Presented as a project at Sofia Meetings, the latest film by Tonislav Hristov "The Magic Life of V" will have a world premiere at Sundance Film Festival as a part of the documentary competition.
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As a project in the 15th edition of the Sofia Meetings 2018, the co-production between Finland ("Making Movies"), Denmark and Bulgaria (Soul Food, Andrea Stanoeva / Tonislav Hristov), supported by National Film Center, the film tells a story of Veera.
Haunted by childhood traumas, Veera is trying to become more independent through live roleplaying. As she guides herself and her mentally-challenged brother through worlds of multiple roles and identities, witches and wizards, she finds the courage to face the demons of her own past and her abusive father’s legacy.
Screenwriters: Tomislav Hristov, Kaarle Aho and Lyubomir Tsvetkov, operator is Alexander Stanishev, composer - Peter Dundakov.
„The Magic Life of V“ is the second project of Tonislav Hristov, which is selected in Sundance - in 2017. The film “Postman”, which also has presented at the Sofia Meetings, was given a chance to be shown to the audience in Utah, USA.
The premiere of "The Magic Life of V" will be on January 25, 2019.
We wish a big success !!