Sofia's Last Ambulance
Visionary Award
Film Festival 2012
Sofia's Last Ambulance
A Film by Ilian Metev
2012 - Bulgaria/Croatia/Germany - Documentary - DCP - 1.85 - 76 min.
with Krassimir Yordanov , Mila Mikhailova & Plamen Slavkov
Language: Bulgarian
Produced by Ingmar Trost , Siniša Juričic , Dimitar Gotchev & Ilian Metev
Sofia, Bulgaria. In a city where only 13 ambulances struggle to serve 2 million people, three paramedics face Kafkaesque situations. Struggling against an avalanche of absurdities in a crumbling medical system, they do what they do best: save lives.
Visionary Award
Film Festival 2012
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