Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections

20221 h 17 min 36 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Borislav Kolev

Production: Maria Landova (Projector Ltd)Marc Bertrand (National Film Board of Canada)Borislav Kolev (Projector Ltd)Eli KolevaLora Chenakova (Projector Ltd)Christine Noël (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Maria Landova

A Projector Ltd co-production and the National Film Board of Canada.

Theodore Ushev, the auteur behind a number of renowned animated shorts, reveals his inner universe, formed by a half-century of personal experience acquired in a constantly changing world.

In this feature documentary by Borislav Kolev, Ushev reminisces about the “unseen connections” in his life—biographical and historical, cultural and subcultural. Connections that shaped him as a person and an artist.

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Subject categories


  • Foreign Countries > Eastern Europe and Balkans
  • Film and Video Arts > Fiction
  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Immigration Experience and Social Adjustment
  • Visual Arts > Painting

Credits


director
Borislav Kolev
writer
Maria Landova
producer
Maria Landova
Marc Bertrand
Borislav Kolev
Eli Koleva
executive production
Lora Chenakova
Christine Noël
director of photography
Miroslav Gaydoshik
original music
Nikola Gruev
editor
Miroslav Gaydoshik
sound design
Alexander Simeonov
re-recording mixer
Alexander Simeonov
participation
Theodore Ushev
Valya Usheva
Georgi Gospodinov
Albena Mihaylova
Galina Lardeva
Hristo Dermendzhiev
Hristo Hristov
Mariana Pancheva
Evgeni Serafimov
Novi Tsvetya
Ivan Popov
Valery Stoichkov
Krasimir Barakliiski
Angel Pavlov
Lucrezia Malevolti
Momchil Kolev
Maximilian Kolev
Lucia Koleva
Mario Malevolti
Waldemar Malevolti
Nikola Boychanov
location sound mixer
Alexander Simeonov
sound post-production facility
Sonus Ltd.
colour grading
Miroslav Gaydoshik
poster design
Theodore Ushev
voiceover
Vasil Varbanov
translation
Hristo Hristov
Svetla Protitch
Sette
subtitling
Hristo Hristov
Svetla Protitch
Sette
accountant
Darina Dragova
legal counsel
Mariana Andreeva
Peter Kallianiotis
technical coordinator
Mira Mailhot
Esther Viragh
studio coordinator
Laetitia Seguin
Rose Mercier-Marcotte
administrator
Karine Desmeules
senior production coordinator
Josiane Bernardin
line production
Anne-Marie Bousquet
technical director
Éric Pouliot
technical specialist - animation
Yannick Grandmont
online editor
Serge Verreault
graphic design
Mélanie Bouchard
marketing manager
François Jacques

Awards


  • Honorary DistinctionCinelibri- Book to Film Festival
  • Best Bulgarian DocumentaryMaster of Art Film Festival