Theodore Ushev Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2006
The Man Who Waited
The Man Who Waited5.22006HD
Franz Kafka short film
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- 2013
Reflection
Reflection02013HD
Reflection is an exploration of Montreal through an abstract lens. Director Sylvie Trouvé examines how reflected images pervade our...
- 2017
Blood
Blood42017HD
Made with the filmmaker’s blood, a testament to the ideals that we fight and die for.
- 1970
Life with an Idiot
Life with an Idiot01970HD
As a punishment for not working hard enough, “I” is forced by the authorities to live with an idiot. He chooses Vova from a lunatic...
- 2015
Blood Manifesto
Blood Manifesto5.82015HD
Director Theodore Ushev uses his own blood to animate struggles with injustice in the world.
- 2023
The Wolf
The Wolf02023HD
An old man is chasing a wolf pack. A little wolf survives, but eventually will return. Who will win - the wolf or the man?
- 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
VIVAldi VVinter
VIVAldi VVinter102018HD
A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.
- 2016
Popcorn
Popcorn02016HD
- 2017
French Cancan
French Cancan02017HD
An interpretation of French Cancan by Renoir.
- 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...
- 2021
National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival
National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival02021HD
National Film Board of Canada and staff wish a Happy Birthday to Annecy Festival
- 2012
Apart
Apart72012HD
A woman writes a letter that will be read by a man in prison. A letter full of love, worry, compassion, suffering and hope. Freedom for Jafar Panahi,...