Directing
Zdenka Doitcheva
Born — Died
1926-08-22 — 2020-02-01
Place of birth
Terezín u Čejče, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Czech-Bulgarian film director of animated films. Doitcheva directed about 50 animated films, many of which participated in festivals of animated and short films in Europe and worldwide. At the beginning of her career she created mainly films for children, but over time she was drawn to stories with grotesque and allegorical character. Doitcheva has won many awards, including the prize for Best Short Film in Adelaide in 1968, the Golden Record for Children's Movies from Tehran 1970, and the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film in Cannes 1974 for the film Aquarium.
Known for
10.0A man falls in a hole on his walk, he sees another person walking on the same path and makes sure he's not the only one to get injured.
The Hole
1966
10.0Two neighbors play backgammon with such passion that they don't notice anything happening around them.
Passion
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
When Snow Flakes Covered All Over
1982
9.0At night, a little mouse wanders around the nursery. The mouse nibbles at the fringe on the carpet and the trash can. And then there's the hazelnut. It gets up on the table and sees a pencil-very suitable for nibbling. The pencil asks him to wait - it wants to draw something for the last time. First the cheese is drawn, then the apple is added, and then the sausage. But when the pencil adds a mustache to the drawing, it turns out that it is a cat. The mouse is afraid and runs away.
A Mouse and a Pencil
1958
6.5The film consists of 12 miniatures, each based on one of the signs of the zodiac.
Horoscope
1974
7.3An animated short film.
Aquarium
1973
Behind the camera
10.0A man falls in a hole on his walk, he sees another person walking on the same path and makes sure he's not the only one to get injured.
The Hole
1966
10.0Two neighbors play backgammon with such passion that they don't notice anything happening around them.
Passion
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
When Snow Flakes Covered All Over
1982
9.0At night, a little mouse wanders around the nursery. The mouse nibbles at the fringe on the carpet and the trash can. And then there's the hazelnut. It gets up on the table and sees a pencil-very suitable for nibbling. The pencil asks him to wait - it wants to draw something for the last time. First the cheese is drawn, then the apple is added, and then the sausage. But when the pencil adds a mustache to the drawing, it turns out that it is a cat. The mouse is afraid and runs away.
A Mouse and a Pencil
1958
9.0At night, a little mouse wanders around the nursery. The mouse nibbles at the fringe on the carpet and the trash can. And then there's the hazelnut. It gets up on the table and sees a pencil-very suitable for nibbling. The pencil asks him to wait - it wants to draw something for the last time. First the cheese is drawn, then the apple is added, and then the sausage. But when the pencil adds a mustache to the drawing, it turns out that it is a cat. The mouse is afraid and runs away.
A Mouse and a Pencil
1958
6.5The film consists of 12 miniatures, each based on one of the signs of the zodiac.
Horoscope
1974
7.3An animated short film.
Aquarium
1973
Animated. Two little drawn figures. On one of them, the little artist has forgotten to draw a mouth, which is why it always looks gloomy and angry. The second figure, by contrast, is always smiling and cheers everyone up. The unfinished figure cannot stand the cheerful one. It chases the cheerful figure and destroys all the improvised instruments that the other plays. In its fury, the he unfinished figure even goes so far as to try to hang the cheerful figure, but even then the latter does not lose its composure. At this point, the little artist remembers that they have not finished their drawing and gives the Unfinished One a mouth. The next moment, a joyful laugh rings out, the noose comes undone, and the two begin to play happily together.
THE UNFINISHED FIGURE
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NRAnimated. An adventure in a bathtub at home, which the young protagonist’s imagination transforms into the ocean floor.
THE YOUNG SCUBA DIVER
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NRAnimated. A film dedicated to athletes. Its protagonist is a new, naïve, and well-intentioned football, which idealizes the players. But when it finds itself among them in the heat of the game, it discovers how roughly and unfairly they treat one another. Amid the confusion, the football unnoticed leaves the field, sits down in the deserted stands, and begins to boo the players.
THE SOCCER BALL
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