In Focus: New Europe

Over the course of three years, the film crew traced the development of several young people from Sofia, Stara Zagora and Plovdiv, big cities in Bulgaria. These young people feel themselves to be patriots and nationalists. Driven by patriotic sentiments and a desire to affirm their own identity, they cross the thin line between patriotism and pronounced nationalism. As the older generations observe with indifference and even offer overt support, there is no corrective mechanism, so the generations growing in Bulgaria today are prone to chauvinism and aggressive nationalism. They believe that the future belongs to them, yet, what kind of future can we hope for?