16 Bulgarian documentary films will be shown for the
first time in Sofia at the 20th Sofia International Film Festival
7 of them will be world premieres!
The film tells the stories of five people, each of them shot within 24 hours. The protagonists are modern day Bulgarians – a young businessman, an odd type living alone in the forest, a retired couple from a Bulgarian village, a paraglider pilot and a family facing different challenges every day. 24 Hours is a film about love, success, happiness, adventures, sorrow and pain. There are no interviews or set scenes in it.
“We tried to remain outside observers and show the true situation and life of the protagonists, Kiril Stankov says, At the same time we wanted to create a film of high visual and sound quality, with a very filmic aesthetics and a specially composed sound track.”
The film’s idea is to focus on optimism and people’s ability to survive in difficult moments. “You should never give up, you should always keep going and do what you like with love. Even in difficult times humanity and love can help us overcome even the greatest difficulties, keep going and not give up”.
Kiril Stankov was born in Sofia in 1969. He holds a BA in directing and producing from Tel Aviv University film and television department. Since 1998 he is an associate in Pepper Productions, a company making documentary and training films. Since 2003 he’s been living and working in Bulgaria and Canada. He’s made four documentary films ( shown and awarded at numerous international festivals), a musical documentary about the rock band Uriah Heep, two short feature films; he is the writer and producer of July (his full-length feature debut) which competed or was shown outside of the competition at several European festivals (Moscow, Riga, Vukovar, Piešťany, Sofia, Varna), screened as part of the Bulgarian cinema festivals in New York, London, Berlin and Prague and won the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers’ Award at the Golden Rose festival in 2012.
24 Hours executive producer is Natalia Novachkova. Vesselin Hristov is the director of photography. The music is by Vasko The Patch. The film is a coproduction between The Free Cinema Factory and Monte Music.
24 Hours will premiere on 20 March 2016 at The Cinema House at 20:30. Don't miss it!