The Good Postman
Hyvä postimies
The Good Postman is a documentary about an almost deserted village on the edge of Europe. It is a story of the people of Great Dervent who have spent their entire lives on the border between East and the West, Islam and Christianity.
Great Dervent slowly approaches its natural sad end. The total population of the village is about 30 people and average age is over 60 years. The Syrian Crisis temporary “revives” the locals. Great Dervent is the first stop on the path to freedom for thousands of refugees. The foreigners trigger long forgotten emotions in the deserted village for one last time.
INFO
Movie title
The Good Postman
Original title
Hyvä postimies
Production year
2017
Genre
Documentary
Length
80 min
Languages
Bulgarian
Director
Tonislav Hristov
Screenplay
Tonislav Hristov, Lubomir Tsetkov
Crew
Cinematography
Orlin Rievski
Editing
Nikolai Hartmann
Producers
Kaarle Aho, Tonislav Hristov
Awards
THE OSSERVATORIO BALCANI E CAUCASO AWARD
28. TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL ITALY 2017
SPECIAL PRIZE
TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL 2017
YOUNG JURY AWARD
FIFDH GENEVA 2017
SPECIAL MENTION
LET’S CEE FILM FESTIVAL 2017
LOWER SILESIA GRAND PRIX
DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY WROCLAW 2017
SPECIAL MENTION
DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY WARSAW 2017
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
FESTIVAL DE CINE AL ESTE DE LIMA PERU 2017
NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN GOBLET AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
VALETTA FILM FESTIVAL 2017
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
BURGAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATION FOR BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2017
Festivals
IDFA Feature Length Competition 2016
Sundance World Doc Competition 2017
Gothenburg International Film Festival competition for the best Nordic documentary 2017
28. Trieste Film Festival, Italy 2017
Tampere International Film Festival, Finland 2017
VERA Film Festival Åland Islands, Finland 2017
Glasgow Film Festival, Zagreb Croatia 2017
Dox FIFDH Geneva 2017
Cleveland International Film Festival 2017
Thessaloniki Doc Festival London HRWFF, Greece 2017
One World Romania 2017
One World International Film Festival Prague,Czech Republic 2017
Luxembourg City Film Festival 2017
LET’S CEE Film Festival 2017
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland 2017
One world Belgium 2017
FIDEC, France 2017
Etonnants Voyagers, France 2017
Docaviv, Israel 2017
Crocevia di Sguardi, Italy 2017
Diaspora Film Festival, Korea 2017
Anyang International Youth Film Festival, Korea 2017
Valletta Film Festival Malta 2017
Movies that Matters, The Netherlands 2017
Prinsjesfestival, The Netherlands 2017
Bios in de Buitenlucht, The Netherlands 2017
Al este de Lima, Peru 2017
All about Freedom Festival Kaliningrad, Russia 2017
Docudoc festival, Slovenia 2017
Encounters, South African International Documentary Film Festival 2017
Les Jeudis de Cinema, Switzerland 2017
Belfast Film Festival, UK 2017
British Film Institute, UK 2017
Nottingham Refugee Week, UK 2017