Thorn in the Eye / Tryn v okoto (Трън в окото) / Trn v očesu

Lydia Tsvetkova, Viktoria Panova (NBU New Bulgarian University)
2025, Bulgaria, 03’22’’

There is a simple gardener – an ordinary man who is never content. No matter how vibrant his flowers bloom, something always feels wrong. To him, there is always a flaw: a thorn out of place.

Živi preprost vrtnar - navaden človek, ki ni nikoli zadovoljen. Ne glede na to, kako živahno cvetijo njegove rože, se mu vedno zdi, da je nekaj narobe. Zanj vedno obstaja neka napaka: trn, ki kazi popolnost.

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Language: Bulgarian
Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Puppet animation

Team

Script: Mihaela Naydenova
Animation: Lydia Tsvetkova, Viktoria Panova
Storyboard: Hristiya Tapanova
Puppet: Viktoria Panova, Mihaela Naydenova
Sets: Adrian Sanchez
Editing, compositing: Viktoria Panova, Lydia Tsvetkova
Sound design: Dimityr Benkov, Mihaela Naydenova, Nikolay Yanev, Yoana Shopova
Production: Vesela Dantcheva (New Bulgarian University)

Viktoria Panova and Lydia Tsvetkova

are university students from Bulgaria. They have worked together before, but this is their first major project. Their shared love for cinema and animation brought us together, and since then, Viktoria and Lydia have been collaborating closely to bring their creative visions to life.