Nadeshda

Anna Frances Ewert & Falk Müller : 2014

The Bulgarian city of Sliven has 95,000 inhabitants. Over a quarter of them are Romani. Most of them live in a ghetto called Nadeshda situated on the edge of the city. Nadeshda is one of Bulgaria's biggest Roma ghettos, a closed town within a town. The place has its own particular rules and problems and there are few chances to escape. The children Misho, Zorka and Tsveti appear to have little chance of breaking the cycle of prejudice, stigma and discrimination. Yet they dream of becoming professional classical musicians, far from the ghetto's walls and its confining traditions. This will be no easy task, especially for the girls. The children and their parents will need to overcome the suspicions of their own community as well as the hostility of the outside world. Anna Frances Ewert and Falk Müller's film was winner of the Best Documentary Award of the International Student Competition at Montréal World Film Festival 2014, and screened at International Documentary Film Festival Munich 2015.