Theodore Ushev Movies

  • 2015
    The Sleepwalker

    The Sleepwalker

    The Sleepwalker

    4.22015HD

    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
  • 2023
    The Wolf

    The Wolf

    The Wolf

    02023HD

    An old man is chasing a wolf pack. A little wolf survives, but eventually will return. Who will win - the wolf or the man?

    The Wolf
  • 2025
    L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)

    L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)

    L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)

    02025HD

    Ushev recomposes and triturates with great aesthetic vigor and panache Eisenstein's The Old and the New, giving this title a new historical...

    L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)
  • 2023
    Hommage to Breathless

    Hommage to Breathless

    Hommage to Breathless

    02023HD

    Theodore Ushev pays tribute to Jean-Luc Godard's masterpiece À bout de souffle.

    Hommage to Breathless
  • 2020
    Disposable Spring

    Disposable Spring

    Disposable Spring

    02020HD

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

    Disposable Spring
  • 2007
    Tzaritza

    Tzaritza

    Tzaritza

    02007HD

    This animated short by Theodore Ushev combines warmth, humour and magic in a story about a young girl who misses her grandmother. When Lili finds a...

    Tzaritza
  • 2012
    Apart

    Apart

    Apart

    72012HD

    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,...

    Apart
  • 1970
    Light Boxes

    Light Boxes

    Light Boxes

    01970HD

    Light Boxes
  • 2017
    Blood

    Blood

    Blood

    52017HD

    Made with the filmmaker’s blood, a testament to the ideals that we fight and die for.

    Blood
  • 2003
    Vertical

    Vertical

    Vertical

    02003HD

    To the sound of a ramshackle brass band, a world slides towards ruin, carrying with it houses, birds, idols, balloons and whatever is left of reason....

    Vertical
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2025
    Life with an Idiot

    Life with an Idiot

    Life with an Idiot

    02025HD

    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...

    Life with an Idiot
  • 2006
    Sou

    Sou

    Sou

    02006HD

    Set to a kinetic soundtrack, Sou is a dazzling multi-layered animated collage piece on how a Western man, through ill-equipped eyes, views the...

    Sou
  • 2020
    Barcelona De Foc

    Barcelona De Foc

    Barcelona De Foc

    02020HD

    Hot wax painting on a Barcelona directory; a palimpsest reflecting the violence and madness of the riots that shocked Spain in October 2019.

    Barcelona De Foc
  • 2021
    National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival

    National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival

    National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival

    02021HD

    National Film Board of Canada and staff wish a Happy Birthday to Annecy Festival

    National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival
  • 2020
    Living in a Box

    Living in a Box

    Living in a Box

    02020HD

    How to maintain a life while on lock-down. A comic portrait of the artist in pandemic times.

    Living in a Box
  • 2020
    Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket

    Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket

    Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket

    02020HD

    An animated film painted on emergency thermal safety blankets, featuring the state of emergency declarations of Trump, Macron, Putin, Merkel and many...

    Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket
  • 2017
    四季

    四季

    四季

    02017HD

    A Japanese-produced animated film using Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons as its soundtrack. The four seasons all have separate animation directors. Its...

    四季