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"Ivan Bogdanov (1973) was born in Sofia and holds a BFA degree in Media & Animation from the Willem de Kooning Academy of Art and Design, Rotterdam (2002). Since then he has been working as a freelance animation director, illustrator and comics artist. He is a co-founder of FinFilm animation studio and Compote Collective. During the last years he has created several award-winning animation films.
This video serves as beginner’s guide to the world of Bulgarian animation.
Music Vide o to “aggressive schtreiss // sims 5 idm” by trohi
Where ‘Paris is Burning’ meets Hieronymous Bosch. A dip, a shablam, a death drop is when a dancer strikes a pose and dramatically falls on their back. The higher the fall, the spicier the dip. The story follows Shesa Quinn dipping from the top of a skyscraper. Gagged by her stunt, the townsfolk bellow spiral into chaos. Will Shesa land a perfect dip?
A toy Chiva bus sets off on a journey across Colombia – a mini magical realism travelogue.
‘TECHNO’ emerges us into an ever escalating nightlife story full of colourful characters, indecent behaviour and an old man, playing an accordion. It’s a wild party that turns into an orgy until suddenly it’s interrupted by the signal of a phone battery going low.
Music video for Bulgarian band Kottarashky & the Rain Dogs, an abstract exploration on the theme of the return. Kaleidoscopic handmade animation in a 360° environment.
Snaps of everyday human interactions assembled in a rhythmic montage that explores the relationship between men, architecture and nature in the context of Bulgarian post-socialist residential neighbourhoods.
The time has come a woman to part with her man. Death descends from the mountain to collect a man. Inspired by haiku.
When did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you? In Father the reality of life is turned upside down to create an impossible dialogue - the dialogue between a child and a father that never happens.
When a dragon comes to an quiet rural village and steals 1 apple from a tree the village people get into quite a bustle.