Windless
by Pavel G. Vesnakov
►Synopsis
Synopsis
Kaloyan returns home to handle the sale of his late father’s apartment. At the beginning the process starts as a routine mundane task, but soon transcends into a journey of self-discovery that tries to track the connection between childhood trauma, memory and the passage of time.
Specifications
Bulgaria, Italy 93 min. 1:1 2k 5.1 Bulgarian
Directed by
Pavel G. Vesnakov
Written by
Pavel G. Vesnakov
Simeon Ventsislavov
Teodora Markova
Nevena Kertova
Georgi Ivanov
Produced by
Red Carpet (Bulgaria)
Co-produced by
Dispárte (Italy)
Main Cast
Ognyan Pavlov FYRE
Veselin Petrov
Festivals
European Film Awards Feature Film Selection 2024
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Proxima Competition
Filmfest Hamburg – Kaleidoscop
Golden Rose National Film Festival – Best Director, Youth Jury Award, City of Varna Special Award
Central and Eastern European Film Festival – Special Jury Prize
Taifas Festival
Haifa Film Festival – Golden Anchor Competition for Debuts
Belfast Film Festival – Best Cinematography Award
Cork Film Festival
Sevilla European Film Festival – New Waves
Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Survey Expanded Section
European Film Festival Scanorama – Main Competition
AFI European Union Film Showcase
Les Arcs Film Festival – Hauteur
PRESS QUOTES
“Immaculately shot, gravely moving.” Variety
“A strikingly beautiful film.” Screen Daily
“An exceptional piece of filmmaking.” Robert Daniels, via Roger Ebert
“An artistic impulse and cinematic poetry in the face of universal despair”
“Confirms Vesnakov as perhaps the most profound thinker among contemporary Bulgarian filmmakers” Cineuropa
“Deeply moving”; “A tender but hard-hitting social realist drama” ICS (International Cinephile Society)
“The melancholy of “Windless” subtly and quietly inches itself under your skin”
“A Profound, Pensive Homecoming Drama Led by a Broodingly Excellent Fyre” High on Films
“Poignant filmmaking that lingers with viewers long after” Gazettely
