MADE IN EU
synopsis
Iva works in a clothing factory in rural Bulgaria, battling a persistent yet mysterious illness. When it is revealed that she is the first case of Covid in her small town, the news spirals into an endless j’accuse — first from the factory owners, eager to shift responsibility, then from her co-workers, her son, and eventually the entire community, despite the fact that Iva hasn’t left the town in years. As the first victims of the virus emerge, Iva’s public demonisation escalates, and she is quickly turned into a social outcast.
international title: | Made in EU |
original title: | Made in EU |
country: | Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic |
sales agent: | Heretic Outreach |
year: | 2025 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Stephan Komandarev |
film run: | 109’ |
screenplay: | Stephan Komandarev, Simeon Ventsislavov |
cast: | Gergana Pletnyova, Todor Kotsev, Gerasim Georgiev, Anastasia Ingilizova, Ivaylo Hristov, Ivan Barnev, Martina Peneva, Ovanes Torosian |
cinematography by: | Vesselin Hristov |
film editing: | Nina Altaparmakova |
art director: | Ivelina Minava |
costumes designer: | Nadya Dobrikova |
producer: | Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova, Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula, Pavel Strnad |
production: | Argo Film Ltd., 42film GmbH, Negativ Film Productions |