Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s Triumph — combined with their previous films The Lesson (TIFF ’14) and Glory (2016) — forms a trilogy inspired by sensationalist news stories from their Bulgarian homeland that prove once and for all that truth is stranger than fiction.
Dragonfly is about unlikely friendships. Seeing a lack of care, COLLEEN decides to care for ELSIE. Never sure of her motivations, Dragonfly is a chillingly tense narrative that will make you question your preconceived judgements.
In the working-class suburbs of Bilbao in the 1980s, a children's rhythmic gymnastics team is preparing to take part in a championship to be held in Berlin. As mothers are unable to accompany their daughters, the task falls to the fathers.