• human rights/social issues ,
  • Documentary films, over 30 min
In production | 88 min

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A documentary about fake news. Genka is a Bulgarian investigative journalist with 20 years of experience. Her car has been burned down twice and her life has been threatened. Ivan is an engineer who distributes and manufactures conservative and anti-EU fake news and conspiracy theories. It is 2024, the year of multiple elections. Genka and Ivan are both running their agendas.

DIRECTOR: Tonislav Hristov
SCRIPT: Tonislav Hristov, Kaarle Aho
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Orlin Ruevski, Alexander Stanishev
SOUND: Sander Stedenfeldt Olsen
MUSIC: Sandeer Stendenfeldt Olsen
PRODUCERS: Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Making Movies

Director

Tonislav Hristov

Tonislav Hristov was born in Vraza, Bulgaria, in 1978. In 2003, he moved to Finland and started to study film. He is known for his heart-warming, character-driven documentaries. Love & Engineering (2014) screened in Tribeca, Hot Docs and Visions du Réel 2014, and Soul Food Stories (2013) was selected to IDFA. The Good Postman (IDFA 2016, Sundance 2017) was nominated for the European Film Awards. The Magic Life of V (2019) premiered in Sundance and Berlinale.

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Anni Asikainen

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• deputy starting Jan 8, 2024
• festival distribution strategy for documentary films
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