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The Beast is still alive

Synopsis: 

26 years after the fall of Communism a young Bulgarian opens her Grandad’s Secret Service file to unravel the past and find answers to why the Socialist idea had failed so badly in reality. The granddad, a philosopher and an anglophile had sympathized with the Socialist idea in the early 1920’s but later on, seeing the damage of the left propaganda in 1944, he had fled to the mountains to join massive opposition movement called “Goriani”. When reading the file entitled “Beast” his grand daughter realizes that the Red Beast has never left Bulgaria. In a semi-mystic dialogue with her Granddad, visualized with animated sequences she restores the collective memory of generations so far apart. While the crimes of Socialism remain unaccounted for in Bulgaria, the Socialist idea abroad has moved on.

Runtime: 
01:30:00
English subtitle: 
Yes
Information for the Audience: 

Our first doc "Uncle Tony" was banned in our country and our second documentary "The Beast is still alive" provoked this angry reaction from a politician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6wbo3LQjSI

This man is an MP and the PR of the former Communist Party, still in power in our country.

 
Screenings / Awards: 

Sarajevo Film Festival

Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina August 18, 2016 International Premiere

 

Warsaw Film Festival

Warsaw Poland October 7, 2016 Polish premiere  

 

IDFA

Amsterdam Netherlands November 16, 2016 Dutch premiere

 

Trieste Film Festival

Trieste Italy January 23, 2017 Italian premiere

 

Göteborg Film Festival

Göteborg Sweden January 31, 2017 Swedish premiere

 

ZagrebDOX

Zagreb Croatia February 27, 2017 Croatian premiere

 

Beldocs Film Festival

Belgrade Serbia May 12, 2017 Serbian premiere

 

Tirana International Film Festival

Tirana, Alebania, May 15, 2017, Albanian Premiere

 

Calcutta Cult Film Festival

Calcutta, India, July 10, 2017

AWARD: Best Documentary of the month

 

Manaki brother

Bitola, Macedonia, September 26, 2017, Macedonian premiere

 

Aegean Docs

Mytlini, Greece, October 2, 2017, Greek premeire

 

AWARD: Best Documentary

Directed by: 
Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova
Writing credits: 
Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova
Cast: 
Vesela Kazakova, Rousy Chanev
Produced by: 
Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova
Music by: 
Emilian Gatsov - Elbi
Cinematography by: 
Allie Crawford, Plamen Gelinov, Dimitar Kostov,
Film Editing by: 
Donka Ivanova
Release Date: 
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Official website: 
www.beast-film.com
Total votes: 2705

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