A man (Christos Stergioglou) driving an old-fashioned car is crossing the border. He is Greek and has passed his fifties. He is coming to Bulgaria to buy a child. Jorgos has prepared a secret compartment in the boot of the car masked as a gas tank so that he could smuggle the child. The baby is not born yet and the Greek needs to wait in a secluded house in the mountains together with the mother (Mariana Jikich), her deaf-mute brother (Ovanes Torosian) and the midwife. The birth is starting in a stormy night.

Direction: MILKO LAZAROV

Script: GEORGI TENEV, MILKO LAZAROV, KITODAR TODOROV

Production: VESELKA KIRYAKOVA, JULIANA TONCHEVA

Cinematography: KALOYAN BOZHILOV

Editing: VESELKA KIRYAKOVA

Production Design: VANINA GELEVA

Costume Design: IVA DENCHEVA

Sound: ALEKSANDER SIMEONOV

Cast: CHRISTOS STERGIOGLOU, DORA MARKOVA, IVA OGNYANOVA, MARIANA ZHIKICH, OVANES TOROSIAN, NEDA ISKRENOVA, KITODAR TODOROV

Original Title: ОТЧУЖДЕНИЕ

Original Languages: Bulgarian, Greek

Subtitles: English

Film Production Country: Bulgaria

Biography of the Director/s:
Milko Lazarov was born in Bulgaria. He graduated at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts |NATFA| in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he studied Film and TV direction in the class of Prof. Vladislav Ikonomov. He is an executive producer and director of Bulgarian National Television’s most successful BBC projects “The Great Bulgarians” and “The Big Read”. He used to be a lecturer in NATFA’s film department „Experimental filmmaking and inscenation”. He participated in many public discussions regarding the cultural life of Bulgaria.
His filmography includes “Roundabout”, 2000 (short); “Erlkoenig”, 2001 (short); “Hristo Botev”, 2007 (documentary); “Stefan Stambolov”, 2007 (documentary); “One hundred years of solitude”, 2009 (documentary).
“ALIENATION” is his first feature film.

Awards Won:
Venice, ’70 - Special mention from Europa Cinemas Label and Best young director from FEDEORA
Sofia International Film Festival – BEST BULGARIAN MOVIE
Warsaw Film Festival GRAND PRIZE in "1-2 competition" program