Ága – Bulgaria, Germany, France 96min.
CAST
MIKHAIL APROSIMOV
FEODOSIA IVANOVA
GALINA TIKHONOVA
SERGEY EGOROV
AFANASIY KYLAEV
CREW
Directed by MILKO LAZAROV
Screenplay by MILKO LAZAROV SIMEON VENTSISLAVOV
Producer / VESELKA KIRYAKOVA
Co-producers / EIKE GORECZKA CHRISTOPH KUKULA
GUILLAUME DE SEILLE
Delegate producers / SARDANA SAVVINA LYUBOV BORISOVA
Director of photography / KALOYAN BOZHILOV
Set designer / ARIUNSAICHAN DAWAACHU
Costume designer / VANINA GELEVA DARIA DMITRIEVA
Editor VESELKA KIRYAKOVA
Composer / PENKA KOUNEVA
Production / RED CARPET
Co-production / 42FILM, ARIZONA PRODUCTIONS BNT, ZDF/ARTE
WORLD SALES BETA CINEMA
SUPPORTED BY
Bulgarian National Film Center
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Aide aux Cinémas du Monde
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Institut Français
WORLD PREMIERE
Berlinale International Film Festival 2018
Official Competition (out of competition)
SYNOPSIS
In a yurt on the snow - covered fields of the North, Nanook and Sedna live following the traditions of their ancestors. Alone in the wilderness, they look like the last people on Earth.
Nanook and Sedna’s traditional way of life starts changing – slowly, but inevitably. The game is disappearing, the animals around them die from inexplicable deaths, and the ice has been melting earlier every year.
Their routine is broken only by the sporadic visits by Chena, a young man who lives in the closest settlement.
When Sedna’s health deteriorates and she eventually dies, Nanook decides to fulfil her last wish and find Ága – their daughter who ran away long ago, abandoning their traditions and choosing to live in the city.
Nanook embarks on a long journey to reunite with his daughter.
AWARDS:
FAJR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL |2018| - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Grand prix for Best movie
FILMKUNSTFEST, SCHWERIN |2018|
Award for Best director
CABOURG FILM FESTIVAL |2018|
Grand prix for Best movie
EURASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ASTANA |2018|
Award for Best director
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL |2018|
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST MOVIE
CHUKOTKA INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC FILM FESTIVAL |2018|
GOLDEN RAVEN FOR BEST MOVIE
Special Jury prize
EAST & WEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ORENBURG - OFFICIAL COMPETITION |2018|
Award for Best director
GOLDEN ROSE |2018|
GOLDEN ROSE FOR BEST MOVIE
GOLDEN ROSE FOR BEST DIRECTOR
GOLDEN ROSE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
CRITIC’S PRIZE
JOURNALIST’S AWARD
CinEast |2018|
SPECIAL MENTION
CRITIC’S PRIZE
SEMINCI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, VALLADOLID |2018|
Award for Best director 1-2
GREEN SPIKE AWARD
SELECTION FOR EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS |2018|
RAVAC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MOLDOVA |2018|
SPECIAL JURY MENTION FOR KALOYAN BOZHILOV – DOP
FREE ZONE FILM FESTIVAL, SERBIA |2018|
BEST FILM, REGIONAL COMPETITION
MALATYA FILM FESTIVAL, TURKEY |2018|
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (LIFFe) |2018|
AUDIENCE AWARD
FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL, PAU, FRANCE |2018|
PRIX DU JURY JEUNE
PRIX DES AUDITEURS FRANCE BLEU BÉARN
GOA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, INDIA |2018|
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – SILVER PEACOCK AWARD
CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL |2018|
SHADI ABDEL SALAM FOR BEST FILM at International Film Critics’ Week
MACAO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL |2018|
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
EAST – WEST GOLDEN ARCH |2019|
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
FICMEC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL |2019|
BEST FILM
GOLDEN LINDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL |2019|
BEST FILM
BEST ACTOR