Sugar Cube

Best Short Student Fiction Aleksandar Suvandzhiev Bulgaria, Fiction, Bulgarian, 00:16:09

Set as a tale, the story takes us on a journey alongside Dobri. A teenager, who having just finished high school with the dream of becoming a writer, arrives in the capital city looking for work. As soon as he arrives though, his bicycle gets stolen. Struggling to find work to survive, Dobri stumbles upon a stranger who helps him out, as both tie a friendship for a lifetime.

Film block: STUDENT FICTION / ON THE PAST AND THE WORLD

Screening:

Sunday 29-06-2025 / 19:00

Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 2

Language Bulgarian
Country Bulgaria
Genre Fiction
Cinematographer Tihomir Rachev
Scriptwriter Aleksandar Suvandzhiev
Producer Aleksandar Suvandzhiev
Music Margarita Varbanova
Editor Aleksandar Suvandzhiev
Cast Konstantin Eftimov, Stelian Radev, Svetoslav Peev
Year of creation 2023
Duration 00:16:09

Director Aleksandar Suvandzhiev

Aleksandar Suvandzhiev was born on the 11th of June 1992 in Ruse, Bulgaria. While he was a student at the Economics High School, he took part in the Municipal Children's Centre for Culture and Arts, where he participated in numerous theatre plays.

After completing his high-school education, he went on to study acting, earning a bachelor's degree at the University of Salford (Manchester, England) in 2015.During his studies there, he participated in a number of student films and theatre plays, as well as devising and performing a graduating one-man show.After his graduation he continued to seek work as an actor, landing a small part in the film God’s Own Country 2017’, directed by Francis Lee.In 2021, he returned to Bulgaria, where he was accepted to study a master's degree - Film and Television Art, with a degree in directing, at the New Bulgarian University, where with the help of his colleagues, he created his diploma short film Sugar Cube based on the story by Dobri Nemirov.