Official Short Films in Competition
We follow an unknown man's life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada.
Original title: Physique de la tristesse
Directed by: Theodore USHEV
Country: Canada
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 27 min
Category: Short film
Techniques used: drawing on paper, original techniques
Version: Original French / English version
Process: Colour
Target public: Teens, Adults, Family, Young adults
Directed by: Theodore USHEV
Production: ONF - OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA, Marc BERTRAND
Distribution: ONF - OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA, Elise LABBÉ
Based on: Guéorgui Gospodinov, Physique de la mélancolie
Script: Theodore Ushev
Animation: Theodore Ushev
Voice: Xavier Dolan, Theodore Ushev