Somewhere in the North… A film about the friendship between an Inuit child and an old fisherman. The story is inspired by Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’.
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
SANTIAGO
SHORTS O’CLOCK II, Saturday, March 5, at 17:00 GMT +2
English title:
Santiago
Original title:
Santiago
Director:
Andrey Koulev
Country:
Bulgaria
Genre:
Animation
Year:
2021
Length:
16’
Dialogues:
No
Subtitles:
-
Cast:
-
A quote for the film:
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Selective list of festivals and awards:
BEST BULGARIAN SHORT FILM AWARD at 25th SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM AWARD at OLYMPIA International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2021, Pyrgos, Greece, the 45th CINANIMA 2021, Espinho, Portugal, AESTHETICA Short Film Festival 2021, York, UK, FICICA ’21 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes CINE A LA CALLE, Colombia, Gold Award for Animated Film, May at MILAN GOLD AWARDS 2021.
Directors’ bio:
Andrey Koulev is a film director, artist, screenwriter and producer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Graduated from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts with a M.A. in film directing. Since 1996 he has created a number of animated documentaries and short feature films selected and awarded in many international and national festivals. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Fine Artists and the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers. In 2016 he was a guest professor in animation at JAI University in Changchun, China. Illustrator and designer of various books and magazines. A member of the selection committee in The International Animation Festival Hiroshima, 2012. His films participated in a series of festivals all over the World. Since 2011 he has been an art director of the World Festival of Animated Film, Varna.
