Mark & Verse is a film project throwing a bridge between poetry and animation. It visually interprets 6 original contemporary Bulgarian poems, each told in a different manner. Animation has no limits and very much like poetry renders visual symbols and metaphors powerful. Stories of doomed paper boats, intimate links to film genres, petty morning crimes, ice-cream hopes, urban moods, and industrial revelations are interwoven in this visual poetry experience.
photo: A Petty Morning Crime, dir. Asparuh Petrov
Director: Ivan Bogdanov, Boris Pramatarov, Dmitry Yagodin, Asparuh Petrov, Milen Vitanov, Boris Despodov
Original Idea: Vessela Dantcheva
Script: Dimitar Voev, Kaloyan Pramatarov, Dilyan Elenkov, Georgi Gospodinov
Animation: Dalibor Rajninger, Boris Despodov, Mandy Geuskens, Boris Pramatarov, Asparuh Petrov, Atanas Filipov, Dmitry Yagodin
Music: Peter Dundakov, Andrea Martignoni, Vensan Mazmanyan, Nikolay Mihaylov, Samuel Pocreau
Cast: Pavel Terziyski, Georgi Gospodinov, Harry Anichkin, Yana Hadjikostova, Ivan Moskov, Aleksander Naidenov, Tavis Preston
Production: Vessela Dantcheva – Compote Collective
With the support of Bulgarian National Film Center
Duration: 22 min
Original Idea: Vessela Dantcheva
Script: Dimitar Voev, Kaloyan Pramatarov, Dilyan Elenkov, Georgi Gospodinov
Animation: Dalibor Rajninger, Boris Despodov, Mandy Geuskens, Boris Pramatarov, Asparuh Petrov, Atanas Filipov, Dmitry Yagodin
Music: Peter Dundakov, Andrea Martignoni, Vensan Mazmanyan, Nikolay Mihaylov, Samuel Pocreau
Cast: Pavel Terziyski, Georgi Gospodinov, Harry Anichkin, Yana Hadjikostova, Ivan Moskov, Aleksander Naidenov, Tavis Preston
Production: Vessela Dantcheva – Compote Collective
With the support of Bulgarian National Film Center
Duration: 22 min