THE VISIT

Bulgaria |
2024 |
17 мин.

Script: Veselin Boydev, Decho Taralezhkov
Director: Veselin Boydev
Cinematography: Veselin Hristov
Music: Mihail Deliradev

Cast: Neno Koynarski, Yavor Borisov, Katalin Stareishinska, Vyara Kolarova

Production: Contrast Films – Katya Trichkova
Co-production: Hand played – Angel Ivanov, Right Solutions – Todor Todorov, Sonus – Ivan Andreev

Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

The ban on hospital visits during the COVID-19 crisis forces two brothers, Ivan (38) and Peter (47), to use their connections to visit their mother, who has had emergency surgery. They are confronted with the utter chaos and corruption of the hospital system. On top of that, the visit is called into question because of an outrageous error.

Festivals & Awards:

  • Bulgarian Premiere and selection for the Best Short Fiction Film competition,
  • 2024 Sofia Film Fest;
  • Best Short Feature Film Winner, 2024 Vasil Gendov Awards of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers

Veselin Boydev graduated in Puppet Theatre Directing from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. He is the author and director of many puppet shows presented at national and international festivals. Winner of the Ikar Award for Best Puppet Performance for The Piece (2018). Veselin debuted in cinema with a short feature, Clothes (2016); winner of the Jameson Short Film Award at Sofia Film Fest; Best Short Feature Film Award of the Bulgarian Film Academy in 2017; and more prestigious prizes from international festivals.