Fishbone
by Dragomir Sholev
Synopsis
Synopsis
There is nothing dramatic in the dying dolphin found accidentally on the seashore. Dramatic are though the 10 stories of the people who saw their reflections in the eye of the dolphin. 10 situations in which the people are pressed to react, but they are confused, scared, drowned in their personal problems and misfortunes. 10 points of view of an absurd world, where the people are like the dying dolphin, with no one knowing how to take care of it.
Specifications
Bulgaria/Romania 2021 106mn 2.39:1 5.1 Bulgarian
Directed by
Dragomir Sholev
Written by
Dragomir Sholev, Emanuela Dimitrova, Georgi Merdzhanov
Produced by
Rossitsa Valkanova (Klas film Bulgaria), Ada Solomon (Hi Film Romania)
Cast
Deyan Donkov (Ivo)
Suzy Radichkova (Katya)
Valentin Andreev – Rafe (Grandpa Chavo)
Crew
Cinematographer – Nenad Boroevic
Editor – Catalin Cristutiu
Scenography – Severina Stoyanova
Bio-Filmo
Dragomir Sholev graduated in 2007 from the Bulgarian National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in both Animation and Film directing. His student shorts “Family” (2002), “Habanera” (2003), “Before Life, After Death” (2005), “The Go-Between” (2008) were critically acclaimed and awarded at many festivals at home and abroad. Sholev worked as assistant director in a number of feature films, before directing his feature debut, SHELTER (2010), co-written with prominent Romanian scriptwriter, Razvan Radulescu and Dutch writer Melissa de Raaf. The film had its WP in San Sebastian IFF (Zabaltegi New Directors), was selected to more than 70 film festivals around the world and received many awards. The film is still screened at home and abroad on various occasions, especially to younger audiences and is considered by critics and film fans as a Bulgarian “cult film”.
His 2nd feature, THE PIG (2019), which he wrote & produced himself, premiered at Sofia IFF, where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize, the prize for Best Bulgarian film and the FIPPRESCI award. At the BG National Film festival the film got also the Special Prize of the Jury and the Best director award.
Sholev is also director of more than 400 commercials & music videos, produced in Bulgaria as well as in Greece, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazahstan, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Latvia and China.
Festivals
Varna IFF- Best Cinematographer, Golden Rose 2021 & Best Film SBFD Award
Sofia IFF – Critics Award
2023
Sprouts Film Festival – Eco Competition
