Bull's Heart

Synopsis

Father, son, his beloved, heat, summer, night. A small male world, unusually tender and vulnerable, like the whole life of migrants in big cities. In addition to the difficult conditions of life and work, sometimes there is another context that remains in the shadows: love must be hidden. Especially when it comes to queer love.

A production of Margarita Bagdasaryan in co-production with Sister Films, Bakehouse Productions, Voices Films

Crew

Writer: Michael Borodin
Co-writers: Margarita Bagdasaryan, Cecile Gabeskiria
Director: Margarita Bagdasaryan
Producers: Margarita Bagdasaryan, Michael Borodin, Alya Lugovaya, Konstantin Korobkin, Margarita Amineva-Jester
Cinematographer: Nikita Lychev
Editors: Sasha Putsyato, Margarita Bagdasaryan
Sound Design: Stanislav Paushev-Neznakomov
Sound: Yaroslav Redkin, Stephan Orlov, Ivan Shirshov, Yuliya Shirokova, Ivan Savelyev
Color Grading: Anton Zimmerman
Set Design : Anna Muksunova
Casting: Varvara Babieva
Music: Yancitygirl

Cast

Sanzhar Iuldoshev, Seydulla Moldahanov, Illarion Marov, Nadezhda Lertulo

Sales / Distribution

Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg

Awards

Nomination for the German Short Film Award, Germany, 2024
Special Mention at Achtung Berlin, Germany, 2024

Festivals

14th Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival, UK
24th Concorto Film Festival, Italy
18th KurzFilmFestivalKöln, Germany
37th exground Filmfest, Germany
20th Lago Film Fest, Italy
10th International Festival Signs of the Night, Thailand
35. Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, Germany
47th Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway,
26th Junges Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Mo&Friese, Germany
18th XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, Germany
20th Achtung Berlin, Germany
27th Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam, Netherlands
53rd Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands