Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Everyone wants to live
One of the most ambitious Bulgarian projects in recent years, Heights is an adaptation of Milen Ruskov's novel of the same name, published in 2011. The film explores the Bulgarian realities of the 1870s a few years before the war, that would liberate the country from the Ottoman occupation. Directed by Victor Bojinov and adapted by Neli Dimitrova, the story follows Gicho a young man in a revolutionary group led by Dimitar Obshti, a real-life revolutionary fighting against the Turks. After a successful train robbery Obshti entrust Gicho with a special mission: to deliver a letter to Vasil Levski, the country's most famous freedom fighter, now considered hero and dubbed The Apostle of Freedom.
OKO International Etnographic Film Festival: Ukrainian Edition 2024
Cast: Aleksandar Aleksiev, Paraskeva Djukelova, Hristo Petkov, Kiril Efremov, Vassil Mihajlov, Phillip Avramov, Antonio Dimitrievski, Malin Krastev, Stoyan Doychev
Writers: Milen Ruskov (Writer), Neli Dimitrova (Writer), Viktor Bozhinov (Writer)
Producer: Ivan Doykov
Production: Dream Factory Macedonia, Serpentine, Bulgarian National Film Center, All Stars In
