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The Physics of Sorrow

Theodore Ushev
2019 | 27 min

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The Physics of Sorrow tracks 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.

Awards and distinctions

  • Audience award for Best of International Animation 2019/2020
    International Weekend of Animation (POSTPONED), Wiesbaden
    2021
  • Melhor Filme pelo júri popular
    Lobo Fest- Festival internacional de filmes, Brasilia
    2020
  • Prêmio do Júri de Melhor Animação
    Lobo Fest- Festival internacional de filmes, Brasilia
    2020
  • Rigo Mora Award
    Festival internacional de cine, Guadalajara
    2020
  • Animation Week Award
    Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Beijing
    2020
  • Best Documentary Short- ex aequo with How To Fall In Love In A Pandemic directed by Michael-David McKernan
    Independent Film Festival, Ridgefield
    2020
  • Audience Award
    International Short Film Festival, Vila do Conde
    2020
  • Grand Prix
    Krok International Animated Film Festival, Kiev
    2020
  • Mr M. Audience Award
    World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb
    2020
  • Special Mention
    World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb
    2020
  • SIGNS AWARD in the Short film section
    International Festival Signs of the Night, Berlin
    2020
  • Golden Horseman of the Audience International Competition
    Filmfest - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
    2020
  • Special International Jury Prize
    International Animation Festival (ONLINE), Hiroshima
    2020
  • Prix du public
    Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia
    2020
  • Grand Prix
    Festival du film court en plein air, Grenoble
    2020
  • Animation
    Yorkton Film Festival (ONLINE), Yorkton
    2020
  • Director Fiction
    Yorkton Film Festival (ONLINE), Yorkton
    2020
  • FIPRESCI Prize- awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics in the short films in official competition category
    International Animated Film Festival (ONLINE), Annecy
    2020
  • Annecy Crystal
    International Animated Film Festival (ONLINE), Annecy
    2020
  • Meilleur court métrage d'animation
    Gala Québec Cinéma, Montréal
    2020
  • Prix NETFLIX Canada
    Gala Prends ça court, Montréal
    2020
  • Prix Regard
    Gala Prends ça court, Montréal
    2020
  • Prix du meilleur court métrage d'animation de RVCQ
    Gala Prends ça court, Montréal
    2020
  • Meilleur court métrage d’animation- assorti d’une bourse de 1500 $ en argent remise par La Caisse de la Culture
    Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal
    2020
  • Prix du public pour le meilleur court métrage
    Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Brussels
    2020
  • Prix de la Critique pour le meilleur court métrage (UPCB et UCC)
    Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Brussels
    2020
  • Mention spéciale
    Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Brussels
    2020
  • Best Short Animation
    Film Festival, Victoria
    2020
  • Audience Award - International Competition
    Festival du court métrage / Minimalen, Trondheim
    2020
  • Experimental Short
    Animation Festival, Los Angeles
    2019
  • Prix GUY.-L.-CÔTÉ remis au Meilleur film d’animation canadien
    Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal
    2019
  • Best Short Film
    Short Film Festival, Aguilar de Campoo
    2019
  • Best Animation Short Film
    Short Film Festival, Aguilar de Campoo
    2019
  • Saint Lucia for Best International Animated Short Film
    Bogo Shorts- Short Film Festival, Bogota
    2019
  • The Great Underestimated – the Award of the Artistic Director Boguslaw Zmudzinski
    International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima", Cracow
    2019
  • Mikeldi for Best Animation Short
    International Festival of Documentary and Short Film - (Zinebi), Bilbao
    2019
  • Golden Spike Award for Best Short Film
    International Film Festival, Valladolid
    2019
  • National Dada Award- Best short film in the Nouveaux alchimistes national competition ($5,000 in creative residency at Main Filmand $1,500 in cash from Mubi).
    Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montréal
    2019
  • Best Animation Prize- Les nouveaux alchimistes
    Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montréal
    2019
  • Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Short Film
    International Film Festival, Vancouver
    2019
  • Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation
    International Animation Festival, Ottawa
    2019
  • Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Short Film
    International Film Festival, Toronto
    2019