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Georgi Bogdanov

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

Logline
A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their owners; the cars as an instrument in the Cold War battle; legends and homemade tune-ups as an attempt to stand at least a little bit off the crowd.
Talent
Georgi Bogdanov
Role of participant
Cinematographer
Director
Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
Producer
Martichka Bozhilova
Screenwriter
Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
Status
finished
Year of production
2021
Running time
94 min
Genre
Documentary (Creative)
Countries of Production
Bulgaria , Germany , Czech Republic , Croatia , Denmark
Production Company
Agitprop Ltd., Danish Documentary Production, Hulahop, Saxonia Entertainment
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Festivals and Awards

World premiere: Dok Leipzig 2021, Nomination Audience Award Competition

Festivals: Tallinn Black Nights 2021, CPH: Dox 2022, ZagrebDox 2022
Bulgarian premiere: closing film, Sofia DocuMental 2022

Best DOP Award for a documentary to Missirkov / Bogdanov –
National Festival of Bulgarian Cinema – Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers’ Awards
“Vasil Gendov” 2023

6 nominations at the National Festival of Bulgarian Cinema –
Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers’ Awards “Vasil Gendov” 2023:
Best Director, Best DOP, Best Script, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Documentary

Cinema release in Bulgaria since 28 September 2022