Rainova & Stoyanov: The Last Black Sea Pirates
It was the Bulgarian documentary, produced by the active, renowned with several award winning documentaries on its filmography, Agitprop, that took the main prize in Jerevan’s Golde Apricot festival, documentary competition.
I have not yet seen the final film but have followed the development of the great script by Vanya Rainova as well as material that was promising. This prize confirms the quality. Here is the description from the catalogue of the festival:
“For 20 years, Captain Jack the Whale and his crew have been drinking, dreaming and hunting for a treasure buried in the gully of Karadere, the pristine beach they call home. But someone else has got wind of Karadere’s treasures. When news of imminent change begins to find its way to this remote oasis, the pirates’ world begins to unravel. Doubts erode the foundations of trust, conflicts brew and tensions are on the rise. In this crisis, emerges a contemporary fairy tale about the treasures we hunt and those that we find.”
On the producer’s site it is written that the film is already selected for 10 festivals, this is the third award it has received.
