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Andrey Paounov Retrospective

A.Paounov retrospective presented by A. Kanceravičiūtė, film critic
Andrey Paounov. Post-communist grotesque, hope and other flying objects

"Georgi and the Butterflies" by A. Paounov

Lucy Tsak Tsak
(Bulgaria, 2001, 2 min.)

2000: A Documentary Science Fiction
(2000: Dokumentalna fantastika, Bulgaria, 2008, 7 min.)

Three Sisters and Andrey
(Tri sestri i Andrey, Bulgaria, Germany, 2009, 14 min.)

Georgi and the Butterflies
(Georgi i peperudite, Bulgaria, 2004, 60 min.)

The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories
(Problemat s komarite i drugi istorini, Bulgaria, Germany, 2004, 100 min.)

The Boy Who Was a King
(Bulgaria, Germany, 2011, 90 min.)

Director and scriptwriter Andrey Paounov was born in 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a bartender in Prague, a cook in Washington DC, a gardener in Toronto, a boom operator in New York, and an accounting clerk in San Francisco. In June 2000 Andrey Paounov graduated from the Bulgarian National Academy for Theater and Film Arts (NATFIZ). He is a well known documentary director, winning the Silver Wolf at IDFA in 2004 for his debut feature Georgi and the Butterflies. His second feature The Mosquito Problem and other stories was included in the 46th International Critic's Week of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

Filmography

Lucy Tsak Tsak (2001)
Georgi and the Butterflies / Georgi i peperudite (2004)
The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories / Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii (2007)
2000: A Documentary Science Fiction / 2000: Dokumentalna fantastika (2008)
Three Sisters and Andrey / Tri sestri i Andrey (2009)
he Boy Who Was a King (2011)