Zako Heskiya
Zako HESKIYA (1922, Turkey - 2006, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian film and TV director. Heskiya came to international attention with his film Gorechto Pladne/Torrid Noon (1966). If was the first Bulgarian submission to Cannes. The film was nominated for a Golden Palm. Later he won the special prize of the Moscow International Film Festival for Yo Ho Ho (1981).
Filmography
(selection) Warm Noonday (1966), The Eighth (1969), Three Reservists (1971), Glow Over the Drava River (1974), Alone Among Wolves (1979, TV series), Yo ho ho (1981)
Zako Heskiya at IFFR
The Eighth
107'
Bulgaria
IFFR 2011