Windless
World premiere: Karlovy Vary IFF / Proxima Competition
Kaloyan returns to Bulgaria for a few days to sell the empty family apartment. He has been living in Spain with his mother for the last 10 years. There is a big investment project going on related to the construction of a casino, hotel and a golf course in the desolated town of Kaloyan’s childhood. Many of the old buildings must be demolished while the cemetery gets moved to a different location to free space for the golf course. Although Kaloyan and his deceased father never managed to get along, the young boy must arrange the movement of his father’s remains. The process starts as a mundane task, but soon transcends into a journey of self-discovery that tracks the connection between childhood trauma, memory, and the passage of time.
A FILM BY Pavel G. Vesnakov | Bulgaria/ Italy, 2024, 93’ | Sales: Alpha Violet