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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2007 - 10.21 July

Sections & Films

THE MAN WHO WAITED

Category: Edition 2007

Synopsis

For his entire life, a man has waited outside a closed door. What lies beyond it? The truth? Or simply another door opening onto many more doors? Patient and docile, the man hopes and waits.

Original Title L’HOMME QUI ATTENDAIT
Category Official Competition
Section Y Gen
Tipology Animation, Short Film
Duration 7' 45''
Production Year 2006
Nationality Canada
Directed by Theodore Ushev
Screenplay Chloé Cinq-Mars
Based on the book "The Trial" ("Der Prozess")
by Franz Kafka
Sound Denis Saindon
Music Arvo Pärt
Original Voices Pierre Lebeau (narratore/narrator)
Produced by Susan Fuda, Robert Bruce Johnson, Marc Bertrand

the man who waited regTheodore Ushev

Born in 1968 in Bulgaria, Theodore Ushev studied graphic arts and started out designing publicity posters, working as an artistic director for magazines and teaching. After moving to Montreal in 1999, he explored new media design, an interest that led him straight to animation. His digital animation films have been selected by several international festivals. In 2005-06 he completed L’HOMME QUI ATTENDAIT, TOWER BAWHER and TZARITZA.

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