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Completed - BULGARIAN - Drama - 111 minutes

Log Line

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Kristina GROZEVA, Petar VALCHANOV
Writer(s) : Kristina GROZEVA, Petar VALCHANOV
Cast : Margita GOSHEVA, Ivan BURNEV, Ivan SAVOV, Stefan DENOLYUBOV

Producer(s) : Magdelena ILIEVA (Abraxas Film), Kostadina STAVRIANOU (GRAAL)

Synopsis

Nadezhda is a high school English teacher near Sofia. Stunned by a theft report by one of her students she is determined to find the culprit and punish him. As this episode unravels at work, her personal life changes drastically. She is notified by a bailiff that the bank is about to seize her house and put it for auction due to overdue mortgage payments.
Determined to keep her life afloat and her house she will do everything she can to get the money before it’s too late.
Her personal and professional life will converge as she goes against all the lessons she teaches her students.

Production

Country(ies) : BULGARIA, GREECE

ARGENTINA Oct 13, 2016 MIRADA DISTRIBU
CROATIA KINO MEDITERAN
CROATIA MEDITERRANEAN F
ESTONIA MENUFILMID
FRANCE Sep 09, 2015 ZED
HUNGARY Nov 05, 2015 MOZINET LTD.
IRELAND Dec 04, 2015 ACCESS CINEMA
ITALY Aug 20, 2015 CINEAMA
ITALY I WONDER PICTUR
NETHERLAND ARTI FILM
NORWAY STORYTELLING ME
POLAND Jul 17, 2015 BOMBA FILM
SPAIN LA AVENTURA AUD
SWEDEN STARLET MEDIA A
UNITED KIN NEW WAVE FILMS
USA FILM MOVEMENT


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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2014 Contemporary World Cinema
San Sebastian FF 2014 - New Directors (Kutxa New Director's Award)
Warsaw FF 2014 - Competition 1-2 (1-2 Competition Award)
Tokyo IFF 2014 - Competition (Special Jury Prize)
Thessaloniki IFF 2014 - Int'l Competition (Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation, Best Screenplay)
Ventana Sur 2014 European Cinema
Thessaloniki IFF 2014 (Special Jury Prize-Bronze Alexander / Best Screenplay award)
La Orquidea Film Festival 2014 (International Film Competition / Main Jury Prize for the Best Film)
Kiev Molodist 2014 (FIPRESCI Prize)
Goteborg IFF 2015 (Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award)
Sofia IFF 2015 (Best Bulgarian Feature Film Award & Audience Award)
Guadalajara FICG 2015 International Feature
Rotterdam IFFR 2015 (Bright Future)
Vilnius IFF 2015 (New Europe New Names - Best Actress)
Sofia IFF 2015 (Grand Prix / Award for Best Bulgarian Feature Film / Audience Award / FIPRESCI Award)
Luxembourg City Film Festival 2015 (Grand Prix)
HKIFF 2015 (Global Vision)
Minsk International Film Festival 2015 (Grand Prix "Golden Listapad" for Best Film)


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