HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Bulgaria
| 2025
| 15 min.
| Animation

Script: Dimitra Mircheva, Mariana Krasteva

Directors: Lachezar Velinov, Maya Bocheva

Animation Artist: Mariana Krasteva

Animation: Stefan Frenkev, Maria Avramova, Anna-Maria Petrova, Vasil Dikov, Polymation,

Infinity Animation, Dmitri Glinin, Natalia Shchetinina, Anton Kapustyan

Production: Zografik Film – Lachezar Velinov, Tanya Assova

Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

Contacts: www.zographic.com, [email protected], 00359889715657

When the king and queen of a small kingdom realize they cannot have a child of their own, they embark on a perilous journey to find one. They face many obstacles but never lose hope. Along the way, they meet Foxy, whose help leads them to the little girl destiny has chosen for them – and together, they become a truly united family.

 

LACHEZAR VELINOV is a PhD student at the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, producer and director of animation films, founder of the Association of the Bulgarian animation producers. He has directed the shorts Illuminer and How it all began.  Illuminer has been awarded by the New York Animation Film Awards and Australia Animation Film Festival AniMate.

 

MAYA BOCHEVA (pen name Wiki) is a Bulgarian illustrator, animator, and children’s book author. She is the co-founder of TAT Creative Publishing, a company specializing in the creation of interactive children’s books and games. In 2018, she won the national ‘Konstantin Konstantinov’ Award in the Illustrator category for her personal project from the This and That series.