14/06/2022 - After the event celebrated its first physical edition in three years, a project from Latvia took home the main award, whilst other prizes went to Israeli-Georgian and Polish-Ukrainian co-pros
14/06/2022 - After the event celebrated its first physical edition in three years, a project from Latvia took home the main award, whilst other prizes went to Israeli-Georgian and Polish-Ukrainian co-pros
Tonislav Hristov is currently in the middle of the shoot for his first fiction feature,
The Good Driver. The new feature is being staged by Finnish production company Making Movies Oy, represented by
Kaarle Aho, and by Hristov’s Soul Food (Bulgaria). The project was presented at the 2021 Sofia Meetings as a work in progress and is currently looking for new production partners in order to cover post-production.
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The screenplay is written by Aho, Hristov and Bulgarian director-screenwriter
Konstantin Bojanov, and it is based on a character from
The Good Postman: Hristov tells Cineuropa that the fiction is a “thematic sequel” to the documentary. The protagonist is Ivan, a Bulgarian taxi driver working and living in the Golden Sands seaside resort, slowly saving money in order to go back to Finland – where he used to live with his ex-wife – and make amends for his past mistakes.