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Film Info

Bulgaria, Germany 2022 | 114 min. Director: Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva
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Co-Production Company

SUTOR KOLONKO
Bismarckstr. 70
50672 Köln

Project / Host

German Documentaries

Categories

Documentary

A Provincial Hospital

Synopsis

A provincial hospital serving a town with a population of 50,000 in western Bulgaria: here in the Covid ward the eccentric Dr Popov and his team are fighting to save lives. Award-winning director Ilian Metev (Sofia’s Last Ambulance), together with Ivan Chertov and Zlatina Teneva, naturally isn’t aiming to depict human suffering. Their survey of an ordinary Bulgarian hospital environment seeks instead to draw our attention to the country’s obsolete and underfunded healthcare system and, via the various situations they depict, to remind us of our attitudes at the time when faced with an unknown threat. However, the bleak proceedings are offset by cheery interviews conducted in the hospital’s rooms and corridors which show that, even when looking death in the face, people still have a sense of humour. (56 Karlovy Vary IFF, Martin Horyna)

With: Dr. Evgeni Popov, Evelina Arsova, Maya Filipova, Daniel Kadifkin, Emil Stoyanov-Chemata

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2022
The Ecumenical Jury Award Winner – 56 Karlovy Vary IFF #KVIFF22
ZFF – Zurich
65 DOK Leipzig
35 IDFA – Best of Fests
2023
27 Sofia Film Fest

Co-Production Company

SUTOR KOLONKO
Bismarckstr. 70
50672 Köln

Cast & Crew

Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva
Martichka Bozhilova, Ilian Metev, Ingmar Trost
 Ivan Chertov
 Ilian Metev
 Zlatina Teneva

Categories

Documentary
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