A black-and-white photo from the '80s. A man and a woman are standing on a dock in front of a lake. The man takes out a cigarette.

© Bulgarian National Film Archive 

Понеделник сутрин (Ponedelnik sutrin)

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Fri 23.10.26, 18:00

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The irresistibly rebellious Toni is expelled from Sofia and sent to the small town of Ruse where she meets Yordan, whose sincere nature persuades her to join him in a socialist labor brigade. As Toni attempts to adapt to this new environment, tensions within the group surface, exposing hypocrisy and moral failings. As her youthful recklessness and defiance of social norms place Toni in direct conflict with socialist expectations of collectivism, she must decide between conformity and emotional commitment or the hazardous search for a self-determined life. The film’s perspective proved to be a dangerous narrative choice, particularly when matched with its aesthetic risks and unconventional style: ‘Monday Morning’ was banned shortly after completion and was withheld from release for over two decades, until 1988.

‘Monday Morning’, BG 1966, director: Irina Aktasheva, Hristo Piskov, 100 min, OV with EN subtitles
Introduction: Yoanna Nasfadi (Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka)
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Film Info

D: Irina Aktasheva, Hristo Piskov
W: Nikola Tiholov
C: Dimo Kolarov
E: Veselina (Lina) Gesheva
M: Milcho Leviev
A: Pepa Nikolova, Asen Angelov Kisimov, Petar Slabakov, Rousy Chanev, Stefan Danailov, Kiril Gospodinov
P: Boyana Film
Prod: Hristo Karaneshev
WP: 1988

Original format: 35mm, b/w
Screening print: 4K DCP, 100 min, Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka / Bulgarian National Film Archive

Restoration Information

The film was restored in 2025 in 4K from the camera negative, with missing or damaged sections reconstructed using a duplicate negative. The restoration required careful integration of heterogeneous source materials, balancing differences in grain, contrast and image stability. The process aimed to preserve the film’s dynamic visual language while recovering its original tonal range and cinematographic detail.

Yoanna Nasfadi

is an audiovisual archivist with experience in the preservation of archival and amateur cinema and in curating film programs in Germany and Bulgaria, with training from the 2026 Film Restoration Summer School of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). Her professional experience includes work at the Bulgarian National Film Archive, the German Broadcasting Archive (DRA) and audiovisual heritage institutions in Germany and Luxembourg. She is currently a doctoral student in film studies at the Institute of Art Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

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In 2026, the Deutsche Kinemathek’s film heritage festival explores risk in cinema. We are examining the perils facing film producers and distributors; looking at the challenges encountered in archives and during restoration work; and showing films about characters who have everything at stake. These are layers of risk that often overlap and are mutually reinforcing.

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