Theodore Ushev Movies
- 2019
The Physics of Sorrow
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Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic...
- 2012
Apart
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A woman writes a letter that will be read by a man in prison. A letter full of love, worry, compassion, suffering and hope. Freedom for Jafar Panahi,...
- 2016
Blind Vaysha
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From the moment she was born, Vaysha was a very special girl. With her left eye she can only see into the past, and with her right she can only see...
- 2008
Drux Flux
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Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by...
- 2016
Popcorn
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- 2020
Living in a Box
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How to maintain a life while on lock-down. A comic portrait of the artist in pandemic times.
- 2025
Life with an Idiot
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As a punishment for not working hard enough, “I” is forced by the authorities to live with an idiot. He chooses Vova from a lunatic...
- 2017
French Cancan
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An interpretation of French Cancan by Renoir.
- 2017
四季
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A Japanese-produced animated film using Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons as its soundtrack. The four seasons all have separate animation directors. Its...
- 2010
Lipsett Diaries
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A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted...
- 2013
Gloria Victoria
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Theodore Ushev’s acclaimed 20th century trilogy concludes with this brilliant fusion of 3D and Russian constructivist-styled animation....
- 2006
The Man Who Waited
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Franz Kafka short film
- 2023
Phi 1.618
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In a dystopian future, a nation of bio-titans has been created and the female sex and procreation have become obsolete. As the Earth turns toxic, the...
- 2017
Blood
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Made with the filmmaker’s blood, a testament to the ideals that we fight and die for.
- 2018
8' 19"
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8 minutes and 19 seconds – that’s all the time we have until the news about the death of the sun reaches us. That's what it takes for the...
- 2015
Blood Manifesto
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Director Theodore Ushev uses his own blood to animate struggles with injustice in the world.
- 2018
The Subject
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An animator dissects his own body, extracting memories, emotions and fears that will nurture his work. As he cuts into his skin, various symbolic...
- 2022
Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections
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While visiting his native country to shoot his first live-action film (PHI 1.618), animation filmmaker Theodore Ushev recounts the highlights of his...
- 2020
The One-Minute Memoir
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When Academy Award®–winning animator and painter Joan Gratz asked eleven filmmakers if they would contribute to an omnibus film, she...
- 2013
Reflection
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Reflection is an exploration of Montreal through an abstract lens. Director Sylvie Trouvé examines how reflected images pervade our...