Ága

Ága

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

In a yurt on the snow-covered fields of the North, Nanook and Sedna live following the traditions of their ancestors. Alone in the wilderness, they look like the last people on Earth. Their traditional way of life starts changing – slowly, but inevitably. Hunting becomes more and more difficult, the animals around them die inexplicably and the ice has been melting earlier every year. When Sedna’s health deteriorates, Nanook decides to fulfill her only wish: He embarks on a long journey in order to find Ága, their only daughter who has left the icy tundra a long time ago.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Milko Lazarov
Script: Milko Lazarov, Simeon Ventsislavov
Cinematography: Kaloyan Bozhilov
Editing: Veselka Kiryakova
Sound: Johannes Doberenz
Music: Penka Kouneva
Actors: Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Galina Tikhonova, Sergey Egorov, Afanasiy Kylaev
Production: Red Carpet
Producers: Veselka Kyriakova
Co-production: 42Film, Arizona Productions, BNT, ZDF/ARTE
Co-producers: Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula, Guillaume De Seille
Costumes: Vanina Geleva, Daria Dmitrieva
Sets: Agi Dawaachu
Make Up: Natalya Tomskaya, Raisa Kolodeznikova
Format: DDCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Bulgaria, Germany, France
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 96΄
Contact: Beta Cinema, beta@betacinema.com
Awards/Distinctions: Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film – Sarajevo IFF 2018, Grand Prix – Cabourg IFF 2018, Best Film – Fajr IFF 2018

Milko Lazarov

Milko Lazarov is a Bulgarian film director born in 1967. He graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he studied in the class of Prof. Vladislav Ikonomov. He was a lecturer in NATFA’s film department. His feature debut Alienation premiered and was awarded at Venice Film Festival, in the official selection of Venice Days.

Filmography

2000 Roundabout (short)
2009 One Hundred Years of Solitude (doc)
2013 Otchuzhdenie | Alienation
2018 Ága | Ága