La Primavera or About Some Features, Possibilities and the Consequences of Creative Approach

A little bit of dark comedy about a prisoner, who uses different more creative approach in his attempt to escape. Of course, the consequences are not those, which he expectes. But being a creative person, he not only invents new cursumstances for himself, but also follows the new not expected situations and doesn’t give up, but he tries to continue further. The movie is not exactly realistic; it has allegorical and metaphorical language, so the film is rather a representative of “magical realism” movement.

БГ: Леко черна комедия за затворник, който използва един по-различен творчески подход в опита си да избяга. Разбира се, последствията не са тези, които той очаква. Но като креативен човек, той не само създава нови обстоятелства за себе си, но и следва новите не очаквани ситуации и не се отказва, а се опитва да продължи по-нататък. Филмът не е точно реалистичен; има алегоричен и метафоричен език, така че филмът е по-скоро представител на движението "магически реализъм".

ENG: A little bit of dark comedy about a prisoner, who uses different more creative approach in his attempt to escape. Of course, the consequences are not those, which he expects. But being a creative person, he not only invents new circumstances for himself, but also follows the new not expected situations and doesn’t give up, but he tries to continue further. The movie is not exactly realistic; it has allegorical and metaphorical language, so the film is rather a representative of “magical realism” movement.

FR: Une comédie légèrement noire sur un prisonnier qui utilise une approche plus créative pour tenter de s'échapper. Bien entendu, les conséquences ne sont pas celles qu’il attend. Etant créatif, non seulement il invente ses propres circonstances, mais il suit aussi les situations inattendues qui se présentent á lui sans abandonner, bien au contraire il continue. Le film n'est pas vraiment réaliste; son langage est allégorique et métaphorique. Il serait donc plutôt un représentant du mouvement "réalisme magique".

  • Nэno Bэlchэv
    Director
    "My Heart Is an Octopus or My Father on the Shore of the Black Sea"
  • Nэno Bэlchэv
    Writer
    "My Heart Is an Octopus or My Father on the Shore of the Black Sea"
  • Ivan Trofimov
    Writer
  • Nэno Bэlchэv
    Producer
    "My Heart Is an Octopus or My Father on the Shore of the Black Sea"
  • Ivan Trofimov
    Key Cast
    "Prisoner-virtuoso"
  • Yakov Shustov
    Key Cast
    "Warder-conductor"
  • Teodor Rokov
    Key Cast
    "orchestrators: second solist"
  • Plamen Georgiev
    Key Cast
    "orchestrators: contrabass"
  • Rumen Rashev
    Key Cast
    "orchestrators: viola da gamba"
  • Nэno Bэlchэv
    camera and edit
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ла Примавера или относно някои възможности, особености и послед
  • Project Type:
    Short, Other
  • Genres:
    comedy, videoart
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 27, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Bulgaria
  • Country of Filming:
    Bulgaria
  • Language:
    Bulgarian, English, Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • III Muestra de Video Arte Faenza
    Bogota
    Colombia
    March 31, 2021
  • VIII Sunshine Short Film Festival
    Victoria
    Australia
    January 27, 2021
  • New Wave Motion Screening
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    January 3, 2021
  • XXXIII les Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques
    Marseille
    France
    November 14, 2020
  • 7th Siding Festival of Film
    Creston, British Columbia
    Canada
    November 10, 2020
  • III Muestra de Video Arte Faenza
    Habana
    Cuba
    September 30, 2020
    South American Premiere
  • The Online 2020 Forwardian Film Festival
    Stroudsburg, PA
    United States
    July 15, 2020
    finalist
  • The BeBop Channel Content Festival
    New York
    United States
    June 4, 2020
    North Ammerican Premiere
  • REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RTF)
    Ikeja, Lagos
    Nigeria
    April 7, 2020
    African Premiere
    semi-finalist
  • intimalente/intimatelens film festival
    Caserta, Napoli
    Italy
    December 20, 2019
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Nэno Bэlchэv

Neno Belchev was born in 1971 in Varna, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Varna. He graduated in Mural Painting from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria. Belchev works as video artist and filmmaker as well as in the fields of performance, installation, sculpture, new media and independent curator. Neno has participated in a wide range of solo and group, national and international exhibitions. He has made one full-length movie (2016), four medium-length documentaries and numerous short narrative films and video art works, which won prizes, awards and nominations from international video and film festivals in Malaysia, India, Romania, the United States, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain and Austria, as well as residency-grants in the United States, Russia, China, Japan, France, Portugal and Bulgaria. Among his most important international participations are: EAT: International exhibition, ESMoA (El Segundo Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA); XXVIIth CEC ARTSLINK FELLOWSHIP AWARD in KALA Art Institute (Berkeley, CA, USA / 2014); IN-SONORA VIII: at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte REINA SOFIA (Madrid, SPAIN; 2014); EAST+EUROPE: Eastern European Contemporary Art Exhibition at Hong Kong City Hall (Hong Kong, HONG KONG / 2013); Solo exhibition MAYATNIK (PENDULUM) at National Centre for Contemporary Arts (Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA / 2011); SANCTIONED ARRAY – international video exhibition at White Box Gallery (New York, USA / 2010); "COMMERCIAL" ART VIDEO – international video exhibition at Apexart (New York, USA / 2010); WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BODY? Solo exhibition during the International Art Residency 2009 at OCAT, He Xiangning Art Museum (Shenzhen, CHINA / 2009); Wichita Falls Museum (Texas, USA / 2009); DEPO Tutun Deposi (Istanbul, TURKEY / 2009); Today Art Museum (Beijing, CHINA / 2008); Moerenuma Koen Hidamari Museum (Sapporo, JAPAN / 2007) and many others. His works are possession of the He Xiangning Art Museum (Shenzhen, China), SAMCA – Sofia Museum for Contemporary Art (Sofia, Bulgaria), Varna City Gallery (Varna, Bulgaria), private collections in USA, the Netherlands, UK, Japan, Canada, Spain, Ukraine and more.
Neno Belchev is one of the founders of the Videoholica International Video Art Festival in Varna, Bulgaria.

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