« The man who could no longer remain silent » was part of a quinoa for short movies in May
The man who could no longer remain silent (2024)
This is one of the most discussed short films for the last year worldwide. He won the Golden Palm Award in Cannes and the Oscar nominee, the man who could no longer remain silent « touched the whole world, becoming a favorite of the world’s largest film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Hong Cong, Melbourne, Tallinus, Vilnus and others. He has also won the French Cesar Award and the European Best Short Film Award.
Director Nebojsa Slipchevich’s tape brings the audience back in the time of February 27, 1993 in Strappi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, when the passenger train from Belgrade for a bar was stopped by paramilitary forces in the framework of an ethnic and cleansing operation. As they bring innocent civilians from the train, only one of the 500 passengers dares to oppose them. This is the true story of a person who could no longer remain silent.
The screenings, part of the program « Cinema, which refuses to remain silent » will be in Burgas, the Peyo K. Yavorov Regional Library, May 9, 6:30 pm; Sofia, Sinegrand Park Center, May 14, 7:30 pm; Varna, Bar « Sumatoha », May 29, 7 pm; Veliko Turnovo, Club « There », May 29, 8 pm.
The pool (2023)
Director Pavlina Bozhkova’s film tells the story of teenager Alex, who does not like water, but his father insists that he train swimming. At the same time, the boy takes care of the old, sick dog with which he grew up. Alex’s daily life is accompanied by constant attempts to rebel against his parents, and in particular against his father, obsessed with his dream of being a swimming competitor. However, life has its interesting ways to bring people to the most unexpected awareness and situations.
The screenings, part of the « Stories Under the Surface » program, are in Haskovo, the Hristo Smirnenski Library, May 7, 5:30 pm; Sofia, Central Hali, May 20, 7 pm
Love shells (2021)
The short animation of director Svilen Dimitrov translates the viewers during the day of a snail, the vicissitudes he faces, his pains, nightmares, joys and dreams. A film that in a harmonious way unites real and painted footage until it achieves a curious and pleasant alloy for the senses. It shows the magical world of insects, birds, mushrooms, mosses, flowers, grass and shellfish sympathizers who love rain so much.
The screenings, part of the program « Selected animated films from SFAF », are in Ruse, Art Gallery, May 17, 9 pm; Sofia, Central Hali, May 27, 7 pm; Burgas, Peyo K. Yavorov Regional Library, May 29, 6:30 pm.
Anna Bloom (2009)
The Anna Blume Animation is a surreal visual noir takes over by director Vesela Dancheva and her co-screenwriting Elite Okay, who is inspired by the poem of the same name by the German avant-garde Kurt Schwars. One of the most vigilant and enigmatic artists and poets from the beginning of the 20th century, whose studies in the unpredictable territory of nonsense in poetry can be compared to those of Daniel Harms in prose.
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The film shows the fierce pursuit of a lipstick stain left on a cup of coffee, which gradually takes shape, swallowing everything red on its way and the poet’s flying hat that wants to catch it and possess it and turn it into its property. Anna Bloom unfolds a pleasure synchronization between an abstract pattern, a palette, music and an original recording with Kurt Schwyars’ voice, who reads her poem.
The screenings, part of the program « Selected animated films from SFAF », are in Ruse, Art Gallery, May 17, 9 pm; Sofia, Central Hali, May 27, 7 pm; Burgas, Peyo K. Yavorov Regional Library, May 29, 6:30 pm.
