The Physics of Sorrow tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada. Click here to discover more titles from Get Animated! 2020.
Awards and distinctions
Audience award for Best of International Animation 2019/2020
International Weekend of Animation (POSTPONED), Wiesbaden
2021
Melhor Filme pelo júri popular
Lobo Fest- Festival internacional de filmes, Brasilia
2020
Prêmio do Júri de Melhor Animação
Lobo Fest- Festival internacional de filmes, Brasilia
2020
Rigo Mora Award
Festival internacional de cine, Guadalajara
2020
Animation Week Award
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Beijing
2020
Best Documentary Short- ex aequo with How To Fall In Love In A Pandemic directed by Michael-David McKernan
Independent Film Festival, Ridgefield
2020
Audience Award
International Short Film Festival, Vila do Conde
2020
Grand Prix
Krok International Animated Film Festival, Kiev
2020
Mr M. Audience Award
World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb
2020
Special Mention
World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb
2020
SIGNS AWARD in the Short film section
International Festival Signes de Nuit, Berlin
2020
Golden Horseman of the Audience International Competition
Filmfest - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
2020
Special International Jury Prize
International Animation Festival (ONLINE), Hiroshima
2020
Prix du public
Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia
2020
Grand Prix
Festival du film court en plein air, Grenoble
2020
Animation
Yorkton Film Festival (ONLINE), Yorkton
2020
Director Fiction
Yorkton Film Festival (ONLINE), Yorkton
2020
FIPRESCI Prize- awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics in the short films in official competition category
International Animated Film Festival (ONLINE), Annecy
2020
Annecy Crystal
International Animated Film Festival (ONLINE), Annecy
2020
Meilleur court métrage d'animation
Gala Québec Cinéma, Montréal
2020
Prix NETFLIX Canada
Gala Prends ça court, Montréal
2020
Prix Regard
Gala Prends ça court, Montréal
2020
Prix du meilleur court métrage d'animation de RVCQ
Gala Prends ça court, Montréal
2020
Meilleur court métrage d’animation- assorti d’une bourse de 1500 $ en argent remise par La Caisse de la Culture
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal
2020
Prix du public pour le meilleur court métrage
Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Brussels
2020
Prix de la Critique pour le meilleur court métrage (UPCB et UCC)
Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Brussels
2020
Mention spéciale
Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Brussels
2020
Best Short Animation
Film Festival, Victoria
2020
Audience Award - International Competition
Festival du court métrage / Minimalen, Trondheim
2020
Experimental Short
Animation Festival, Los Angeles
2019
Prix GUY.-L.-CÔTÉ remis au Meilleur film d’animation canadien
Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal
2019
Best Short Film
Short Film Festival, Aguilar de Campoo
2019
Best Animation Short Film
Short Film Festival, Aguilar de Campoo
2019
Saint Lucia for Best International Animated Short Film
Bogo Shorts- Short Film Festival, Bogota
2019
The Great Underestimated – the Award of the Artistic Director Boguslaw Zmudzinski
International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima", Cracow
2019
Mikeldi for Best Animation Short
International Festival of Documentary and Short Film - (Zinebi), Bilbao
2019
Golden Spike Award for Best Short Film
International Film Festival, Valladolid
2019
National Dada Award- Best short film in the Nouveaux alchimistes national competition ($5,000 in creative residency at Main Filmand $1,500 in cash from Mubi).
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montréal
2019
Best Animation Prize- Les nouveaux alchimistes
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montréal
2019
Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Short Film
International Film Festival, Vancouver
2019
Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation