Problemat s komarite i drugi istoriiThe Mosquito Problem and Other Stories
- Logline
- The epic story of a village turned concentration camp, turned a city, turned nuclear power plant and of its population. A world instantly transformed by ideologies, regimes and dreams of economic prosperity. The tales of characters whose lives intersect in a sinister past, nuclear future and the stinging mosquitoes flying through time, sealing their fate together.
- Talent
- Georgi Bogdanov
- Role of participant
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Andrey Paounov
- Producer
- Martichka Bozhilova
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2007
- Running time
- 100 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Creative)
- Countries of Production
- Bulgaria , Germany , United States
- Production Company
- Agitprop ltd. , Filmtank Hamburg, ITVS
Festivals and Awards
World premiere:
International Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival 2007
Awards:
Zolotoy Vityaz (The Golden Knight Award), Ist International Festival of Ecological Cinema 2009
Best Documentary, L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival 2008
OFF-DOCÚPOLIS Award for best documentary - DOCÚPOLIS 2008, Barcelona
Grand Prize Sunny Side of the Doc 2008 Award, by Panavision
Best fill-length non-feature film – Shaken’s Stars – Almaty 2008, Kazakhstan
Best documentary – ASTERFEST 2008, Strumica, Macedonia
Best full-length documentary – Documenta Madrid 2008
Best documentary – MEDIAWAVE 2008, Hungary
Special Mention – goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film – Wiesbaden 2008
The Times BFI London Film Festival 2007 Grierson Award for best feature-length documentary
Award of the Bulgarian National Film Center for best producer to Martichka Bozhilova – Golden Rython Festival of Bulgarian non-feature film, Plovdiv 2007
Golden Rython for best cinematography to Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov - Golden Rython Festival of Bulgarian non-feature film, Plovdiv 2007
Human Rights Award for best regional documentary - Sarajevo FF 2007
Grand Prix - Docufest, International Documentary and Short FF, Prizren, Kosovo
Special Mention - BRITDOC, Oxford 2007
A-to-A Award for best regional documentary - Motovun FF, Croatia 2007
Special Mention for a full-length documentary - Karlovy Vary IFF 2007
Official selections: Toronto IFF 2007, Pusan IFF 2007, London IFF 2007
Festivals:
2007: Reykjavik, Calgary, Warsaw, Prix Europa - Berlin, 2Morrow – Moscow, Jihlava, Bangkok, Montpellier, DokLeipzig, TEMPO – Stockholm
2008: Trieste, Magnificent Seven - Belgrade, DocPoint Helsinki, Victoria - Canada, Punto de Vista – Navarra, ZagrebDox, True/False, Cleveland, One World – Prague, Bergamo Film Meeting, Full Frame, Buenos Aires, Crossing Europe - Linz, Minneapols/St.Paul, Banja Luka, Shaken’s Stars – Almaty, Art Film – Bratislava, Melbourne, Lemesos – Cyprus, Ourense – Spain, etc.
International Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival 2007
Awards:
Zolotoy Vityaz (The Golden Knight Award), Ist International Festival of Ecological Cinema 2009
Best Documentary, L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival 2008
OFF-DOCÚPOLIS Award for best documentary - DOCÚPOLIS 2008, Barcelona
Grand Prize Sunny Side of the Doc 2008 Award, by Panavision
Best fill-length non-feature film – Shaken’s Stars – Almaty 2008, Kazakhstan
Best documentary – ASTERFEST 2008, Strumica, Macedonia
Best full-length documentary – Documenta Madrid 2008
Best documentary – MEDIAWAVE 2008, Hungary
Special Mention – goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film – Wiesbaden 2008
The Times BFI London Film Festival 2007 Grierson Award for best feature-length documentary
Award of the Bulgarian National Film Center for best producer to Martichka Bozhilova – Golden Rython Festival of Bulgarian non-feature film, Plovdiv 2007
Golden Rython for best cinematography to Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov - Golden Rython Festival of Bulgarian non-feature film, Plovdiv 2007
Human Rights Award for best regional documentary - Sarajevo FF 2007
Grand Prix - Docufest, International Documentary and Short FF, Prizren, Kosovo
Special Mention - BRITDOC, Oxford 2007
A-to-A Award for best regional documentary - Motovun FF, Croatia 2007
Special Mention for a full-length documentary - Karlovy Vary IFF 2007
Official selections: Toronto IFF 2007, Pusan IFF 2007, London IFF 2007
Festivals:
2007: Reykjavik, Calgary, Warsaw, Prix Europa - Berlin, 2Morrow – Moscow, Jihlava, Bangkok, Montpellier, DokLeipzig, TEMPO – Stockholm
2008: Trieste, Magnificent Seven - Belgrade, DocPoint Helsinki, Victoria - Canada, Punto de Vista – Navarra, ZagrebDox, True/False, Cleveland, One World – Prague, Bergamo Film Meeting, Full Frame, Buenos Aires, Crossing Europe - Linz, Minneapols/St.Paul, Banja Luka, Shaken’s Stars – Almaty, Art Film – Bratislava, Melbourne, Lemesos – Cyprus, Ourense – Spain, etc.