Bulgarian film Zift decorated at prestigious Moscow film festival
The members of the international jury of the federation of the Cinema Clubs at the Moscow Film Festival awarded their prize to the Bulgarian film “Dzift”. The jury’s justification for the decision is for “freedom of expression and gifted impersonation of the author’s idea”. Director Yavor Gardev has managed to combine action with biting satire related to the recollections of the protagonist’s past during the totalitarian regime in Bulgaria in the 1960s. Ther next day the main jury chaired by Liv Ulman annonced 'Silver George' prise for best director to Yavor Gardev and his first movie.
The next film festival destination of Dzift is Carlove Vari and Goteborg.
Zift
(Bulgaria, 2008, 92 min.)
Director: Javor Gardev
Screenplay: Vladislav Todorov
Cast: Zachary Baharov, Tanya Ilieva, Vladimir Penev
Zift is a genre mixture of neo-noir and sots-art. The story unfolds in one night. The main character, Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. He was thrown in jail shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, and now finds himself in a new and alien world – the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s. All hell breaks loose as soon as he walks out of jail. Moth tricks the bloodhounds of the communist state. He spends his first night of freedom in a breathtaking chase with time, trying to avoid fate, as he gets closer and closer to his ultimate demise. His frantic flight draws the map of a diabolical totalitarian city – decaying neighborhoods and gloomy streets, the pompous works of communist architecture centered around the Mausoleum and species of the asphalt jungle - ends inside the gravediggers’ trailer where the secrets are revealed.