ZIFT
A film noir

Bulgaria, 2008, 91 min.

AWARDS:

SILVER GEORGE for Best Director in Main Competition at 30th Moscow IFF 2008

THE PRIZE OF THE RUSSIAN FILM CLUBS FEDERATION for Best Film in Main Competition at 30th Moscow IFF 2008

Nominated for the EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

GOLDEN CHEST SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY & BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD at 33th international TV film festival Golden chest

GRAND PRIX GOLDEN ROSE FOR BEST FILM IN COMPETITION at most popular Bulgarian film festival Golden Rose

SPECIAL JURY AWARD & KODAK AWARD FOR BEST BULGARIAN FEATURE FILM at 13th International Sofia Film Festival

SPECIAL BEST DIRECTOR AWARD at Cinema Spring IFF in Vilnius, Lithuania

"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. His first night of freedom the main character spends 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 bathhouse, the city canal, the hospital, the cathedral, the pompous works of communist architecture centered around the Mausoleum, smoky joints, bars, and finally -- the graveyard.

In the pursuit of truth, Moth runs into a bizarre parade of characters - agents, medics, barflies, outcasts, gravediggers and other species of the asphalt jungle. The action thickens through avalanching variety of twists and turns, sudden revelations, flashbacks, lies laid bare, hallucinations, and sensual encounters with the former love. Finally, the story ends inside the gravediggers’ trailer where the secrets are revealed.

Special Guest: YAVOR GARDEV, Director

Cinematography by: Javor Gardev

Screenplay: Vladislav Todorov

Director of Photography: Emil Christov

Composer: Kalin Nikolov

Production Designer: Nikola Toromanov

Producers: Georgi Dimitrov, Ilian Djevelekov, Matey Konstantinov

Executive Producer: Stefan Goranov

Cast: Zachary Baharov, Tanya Ilieva, Vladimir Penev, Mihail Mutafov, Djoko Rossich

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