In the competition of 27 films from the entire world, "Ca$h & Marry" of Atanas Georgiev won the "Regarde Neuff" award at the European festival of documentary films "Visions du Reel" in Nyon, Switzerland.

"The film opened a debate, which resumed long after the screening, which demonstrates that the project is intriguing and urges questions related to the freedom of movement, human rights, lack of choice and the individual's need to search for happiness", says author Georgiev.



Marko and Atanas are two dudes whose lives would be sweet as strudel but for an annoying little problem with their papers. They need a European passport and they are prepared to do almost anything to get one, including buying a wife. With nothing but their brass necks and 7,000 euros, they set out to find the woman of their dreams — one who will walk them down aisle and then hang around long enough for the divorce. An odyssey through Vienna's immigrant netherworld, this real-life Green Card is an hilarious and touching insight into what it takes to jump the barriers of Fortress Europe.

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Monday, May 4th
Hörsaal II, NIG - Neues Institutsgebäude, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien