Bulgaria is going to Sundance. Omelette (Омлет), a short film about the year 1996, is the first Bulgarian film to participate in the independent film event in some 20 years. The 25th Sundance Film Festival takes place from January 15 to 15 2009 in Utah.

Directed by Nadejda Koseva and produced by Martichka Bozhilova of the Sofia-based production company Agitprop, Omelette uses three eggs to tell the story of the time when Bulgaria was going through economic and social upheaval, when the lev was equal to the dollar, hyperinflation reached "higher and higher peaks, and people queued up for even the simplest dreams", a statement about the film sent on local listserv Artbox read. Author Georgi Gospodinov (Natural Novel; And Other Stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe)) wrote the screenplay, Anton Bakarski ran the camera and Svetla Tsotsorkova gave life to the main role.

Omelette figured as part of the episodic film 15, which was created for the 15th birthday (2008) of the Bulgarian weekly Kapital and which explored one major aspect of each of the past 15 years in 15 courts-métrages by 15 directors. 15 came from an idea of Bozhilova, Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov, all three of whom together created Agitprop.

In a September 2008 interview with Kapital, Koseva said that the 4'44" film was in some ways dedicated to her mother, who "did not let [her] understand" the difficulties of the period. "It is only now that I am coming to realise how hard it was for her."

The message of the film was that "in times of crisis, people do everything necessary to survive, but human nature cannot be reduced to only three eggs," she said.

At Sundance Film Festival, Omelette figures into the International Short Films programme along with 40 other films from 18 countries. A 35mm version has been specially produced for the festival.

Note: On December 12, Sundance Film Festival told The Sofia Echo that Nikolai Volev's film Margarit and Margarita (completed in 1989) had been shown in 1991 in the festival's special screening category. That was the only Bulgarian film on record.