Firebird
by Velislava Gospodinova
Animation - Short
Bulgaria, 7 mins, 2017
GALLERY
SYNOPSIS
An artistic impression, driven by the rhythm of the music and the freedom of the dance, creates a magical world, where Love is the leading metaphysical force that overpowers life and death.
Director's Statement
The inspiration came from the Bulgarian folklore traditional music, where there are stories of burning, devastating and tragic love, filled with tenderness and self- renunciation. Then I decided to reveal those strong emotions through the characters of a girl, born from the sun, transforming into the Firebird, symbolizing freedom, fiery passion and beauty, and a man, embedded into a tree - symbol of the ground, the static and restricting power... but still deeply sensitive and fragile. My goal is to take the viewer on a journey driven by the music and the dance, of such kind of dramatic, but beautiful and magical fairytale where the love rules the whole universe and stays eternal even in the death. It is an artistic impression, filled with metaphors for passion, spiritual connection, freedom, pain, tenderness and purity of the shared undying love. In today's time of apathy, cruelness, carelessness and coldness I think that everybody needs a piece of hope, for the existence of such universal power, which has the ability to save their soul and to take them in a different, emotional, fairy world.
Title in Bulgarian: Zhar PtitsaYear: 2017
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 7 min.
Language: English
Written and Directed by: Velislava Gospodinova
Animated by: Velislava Gospodinova and Daniel Chalakov
Choreography: Galina Srebreva
Music by: Smallman
Produced by: Velislava Gospodinova
Production: Red Stroke
In association with: Bottleship VFX
Production Support: The Bulgarian National Film Center
Available Territories: World
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Velislava's First Film The Lighthouse in iTunes
