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Shortly before the Bulgarian Communist coup of 1944, the Moth was thrown into jail under a false conviction for murder. Finally freed from the confines of his unjust prison sentence, he finds himself in a strange and intimidating new place totalitarian Sofia of the sixties.
Released on parole after serving some hard time in prison, the Moth's one-night neo-noir odyssey quickly gets underway, as he runs into trouble and falls afoul of the Communist state. Starting with a qualified measure of optimism, his first night of freedom is swiftly plagued by looming threats and impending doom.
A major crowd-pleaser at the Moscow and Sofia Film Festivals, where it received awards. ZIFT went on to Toronto and also became a hit on the West Coast festival circuit at Seattle, Santa Barbara and San Francisco. ZIFT was Bulgaria's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar®.
"Ace lensing and eye-catching location work combining to create an original update on classic film noir." - Cockrell, Variety
Released on parole after serving some hard time in prison, the Moth's one-night neo-noir odyssey quickly gets underway, as he runs into trouble and falls afoul of the Communist state. Starting with a qualified measure of optimism, his first night of freedom is swiftly plagued by looming threats and impending doom.
A major crowd-pleaser at the Moscow and Sofia Film Festivals, where it received awards. ZIFT went on to Toronto and also became a hit on the West Coast festival circuit at Seattle, Santa Barbara and San Francisco. ZIFT was Bulgaria's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar®.
"Ace lensing and eye-catching location work combining to create an original update on classic film noir." - Cockrell, Variety