Theodore Ushev Movies

  • 2016
    Blind Vaysha

    Blind Vaysha

    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...

    Blind Vaysha
  • 2006
    Tower Bawher

    Tower Bawher

    Tower Bawher

    5.82006HD

    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...

    Tower Bawher
  • 2019
    The Physics of Sorrow

    The Physics of Sorrow

    The Physics of Sorrow

    7.32019HD

    Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic...

    The Physics of Sorrow
  • 2013
    Gloria Victoria

    Gloria Victoria

    Gloria Victoria

    5.32013HD

    Theodore Ushev’s acclaimed 20th century trilogy concludes with this brilliant fusion of 3D and Russian constructivist-styled animation....

    Gloria Victoria
  • 2010
    Lipsett Diaries

    Lipsett Diaries

    Lipsett Diaries

    62010HD

    A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted...

    Lipsett Diaries
  • 2018
    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

    102018HD

    A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.

    VIVAldi VVinter
  • 2014
    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

    4.12014HD

    Three books: a film festival catalogue, a dictionary, the Bible. Three works whose materiality has become obsolete by the digital dematerialization....

    Third Page from the Sun
  • 2015
    Blood Manifesto

    Blood Manifesto

    Blood Manifesto

    5.82015HD

    Director Theodore Ushev uses his own blood to animate struggles with injustice in the world.

    Blood Manifesto
  • 2023
    Phi 1.618

    Phi 1.618

    Phi 1.618

    02023HD

    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...

    Phi 1.618
  • 2018
    The Subject

    The Subject

    The Subject

    5.62018HD

    An animator dissects his own body, extracting memories, emotions and fears that will nurture his work. As he cuts into his skin, various symbolic...

    The Subject
  • 2006
    The Man Who Waited

    The Man Who Waited

    The Man Who Waited

    5.22006HD

    Franz Kafka short film

    The Man Who Waited
  • 2015
    The Sleepwalker

    The Sleepwalker

    The Sleepwalker

    3.22015HD

    With the shade around her waist, she dreams on her balcony. Under the gypsy moon, all things are watching her, and she cannot see them. A surrealist...

    The Sleepwalker
  • 2022
    Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections

    Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections

    Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections

    02022HD

    While visiting his native country to shoot his first live-action film (PHI 1.618), animation filmmaker Theodore Ushev recounts the highlights of his...

    Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections
  • 2020
    The One-Minute Memoir

    The One-Minute Memoir

    The One-Minute Memoir

    02020HD

    When Academy Award®–winning animator and painter Joan Gratz asked eleven filmmakers if they would contribute to an omnibus film, she...

    The One-Minute Memoir
  • 2008
    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

    42008HD

    Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by...

    Drux Flux
  • 2018
    8' 19

    8' 19"

    8' 19"

    72018HD

    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...

    8' 19
  • 2012
    Nightingales in December

    Nightingales in December

    Nightingales in December

    6.32012HD

    This metaphorical surrealist tale is an allusion. NIGHTINGALES IN DECEMBER is a trip into the memories, and the fields of the current realities. What...

    Nightingales in December
  • 2017
    French Cancan

    French Cancan

    French Cancan

    02017HD

    An interpretation of French Cancan by Renoir.

    French Cancan
  • 2020
    Disposable Spring

    Disposable Spring

    Disposable Spring

    02020HD

    A short animation edited from photos of disposed COVID-19 pandemic gloves and masks.

    Disposable Spring
  • 2016
    Popcorn

    Popcorn

    Popcorn

    02016HD

    Popcorn