PRIDE (Чect) dir. Pavel Vesnakov
Country: Bulgaria
Language: Bulgarian
Format: Short Film (30 mins)
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
Language: Bulgarian
Format: Short Film (30 mins)
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
FEATURED IN: NEW QUEER VISIONS: PARENTAL GUIDANCE
Manol - a retired general, a loving grandfather - is a patriarch of firm morals and fixed beliefs, which he has upheld in his household. But on this day he learns that the boy he raised is gay. The life choices of his loved ones challenge his values in a battle he has lost by default.
WRITTEN BY: Vanya Rainova, Pavel G. Vesnakov
CAST: Aleksandar Aleksiev, Mihail Mutafov, Ani Bakalova
PRODUCED BY: Vanya Rainova
CAST: Aleksandar Aleksiev, Mihail Mutafov, Ani Bakalova
PRODUCED BY: Vanya Rainova
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
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Pavel G. Vesnakov, born in Sofia in 1987, is an award winning Bulgarian film director & scriptwriter. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts and a Master's Degree in Film Arts. He is known for his highly realistic and provocative films, exploring the collapse of contemporary Bulgarian society. He is the writer/director of the trilogy of short films INCHES OF SUBURBIA: TRAINS, THE PARAFFIN PRINCE and PRIDE. They have won more than 30 international awards and still continue to travel on the festival circuit. Pavel is also an alumnus of the Berlinale and Sarajevo Talent Campuses. In 2014 he received the Robert Bosch Eastern European Co-Production Film Prize for his fourth short film project ZEUS.
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