The Sinking of Sozopol

The Sinking of Sozopol (2014)

Потъването на Созопол

This is a film about love, ten bottles of vodka and a town that must sink. Because when hope is gone, Miracle is the last resort.

Date of release
2014-01-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Director
Kostadin Bonev

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Bulgaria
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival; Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)

The Sinking of Sozopol is a 2014 Bulgarian drama film directed by Kostadin Bonev starring Deyan Donkov, Snezhina Petrova, Svetla Yancheva and Stefan Valdobrev. A pre-premiere screening took place at the festival Apolonia in Sozopol on 29 August 2014. Additional screenings took place on 12 October 2014 during the 32nd Golden Rose Film Festival in Varna, and 13 November 2014 at the 28th Bulgarian film festival Cinemania. The film was officially released on 3 April 2015.

Production

The film was based on the novel of the same name by Ina Vultchanova published in 2007.

It was shot over five weeks in September and October 2013 in Sozopol, Ahtopol and Sinemorets.

In October 2014, The Sinking of Sozopol received two awards at the 32nd Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival in Varna; Best Actress award (Snejina Petrova) and Best Screenplay award (Ina Valchanova and Kostadin Bonev).

In May 2015 the film was nominated at the New York City International Film Festival in seven categories and won the award for the Best Foreign Film.

In July 2015 the film won an award Best Ensemble Cast at the Milano International Film Festival Awards.

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