In cinema 2/5/2026

In Hell with Ivo

In Hell with Ivo

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Genre

Documentary

Director

Kristina Nikolova

Run time

1h 20min

From Bulgaria, a place so conservative virtually no one is openly gay, emerges flamboyant performance artist and musician – Ivo Dimchev. While he gains success all around Europe, Ivo feels compelled to remain in his home country where he is most judged. Despite being HIV positive, he offers to perform in people’s homes when Covid hits and does so over 400 times, risking his life, like a sacrificial lamb to an audience that consumes him. Rejected by his family, Ivo invites us into his life and displays the worst of himself with no shame – embracing his narcissism, sex addiction and confrontational nature. After going to hundreds of different homes looking for belonging, he finally goes back to his childhood home where all his trauma began.

Genre

Documentary

Director

Kristina Nikolova

Run time

1h 20min

From Bulgaria, a place so conservative virtually no one is openly gay, emerges flamboyant performance artist and musician – Ivo Dimchev. While he gains success all around Europe, Ivo feels compelled to remain in his home country where he is most judged. Despite being HIV positive, he offers to perform in people’s homes when Covid hits and does so over 400 times, risking his life, like a sacrificial lamb to an audience that consumes him. Rejected by his family, Ivo invites us into his life and displays the worst of himself with no shame – embracing his narcissism, sex addiction and confrontational nature. After going to hundreds of different homes looking for belonging, he finally goes back to his childhood home where all his trauma began.

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Rating

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Production year

2025

Global distributor

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Local distributor

DocPoint Tallinn MTÜ

In cinema

2/5/2026