BLACK MONEY FOR WHITE NIGHTS
[Черни пари за бели нощи] [CHERNI PARI ZA BELI NOSHTI]
Marina and Gosha are a middle-aged Bulgarian couple who have learned how to work the angles in a society where nearly everyone seems to be on the take. But when a dream vacation to Russia takes an unexpected turn, the small-time operators suddenly find themselves entangled in a scheme with a small fortune at stake. What begins as a darkly comic tale of bad money and worse luck gradually expands into a sharp, surprisingly moving portrait of a country where corruption has seeped into the fabric of everyday life. As Marina and Gosha scramble to recover, their dealings with family, friends and fellow hustlers expose the uneasy compromises that bind them all together. Filmmaking duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov skillfully balance social realism with mordant humor, transforming one couple’s misfortune into a quietly devastating morality play about complicity, consequence and what might remain when the money — and the illusions it buys — is finally gone. (Note courtesy of Mimi Brody, AFI FEST.)
Official Selection, 2026 AFI FEST and Karlovy Vary film festivals. DIR/SCR/PROD Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov; SCR Decho Taralezchkov; PROD Konstantina Stavrianou, Irini Vougioukalou. Bulgaria/Greece, 2026, color, 95 min. In Bulgarian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Opening Date: Thursday, December 03, 2026
Genre: Crime comedy
