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DISTURBIA

DISTURBIA

DISTURBIA

Animation, Short, Experimental, dystopia, surrealism, black humor, absurdity, fantasy

Bulgaria

2024

Runtime, min

6

Before our very eyes a strange human-bird hybrid undergoes constant transformation to cope with the omnipresent tensions of economical, ideological, military, and climatic threats.
Mira Yankova

Director:

Mira Yankova

Film Reel
Film Reel
Film Reel

Selections and Awards:

Tampere Film Festival Tampere March 5, 2025 European premiere International Competition Finland Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival Gran Canaria April 30, 2025 Spanish premiere Official Section Spain Huesca International Film Festival Huesca June 7, 2025 Official Section Spain Mecal Pro 2025, 27th Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival Barcelona July 5, 2025 Official Selection Spain In The Palace Pernik June 30, 2025 Special program Bulgaria Animist Tallinn Tallinn August 21, 2025 Official Selection Estonia Odense International Film Festival Odense August 26, 2025 Official Selection Denmark World Festival of Animated Film Varna Varna September 4, 2025 Official Selection Bulgaria LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival Kyiv October 4, 2025 Official Selection Ukraine ANIMEST Bucarest International Animation Film Festival Bucarest October 10, 2025 Official Selection Romania Linz International Short Film Festival Linz October 10, 2025 Official Selection Austria ReAnimania Int. Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan Yerevan October 19, 2025 International Competition Armenia Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival Banja Luka Grand Competition Program Bosnia and Herzegovina Montecatini International Short Film Festival Montecatini terme November 7, 2025 Italian Premiere Official Selection Italy 37 Girona Film Festival Girona Official Selection Spain Exground Filmfest Weisbaden November 20, 2025 Official Selection Germany

REVIEWS:

It’s a powerful metaphor for adaptation. The hybrid shifts shape to survive in an aggressive environment but loses its human form. A sad story about the loss of the Self under social pressure.

Álvaro Layouni

I didn't get it at all. Bird-people, bombs, syringes... Everything is flashing, there's no coherent story. Just a collection of weird images that give me a headache.

David Jilla

It’s like Hieronymus Bosch paintings coming to life, but in the era of late capitalism. The grotesque hybrids on the poster perfectly capture the essence of modern neurosis. Bold and uncomfortable.

Alan Martinez

Boring. Yes, the animation is unusual, but watching 6 minutes of metamorphoses without dialogue or a clear protagonist is an ordeal. Style clearly won over substance here.

Harper Gagné

The color palette is fire. The combination of red, blue, and B&W graphics works on contrast. The scene with the cloud-head and the Arc de Triomphe looks like a cool zine came to life.

Cristina Forero

There's too much noise in the film, but the shot with the man on the blue ball balancing birds is genius. If the whole film were this clean and metaphorical, it would be better.

Federico Passero

Cool! Sharp, tough, emotional. I was particularly struck by the process of connecting with oneself. How things can be crooked, askew, and awkward. But most importantly, the finding of one's harmonious wholeness. Thank you!

Live Screenings Attendee

Great black comedy! The moment with the red button and the bombs is spot on. The director mocks our obsession with war and threats, turning it into a visual farce.

Jérémie Nori

This film is a pure visualization of my doomscrolling at 3 AM. Chaos, UFOs, ecology, it’s all mixed up. Very relatable, this is exactly what anxiety feels like.

Irina Charlet

I liked the fluidity of the transformations. The way the human morphs into a bird and back is very technically done. But the style is an acquired taste, the line work is too "dirty"

Mercedes Freire

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