Santiago
Bulgaria / Animation / 16’ / HD / Color / 2021
Somewhere in the North… A film about the friendship between a child and an old fisherman. Inspired by Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’.
Director: Andrey Koulev
Script: Andrey Koulev
Director of Photography: Andrey Koulev
Producer: Assia Kovanova
Musician: Petar Dundakov
Editing: Assia Kovanova
Animation: Apostol Stoyanov, Kalin Natchev
CV
Andrey Koulev is a film director, artist, screen writer and producer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Graduated from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts with a M.A. in film directing. Since 1996 he created a number of animated documentary and short feature films selected and awarded in many international and national festivals. Member of Union of Bulgarian Fine Artists and the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers. In 2016 he was a guest professor in animation at JAI University in Changchun.
Filmography
The Fool Moon
Poet and Pegasus
Line
The Piano Player
Love With Occasional Showers
Fishes Swimmers Boats
The Nights of a Lonely Messenger
Santiago
Festivals Attended
Sofia International Film Festival
Golden Rhyton Bulgarian Documentary and Animation Film Festival
Awards
Best Short - Sofia International Film Festival
Best Animation Film - Golden Rhyton Bulgarian Documentary and Animation Film Festival