Family Portrait of the Black Earth
Best National
Ivan Popov-Zaeka
Bulgaria,
Animation,
10'00''
A loving husband’s quest to find a replacement breast for his cancer-stricken wife ends up in the botany books.
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Film block:
NATIONAL / BULGARIAN DRAMA
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
- Language
- Country Bulgaria
- Genre Animation
- Scriptwriter Ivan Popov-Zaeka, Mihail Minchev; based on a short story by Yordanka Beleva
- Producer ROBO Lab, Elizabeth Kostova Foundation / Yassen Chorbadjiysky, Vladimir Kostov
- Music Krum Petrov
- Editor Maria Donchevska
- Animation Stoyan Georgiev, Krum Petrov, Nikola Radulovikj, Anastasi Petrov, Nikol Jisheva
- Year of creation 2023
- Duration 10'00''
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Ivan Popov, also known as “The Rabbit” (Zaeka), is a film director and creative leader with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of animation and advertising. Throughout that time, he has worked on major campaigns for leading international brands, created animated shorts, and designed immersive visuals and SFX concepts for music videos and dance performances. In 2013 Ivan founded ROBO Lab, which has grown to become one of the leading animation and post-production studios in Bulgaria.