BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER
 
Summary
Staff
Films
News
THE MAGIC LIFE OF V (ТАЙНИЯТ ЖИВОТ НА ВЕРА)
FIN
 
More Information

Completed - FINNISH, ENGLISH - Documentary - 87 minutes

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Tonislav HRISTOV
Writer(s) : Tonislav HRISTOV, Kaarle AHO, Lubomir TSVETKOV
Producer(s) : Kaarle AHO (Making Movies), Kristine BARFOD (Kristine Barfod Film), Andrea STANOEVA (Soul Food)

Synopsis

‘I was really out of myself. It felt really weird and good. And I let some of these feelings out.’
Since she started live action role-playing at the age of eleven, Veera has taken part in about 30 games. Each new game means a new identity: something that gives her strength and allows her to slip out of her own skin; to escape herself. The reason for her desire towards repeated transformation is uncovered in small, intimate steps. Tonislav Hristov gradually reveals a young woman whose past still casts long shadows into the present. Home-movie fragments woven through the film like tattered, washed-out relics reveal a father who drinks, and from whom Veera is still trying to protect herself as well as her brother Ville, who has mental disabilities. At long last, Veera finds the strength for a confrontation.

Production

Country(ies) : FINLAND, DENMARK, BULGARIA

This list is based on the distributors’ declarations.
In the case where you don't agree about one of them, please inform us of the change(s) you request by clicking here.

Festivals and Awards

Sundance 2019 (nominee Best Documentary)
Berlinale - EFM 2019 (nominee Best Film in Generation Section)
Sofia IFF 2019 (Best International Documentary Award)


If any information seems out of date, let us know