The film FLYING WITH FINS, dedicated to the artist Alzek Misheff, will be presented at Academia Gallery
2025.10.30
On the occasion of the holidays of 1 November–National Awakeners' Day, and 3 November–patron saint day of the National Academy of Art and feast day of St Pimen Zografski, the National Academy of Art, with the assistance of the State Institute for Culture at the Minister of Foreign Affairs, presents the documentary Flying with Fins by director Maria Averina, dedicated to the life and creative path of the artist Alzek Misheff, Doctor Honoris Causa of the National Academy of Art.
The screening will take place on 11 November 2025 (Tuesday), 3:00 pm in Academia Gallery, National Academy of Art. The film will also be broadcast to the students at the Burgas Branch of the National Academy of Art. Afterwards, those present will have the opportunity to hold a discussion with the participation of Misheff himself.
The documentary is about Misheff's path – from his early years and his Painting studies at the Nikolai Pavlovich Higher Institute of Fine Arts, to his emigration to Italy in 1971 and his subsequent establishment as one of the brightest names of the European avant-garde, to his return to Bulgaria after decades of absence from his homeland.
The screening will take place on 11 November 2025 (Tuesday), 3:00 pm in Academia Gallery, National Academy of Art. The film will also be broadcast to the students at the Burgas Branch of the National Academy of Art. Afterwards, those present will have the opportunity to hold a discussion with the participation of Misheff himself.
The documentary is about Misheff's path – from his early years and his Painting studies at the Nikolai Pavlovich Higher Institute of Fine Arts, to his emigration to Italy in 1971 and his subsequent establishment as one of the brightest names of the European avant-garde, to his return to Bulgaria after decades of absence from his homeland.
FLYING WITH FINS
Bulgaria | 2023 | 81‘
Screenplay: Mariana Svetoslavova, Maria Averina
Director: Maria Averina
Cinematographer: Georgi Bogdanov, Boris Missirkov
Composer: Petar Dundakov
Production: AGITPROP – Martichka Bozhilova
With the support of: Bulgarian National Film Center
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