Details
“A powerful and deserving work of art.”
Genre: Music Documentary
Length: 83 minutes
Countries: Bulgaria, United States
Languages: Bulgarian, English with English subtitles
Producer: Kristina Nikolova for LunaClipse Media (USA)
Co-producer: Georgi Nikolov for Magic Shop (Bulgaria)
Logline: Bulgarian queer artist and songwriter Ivo Dimchev transforms personal and social hardship into provocative public and intimate spectacles, boldly exploring sexuality, identity, faith, and activism in a liberating celebration of queer visibility.
Synopsis: Bulgarian queer artist Ivo Dimchev captivates audiences worldwide with his electrifying art shows, which blend singing and songwriting, theatre, dance, and visual art.
Despite being HIV-positive, Ivo responded to the Covid lockdowns by performing a series of no less than 400 free, intimate concerts in people’s homes. But for an artist who challenges societal norms surrounding sexuality, identity, and power, Bulgaria is too small, homophobic, and conservative. Ivo leaves in search of artistic fulfillment in New York, where his raw physicality takes even experimental-theatre audiences out of their comfort zones.
In a world that resists his radical individuality, facing isolation, and paying the emotional cost of artistic freedom, Ivo transforms personal vulnerability and collective hardship into impactful art and activism, in a celebration of authentic and uncompromising self-expression.