Altimir

Year
2016
Country
USA, Bulgaria
Duration
17’
Director
Kay Hannahan

Since the collapse of the Communist regime in 1989, Bulgaria has experienced the most extreme population decline in the world. Low birth rates, high death rates, and two large waves of emigration have erased villages from Bulgaria’s map and pushed others to the verge of extinction. The film explores life in one of Bulgaria’s disappearing villages, haunted by the promises of both Communism and capitalism.

Production and Sales
Two Best Friends Productions, USA. Tel.: +0 134 778 162 77, Tyler Hurley, [email protected]
Director
Kay Hannahan

Kay Hannahan is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in New York City. She has spent years making films in Bulgaria, where she was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Her short films "Altimir" and Yordan have screened at venues around the world including Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, American Documentary Festival, Crane Arts, and Ethnografilm. Kay holds an MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University and a BA in Anthropology from Concordia University Montreal. She was recently awarded Black Maria's Global Insights Award and was a Flaherty fellow in 2014. She enjoys almond croissants, news programs, and fine Bulgarian moonshine – in no particular order.

Filmography

Selected: Altimir (2016)

Dead Ears
Year
2016
Country
Lithuania
Director
Linas Mikuta ...
I’m Not From Here
Year
2016
Country
Lithuania, Chile
Directors
Maite Alberdi ...
In Another World
Year
2016
Country
Poland
Director
Anna Bedynska ...
Intro
Year
2016
Country
Russia
Director
Julia Panasenko ...
My Daughter Nora
Year
2016
Country
Belgium, France
Director
Jasna Krajinović ...
Paper Stars
Year
2016
Country
Russia
Director
Inna Omelchenko ...
Rakijada
Year
2016
Country
Switzerland
Director
Nikola Ilić ...
Tarikat
Year
2015
Country
The Netherlands
Director
Jasmijn Schrofer ...
The World We Live In: Wandering Workers…
Year
2016
Country
Germany
Director
Hanna Fischer ...
These Objects, Those Memories
Year
2015
Country
South Africa
Director
Roger Horn ...