Garden Alley 08 follows Anna, a 47-year-old caregiver from a small seaside town in Bulgaria, who travels to Austria to care for Johanna, an 86-year-old woman living in a house filled with antique furniture, memories and almost no light. As the relationship between the two of them is strained at first due to Johanna’s hostility and distrust, they will gradually discover that both of them sacrificed themselves for their families.

The estimated budget is 1.8 m EUR, of which 62,000 EUR is already covered through development support from the Bulgarian National Film Center and the producer’s investment.

The shooting is likely to be in 2027.

In Cannes, the project is looking for a coproducer, funding and distributors.

Garden Alley 08 is among the four debut feature film projects in development, hosted by the Film Talent Academy in collaboration with SFC | Rendez-vous Industry.

Launched in 2022, the Talent Academy of the Linz International Short Film Festival has been dedicated to nurturing emerging filmmakers. In 2025, the academy expanded with the introduction of the First Feature LAB, a new initiative for filmmakers working on their debut feature films.