Theodore Ushev Movies
- 2016
Blind Vaysha
Blind Vaysha7.12016HD
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...
- 2006
Tower Bawher
Tower Bawher5.82006HD
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...
- 2019
The Physics of Sorrow
The Physics of Sorrow7.32019HD
Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic...
- 2013
Gloria Victoria
Gloria Victoria5.32013HD
Theodore Ushev’s acclaimed 20th century trilogy concludes with this brilliant fusion of 3D and Russian constructivist-styled animation....
- 2010
Lipsett Diaries
Lipsett Diaries62010HD
A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted...
- 2018
VIVAldi VVinter
VIVAldi VVinter102018HD
A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.
- 2014
Third Page from the Sun
Third Page from the Sun4.12014HD
Three books: a film festival catalogue, a dictionary, the Bible. Three works whose materiality has become obsolete by the digital dematerialization....
- 2015
Blood Manifesto
Blood Manifesto5.82015HD
Director Theodore Ushev uses his own blood to animate struggles with injustice in the world.
- 2023
Phi 1.618
Phi 1.61802023HD
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...
- 2018
The Subject
The Subject5.62018HD
An animator dissects his own body, extracting memories, emotions and fears that will nurture his work. As he cuts into his skin, various symbolic...
- 2006
The Man Who Waited
The Man Who Waited5.22006HD
Franz Kafka short film
- 2015
The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker3.22015HD
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...
- 2022
Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections
Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections02022HD
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
The One-Minute Memoir02020HD
When Academy Award®–winning animator and painter Joan Gratz asked eleven filmmakers if they would contribute to an omnibus film, she...
- 2008
Drux Flux
Drux Flux42008HD
Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by...
- 2018
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...
- 2012
Nightingales in December
Nightingales in December6.32012HD
This metaphorical surrealist tale is an allusion. NIGHTINGALES IN DECEMBER is a trip into the memories, and the fields of the current realities. What...
- 2017
French Cancan
French Cancan02017HD
An interpretation of French Cancan by Renoir.
- 2020
Disposable Spring
Disposable Spring02020HD
A short animation edited from photos of disposed COVID-19 pandemic gloves and masks.
- 2016
Popcorn
Popcorn02016HD