Andrey Paounov Retrospective  

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The Boy Who Was a King

The story of one of the most fascinating monarchic figures in contemporary history. Simeon II of Bulgaria was a cousin to the House of Windsor and a descendant of William the Conqueror and at the age of 6 he became a Tsar. From his adventurous life as an exiled boy king who became a symbol of hope for a small European country, to his glorious return as Prime Minister of Bulgaria after half a century of Communist dictatorship. The real life fairy-tale of one of the greatest experiments of democracy today. His love–hate relationship with people from his “Kingdom” in a film about hope, faith, myths, reality, history, social anthropology and the long journey of democracy back home in Eastern Europe.

Festivals

Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria
Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia

Andrey Paounov Retrospective

Director and scriptwriter Andrey Paounov was born in 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a bartender in Prague, a cook in Washington DC, a gardener in Toronto, a boom operator in New York, and an accounting clerk in San Francisco. In June 2000 Andrey Paounov graduated from the Bulgarian National Academy for Theater and Film Arts (NATFIZ). He is a well known documentary director, winning the Silver Wolf at IDFA in 2004 for his debut feature Georgi and the Butterflies. His second feature The Mosquito Problem and other stories was included in the 46th International Critic's Week of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

Information

Director: Andrey Paounov
Cinematography: Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
Film Editing: Svetla Neykova, René Frölke, Georgi Bogdanov, Andrey Paounov
Producer: Martichka Bozhilova
Production: Agitprop, zero one film, the BR
Bulgaria, Germany, 2011, 90 min.