Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

BALKAN DOX

Love & Engineering

Finland, Germany, Bulgaria
2014 — 81' / Color

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Synopsis

A Bulgarian computer engineer has moved to Finland where he is developing a scientific formula which will provide irresistible seductive power to those who apply it. Using his colleagues as guinea pigs, he explains his theories to them before sending them off to put them into practice. A documentary filled with humour about one of humanity’s key themes.

Official Trailer

Director Biography

Tonislav Hristov is a Bulgarian filmmaker, based in Finland since 2001. In 2008, he directed his first documentary film, Family Fortune, for Yle (Finnish Broadcasting Company) and Bulgarian National Television. His first feature-length documentary, Rules of Single Life, premiered in Finnish cinemas in 2011 and in Bulgarian cinemas in 2012, and won Best Documentary Award at the Sofia International Film Festival and was shown at many others.

Director

Tonislav Hristov

Producer

Kaarle Aho

Cinematographer

Peter Flinckenberg

Editor

Nikolai Hartmann

Sound

Nani Schumann

Contact

Making Movies Oy
Kaarle Aho
Ratakatu 1b/A 5
00120 Helsinki - Finland
+35896829540
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