Regional Competition

FATHER IVAN AND HIS CHILDREN

Georgi Stoev
Screening time  
27.02. / Monday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 4  
28.02. / Tuesday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 2  
02.03. / Friday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 2  
Twenty years ago an employee of the State Security System becomes a priest...

Twenty years ago an employee of the State Security System becomes a priest. For the communists, this is a betrayal. Prosecution, a fabricated trial and five-year imprisonment follow... There and then he took an oath to build an orphanage. At present he is taking care of about 130 people most of whom children, homeless and outcasts, with no help from the State or the Church. We shot the film in the course of one year. All that time I had a feeling I was living in another world and in an early Christian community.

Georgi Stoev

Georgi Stoev is Bulgarian director, born in 1941. He has a Master’s Degree in Biology. Stoev has directed over 50 documentary, 4 features films. He draws caricatures and has had exhibitions in Sofia and Vienna. His feature film ‘Fly by Rossinant’ received the Director of the Festival Award at Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic.

General sponsor

OTEC IVAN I NEGOVITE DYECA

Bulgaria
2010, 64', color, video

Directed by:
Georgi Stoev

Screenplay by:
Hristo Iliev

Cinematography:
Plamen Gelinov

Music:
Boris Karadimchev

Producer:
Georgi Stoev

Produced by:
Georgi Stoev