Iordan

Since the collapse of the communist regime in 1989, Bulgaria has experienced the most extreme population decline in the world. Low birth rates, high death rates, and two large waves of emigration have erased many villages from Bulgaria's map and pushed others to the verge of extinction. Many villagers who remain often travel abroad for work. In this ultra-short film we are introduced to Yordan Dimitrov as he recounts time working abroad while making his way across his slowly disappearing village of Altimir, Bulgaria.