Furrow
A FILM BY NAYDEN NIKOLOV
Animation short| Bulgaria | 8'00" | 2K DCI Native | 2.1ch, Stereo | No dialogue | 2024
Synopsis
In order to rise to the self-reflection of the spirit, a child meets his own doubled self-reflection into the form of the stork to get rid of the daily cared for and rises to the heights of the free, the creative opportunities.
A film about a hero - the rising spirit - in different statuses
“Furrow” is a free interpretation of the Balkan folk tale “Siljan the Stork”. The film goes beyond the theme of cultural identity, as “self-awareness about belonging to a particular group.
The despot-old-man is an image representing the traditional (the folkloric) wisdom, which articulates and preserves the mutually shared and self-evident daily interpretation of the world.
In the end, the child doesn’t enter the world of adults as in the tale. Metamorphosis into a bird( stork) he rises to the self-reflexivity of the spirit and enters into a world where the days are free for creative possibilities.
The dramaturgy of “Furrow” is nonlinear - space is conditional and time is only apparent. We have only one hero - the becoming spirit - in different statuses. We have only one “event” - the hero’s becoming self-aware as a free spirit, which is a process that occurs outside of successive time (time as a continual sequence).
Director’s Notes
- CREDITS
- DIRECTION
- Nayden Nikolov
- WRITING
- Nayden Nikolov
- ORIGINAL CONCEPT
- Nayden Nikolov
- STORYBOARD
- Nayden Nikolov
- ANIMATION
- Nayden Nikolov
- MUSIC
- Hristian Georgiev
- SOUND DESIGN
- Maksim Stoimenov
- North Attic Sounds
- MUSICIAN
- Hristian Georgiev - kaval (flute)
- Maksim Stoimenov - drums, vocal
- SOUND RECORDING
- Sofia Session Studio
- COLOR CONCEPT
- Miglena Nikolova
- COMPOSITING
- Miglena Nikolova
- Nayden Nikolov
- PRODUCER
- Nayden Nikolov
- with suport of
- Bulgarian National Film Center