No Place for You in Our Town

In the observational documentary film No Place for You in Our Town director Nikolay Stefanov takes the audience in the football gang from the roughest city in Bulgaria — Pernik. A once flourishing industrial center that used to provide energy to the whole country, today Pernik is mostly known with the jokes about its citizens’ roughness. Having exclusive access, Nikolay Stefanov’s camera follows the communal and personal crises to show life beyond the tough image and the clichéd jokes. Tsetso, Mimeto, Dado and the whole gang are devoted to their team’s success, carrying the fighting spirit of their ancestors, the miners. The director explores the characters’ lives with openness and genuine human curiosity, showing that there’s never only black and white and that everyone, regardless of their environment, seeks a better life for themselves and their children.