September 12th, 4:00 P.M.
Duration 73’20’’
CONNECTED
Bulgaria, 2024, 12’, 2D animation
director Simeon Sokerov
In a dying city inhabited by technology-obsessed people, Ana struggles to find her place. Seeking answers in the past, she discovers that she is not alone.
GARLIC SOUP
Bulgaria, 2024, 8’30’’, mixed media
director Kristian Zahariev
Vampire, thirsty for blood, flies around a small Balkan village in search of his next victim. He sneaks in a dark bedroom, after he sees a silhouette of a young beauty. It turns out the silhouette belongs to an old granny whose loving care turns out to be deadly for the vampire.
THE ARTIST’S DAUGHTER
Bulgaria, 2023, 12’, 2D animation
director Dimitar Dimitrov
Ironic – a grotesque story about a father and his daughter who first die, then mysteriously revive, and the apparent drama melts into the lightness of a game in which death is stripped of weight and transformed into a dummy paper bird. The aesthetics of absurdity embedded in the script was inspired by the work of Daniil Kharms.
FURROW
Bulgaria, 2024, 8’, 2D animation
director Nayden Nikolov
In order to rise to the self-reflection of the spirit, a child meets his own doubled self-reflection into the form of the stork to get rid of the daily cared for and rises to the heights of the free, the creative opportunities. A film about a hero – the rising spirit – in different statuses.
SISTERS
Bulgaria, 2023, 2’32’’, 2D animation
directors Denislava Georgieva, Evgeny Ganchev, Blagoslava Kirilova
An elderly woman looks at her childhood photos in her living room. In them, she is in the company of her twin. The photographs come to life, immersing the old woman in the imaginary games the two sisters have created for each other. Subsequently, the woman loses her twin. The end of life’s journey for the old woman comes when she is visited by her little sister. The two are together again, but this time in infinity.
FINDING HOME
Bulgaria, 2022, 6’40’’, 2D animation
director Maria Stanisheva
The personal story of Antonia Jardenia da Silva from Brazil: a climate refugee forced to move from her home village to the big city in order to take care of her newborn baby as it struggles with microcephaly.
BALLAD OF FERRIS THE SELF-APPOINTED KNIGHT AND SMOKIE THE FIRE BREATHING DRAGON
Bulgaria, 2024, 23’24’’, 3D animation
director Penko Gelev
In the form of a ballad, the wandering bard Peyo tells us about the village blacksmith Ferris, who decides to become a knight and thus change his fate. He forges armor for himself and sets off into the world to perform feats and win glory. The encounter with Smokie the fire-breathing dragon will help him make deep conclusions about his own life and the importance of friendship.