ZLATINA ROUSSEVA

ZLATINA ROUSSEVA

Zlatina Rousseva is a Bulgarian documentary filmmaker awarded at many international festivals. Since 1986 she has lived and worked in Brussels. Since 2009, she is the artistic director and programmer of Millenium International Film Festival Brussels. She has made documentary films widely around the world, from Africa to Yakutia and Kalima, which has helped her to develop her many-layered view of reality. Her meetings with people in extreme situations have helped her touch the real and deep essence of the characters of her films. The themes of memory and the preservation of real values in situations of the crisis lie at the basis of her work.