Eduard Sachariev

Edward Zahariev was born in Moscow, in 1938 and died in Sofia, in 1996. Graduated by the Budapest School of Cinema, Hungary, in 1961, where he was a colleague of Istvan Szabó. The following year he made Rails in the Sky, the first of his much-praised documentaries, awarded the „Golden Rose” at the Festival of Varna. In 1966, he made his first fiction feature with If a Train Isn’t Coming. Zahariev’s film Villa Zone won a Special Prize of the Jury at the Karlovy Vary IFF and the film Belated Full Moon was nominated for Crystal Globe award at the same festival. My Darling, My Darling was nominated for „Golden Bear” at the Berlinale.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

1962 Релси в небето (Rails in the Sky) – doc.
1965 Скок (A Jump)     – doc.
1965 Сол (Salt) – doc.
1967 Ако не иде влак (If a Train Is Not Coming)
1968 Небето на Велека (The Sky Over the Veleka)
1970 БДЖ (BDZh) – doc.
1972 Стомана (Steel) – doc.
1973 Преброяване на дивите зайци (The Hare Census)
1975 Вилна зона (Villa Zone)
1977 Мъжки времена (Manly Times)
1980 Почти любовна история (Almost a Love Story)
1982 Елегия (Elegy)
1986 Скъпа моя, скъпи мой (My Darling, My Darling)
1991 Резерват (Protected Zone)
1996 Закъсняло пълнолуние (Belated Full Moon)