Despite her difficulties at home her films won numerous awards outside of Bulgaria . '' We Were Young '' ( 1961 ) was awarded the Golden Prize at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival in 1962 . '' The Attached Balloon '' ( 1967 ) had a successful run at the 1967 Expo in Montreal . '' The Last Word '' ( 1974 ) for which she also wrote the screenplay was in competition at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival along with films by Pier Paolo Pasolini , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Karlos Saura , Ken Russell and Liliana Cavani . Her 1977 film '' The Swimming Pool '' was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
Binka Zhelyazkova