In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve 2 million people, Krassi, Mila and Plamen are our unlikely heroes: chain-smoking, filled with humour, relentlessly saving lives against all odds. Yet, the strain of a broken system is taking a human toll: how long can they keep fixing society’s injuries until they lose their empathy?
CLASSIC CINEMA SECTION
Sofia’s Last Ambulance
Classics O’Clock IV, Friday March 3, 18:00
English title:
Sofia’s Last Ambulance
Original title:
Poslednata lineika na Sofia
Director:
Ilian Metev
Country:
Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany
Genre:
documentary
Year:
2012
Length:
75’
Cast:
Krassimir Yordanov, Mila Mikhailova, Plamen Slavkov
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Selective list of festivals and awards:
Cannes Film Festival 2012 (France 4 Visionary Award, Golden Camera nominee, Critics Week Grand Prize nominee), Bratislava International Film Festival (Best Documentary Award), Doclisboa International Film Festival (Special Jury Award)
Director’s bio:
Ilian Metev (1981) is a Bulgarian filmmaker who spent his childhood training to be a classical violinist in Germany. After graduating from the UK National Film and Television School in 2008, he founded Chaconna Films in 2010, with the aim to create uncompromising films. His first long documentary, Sofia's Last Ambulance, premiered at the Critics' Week in Cannes in 2012 and won the Visionary Award. Metev's second feature film, 3/4, premiered at Locarno in 2017 and won the Golden Leopard for Best Film of the Filmmakers of the Present section.
