hoc collection consists of the work of Binka Zhelyazkova, an emblematic Bulgarian cinema director, as it is preserved in the Bulgarian National Film Archive, plus related materials. Zhelyazkova was among the first generation of professional Bulgarian cinematographers and one of the first female directors not only in Bulgaria, but in general. The collections informs not only about the work of this notable director but gives also insight into the development of Bulgarian cinema throughout the entire period of state socialism.
The collection comprises the films of Binka Zhelyazkova as well as extensive written materials (film documentation, reviews in the press etc.) and photographs. It outlines the contradictory and dramatic cultural situation in Bulgaria in the second half of the 20th century. The materials exemplify the pressure exerted on artists as well as of their opportunities of resistance and evasion, of maintaing personal and political integrity, and of creating socially engaged, vanguard cinema.

本数据集汇集了首位一代专业保加利亚电影导演、杰出的女性导演——宾卡·热利亚zkova的创作生涯，她是不仅在保加利亚，而且在整个东欧地区都颇具影响力的电影艺术大师。该数据集不仅包含了宾卡·热利亚zkova执导的影片，还收录了丰富的文献资料（包括照片、电影相关文档、媒体评论等），全面展现了20世纪后半叶保加利亚复杂而戏剧性的文化背景。这些资料不仅揭示了创作者所承受的压力，也展现了他们抵抗的可能性、个人精神的坚守以及维护公民立场的努力，为创造具有责任感的先锋电影提供了宝贵的视角。