screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
sound format
Dolby Surround
original-language
Bulgarian, Russian
subtitles
German, English, French
screening format
Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov)
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Stereo
original-language
Bulgarian, Russian
subtitles
German, English, French
Bulgaria at the end of the 80s. One day Andrea and Dian meet by chance, unaware of the consequences. A modern parable, inspired by true events.
director
Eicke Bettinga
Cast
Dimitar Nikolov, Ina Effenberger
Original Score
Jérôme Rossi
Szenenbild / Production Design
Vanina Geleva
Editing
Michal Kuleba
DOP
Krum Rodriguez
Production
Katya Trichkova, Louise Bellicaud, Ron Dyens, Samuel Huang
Script
Eicke Bettinga
Sound Design
Ireneusz Szumlanski
Festivals
2014
Gijón International Film Festival, Gijon, Spain
2015
Trieste Film Festival, Italy
2015
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
2015
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
2015
AISFF Asiana International Short Film Festival, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
(Grand Prize)
2015
FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
(Deutscher Wettbewerb)
2015
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
2015
Valencia International Film Festival – Cinema Jove, Spain
2015
Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney, Germany
(Engelke Kurzfilmpreis)
2015
Festival du Court Métrage en Plein Air de Grenoble, France
2015
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2015
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Pernik, Bulgaria
2015
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan
2015
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2015
Film Festival della Lessinia, Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy
2015
Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona, Spain
Production
- Flabbergasted Films
- Samuel Huang
- http://www.flabbergastedfilms.com
Distribution
- Flabbergasted Films
- Samuel Huang
- http://www.flabbergastedfilms.com
Sales
- Flabbergasted Films
- Samuel Huang
- http://www.flabbergastedfilms.com
Eicke Bettinga
Eicke Bettinga is a writer and director known for his diverse work across genres. A graduate of the UK's National Film and Television School (NFTS), he's made award-winning shorts, documentaries, commercials and fictional work. Three of his shorts premiered at Cannes, with one nominated for the Golden Palm.
