The Physics of Sorrow

A film by Theodore Ushev

World premiere: 2019 Toronto International Film Festival

Awards

Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Short Film TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2019)

Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada (2019)

Best animation Prize – Les nouveaux alchimistes Festival du nouveau cinéma - FNC, Montreal, Canada (2019)

National Dada Award – Best Short Film in Les nouveaux alchimistes national competition Festival du nouveau cinéma - FNC, Montreal, Canada (2019)

Honourable Mention in the Best Canadian Short Film Category Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada (2019)

Golden Spike for Best Short Film Valladolid International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain (2019)

Mikeldi for Best Animation Short Film Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain (2019)

Prix Guy-L. Coté - meilleur film d'animation canadien Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada (2019)

Best Short Film Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival (FICA), Aguilar de Campoo, Spain (2019)

Best Animation Short Film Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival (FICA), Aguilar de Campoo, Spain (2019)

The Great Underestimated, Award of the Artistic Director Bogusław Zmudziński Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Krakow, Poland (2019)

Santa Lucia for Best International Animated Short Film Bogotá Short Film Festival – BOGOSHORTS, Bogotá, Colombia (2019)

Experimental Short Award Los Angeles Animation Festival, Los Angeles, USA (2019)

Best Short Animation Victoria Film Festival, Victoria, British Columbia (2020)

Best Short Animation Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montreal, Canada (2020)

Selections

Official Selection, Canada's Top Ten of 2019 TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2019)

Official Selection New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Hokkaido, Japan (2019)

Official Selection Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgique (2019)

Official Selection Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden (2019)

Official Selection Bucheon International Animation Festival, Bucheon, South Korea (2019)

Official Selection International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (2019)

Official Selection Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (2019)

Official Selection London International Animation Festival, London, UK (2019)

Official Selection Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – PÖFF, Tallinn, Estonia (2019)

Official Selection Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie – FICFA, Moncton, Nouveau Brunswick (2019)

Official Selection Minimalen Short Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway (2020)

Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2020)

Official Selection Anima, Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium (2020)

Official Selection Göteborg Film Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden (2020)

Official Selection Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Germany (2020)

Official Selection Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland (2020)

Official Selection Aspen Shortsfest, Aspen, Colorado (2020)

Official Selection Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb, Croatia (2020)

Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France (2020)

Official Selection Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada (2020)

Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film Prix Iris by Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada (2020)