Rules of Single Life
Sinkkuelämän säännöt
A romantic documentary about love in a foreign city. Four Bulgarian guys emigrated to Helsinki and disillusioned in love decide to give themselves a task: they need to find new girlfriends in Helsinki in 12 months.
The men start well organized self-development and women hunting. Internet dates, sport dates, courses in dancing and tantric sex – not to mention a date with a whole female volleyball team.
Still, love is always full of surprises. The past – especially ex-wives and ex-girlfriends – won’t leave the men in peace. And the present is also full of surprises: Why don’t all women put their photos on the dating sites of the Internet? Why do Finnish men have less hair than Bulgarian men? Is sex a cure for solitude? And can anyone anywhere really get to know another person in 12 months?
INFO
Movie title
Rules of Single Life
Original title
Sinkkuelämän säännöt
Production year
2011
Genre
Documentary
Length
82 min
Languages
Finnish, Bulgarian, English
Director
Tonislav Hristov
Screenplay
Tonislav Hristov
Crew
Cinematography
Peter Flinckenberg
Editing
Joona Louhivuori
Sound Design
Anne Tolkkinen
Music
Petar Dundakov
Producer
Kaarle Aho
Awards
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BULGARIA 2011
Festivals
The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund, Norway 2008
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Finland 2008
New Nordic Films, Haugesund, Norway 2008
9th Calgary International Film Festival, Canada 2008
24th Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland 2008
Hamptons International Film Festival, East Hampton, NY, USA 2008
Canberra International Film Festival, Australia 2008
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
DocPoint Helsinki International Documentary Festival, Finland, January 2011
Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria 2011
Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011
30th Golden Rose Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria 2011
International Documentary Film Festival “Flahertiana”, Perm, Russia 2011
Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Film Festival, Bitola, Macedonia 2011
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic 2011
FreeZone Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia 2011