Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

BALKAN DOX

Sofia's Last Ambulance

Poslednata Lineika na Sofia

Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany
2012 — 75' / Color

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Synopsis

In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve a burgeoning population of several million, 47-year old Krassi Yordanov is our unlikely hero: chain-smoking and saving lives in a non-stop 48-hour shift. Krassi is the emergency doctor on one of Sofia’s last ambulances and today is the worst day of his life. This is a film about the regular working day of Dr.Krassi, nurse Mila and driver Plamen, a team working on an ambulance in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Struggling against an avalanche of absurdities in a crumbling medical system and scarcely earning enough to make a living, these three are simply trying to do what they do best – save lives.

Director Biography

German and Bulgarian nationality. Born in 1981 in Sofia

Director

Ilian Metev

Producer

Dimitar Gotchev

Ingmar Trost

Siniša Juričić

Cinematographer

Ilian Metev

Editor

Ilian Metev

Sound

Tom Kirk

Contact

SIA
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1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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