WHICH WAY TODAY
BULGARIA, 2007, FEATURE, 90 MIN.

Director: Rangel Vulchanov

Script: Georgi Danailov and Rangel Valchanov

Camera: Radoslav Spassov

Music: Kiril Donchev

Cast: Albena Stavreva, Annie Valchanova, Antoaneta Stancheva, Genadi Nikolov, Georgi Enchev, Georgi Staykov, Dimitar Goranov, Elena Arsova-Pavlov, Iliana Kitanova, Konstantin Trendafilov, Krasimira Demirova, Mariana Milanova, Mikhail Bilalov, Nikolai Ishkov, Nikolai Urumov, Ognyan Kupenov, Petar Popjordanov, Robin Kafaliev, Svetozar Kokalanov, Stefka Iordanova-Celesttiani, Teodor Elmazov, Teodora Boynova - Rossi, Tsvetana Mircheva, Rangel Valchanov

Producer: Stefan Kitanov

Co-producers: Dimitar Gotchev, Nikolai Ishkov and Petar Odajiev

Special Guests from Bulgaria: RANGEL VULCHANOV, ANI VULCHANOVA, STEFAN KITANOV, ILIANA KITANOVA, PETAR ODADJIEV

Production: Art Fest in co-production with BNTV/Boyana
Film/Camera/Ishkov/Odavision
With the support of BNFC
Print: Art Fest Ltd., 1, Bulgaria Sq., 1463 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Nominations: Karlovy Vary ‘07 - Special Event
“Love Is Folly” (Varna) ’07 - Critics Award and Award of the Union of the Bulgarian Filmmakers
“Golden Chest” (Plovdiv) ’07 - Jury Prize

Synopsis:
Twenty-six young boys and girls set on a professional carrier in theatre are faced with an invisible selection committee. Uneasy, strange and provocative questions and extravagant tasks are poured down on the discomposed would-be actors. How should they respond? What answers could save them from the awful manipulations so that they conquer the great chance of their life - their only life?

This is the plot of the film Which Way Now, created 20 years ago. And here they are today, gathered at a reception organized by one of their colleagues to celebrate this worthy anniversary in their life. Some of them had stayed in Bulgaria, others moved abroad in pursuit of their freedom and happiness. Together with their director they go back in time to see what has remained of the one-time ideals and how their bodies and spirit have changed. They compare their former hopes to their present aspirations, the madness and enthusiasm of youth to the everyday life in the present. To what extent have they succumbed to routine, depression and the unavoidable wrinkles cut in their faces in the course of these 20 years? In this night the memories, personal clashes and striking sincerity alternate with bursts of euphoria and nostalgia. Even the director looks back at his past with a measure of bitterness ...
Which way today?