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World Festival of Animated Film /
3 to 8 June 2019
World Festival of Animated Film / 3 to 8 June 2019
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Tower Bawher / Tower Bawher

Animation and Fine Arts 1: Inspired by 1

Tower_bawher

Tower Bawher / Tower Bawher


Theodore Ushev

Canada / 2005 / 3' 50''



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Wednesday, 05. 06.,
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Hall 1, 20:00 h


Synopsis


This animated short by Theodore Ushev is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art and is filled with visual references to artists of the era, including Vertov, Stenberg, Rodchenko, Lissitsky and Popova.

Theodore Ushev


Theodore Ushev (1968, Kyustendil, Bulgaria) first made a name as a poster and graphic designer, before moving to Montreal in 1999. In the past 15 years, he has worked for the National Film Board of Canada. His creative biography contains more than 15 films, which brought him over 200 international awards, including an Oscar nomination for best animated short film for Blind Vaysha in 2017 and making it into the short list for the same award for The Physics of Sorrow in 2019. Physics of Sorrow won the Grand Prize - Crystal of Annecy in 2020.

 

Director

Theodore Ushev


Production

National Film Board of Canada


categories

Animation and Fine Arts 1: Inspired by 1