40° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
ITALIAN SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
OLD TRICKS
by Edoardo Pasquini, Viktor Ivanov
Country: Bulgaria, Italy
Year: 2022
Duration: 6'
Grandma and Grandpa always loved their tranquil life in the apartment, enjoying the calm days, content. But in these times of isolation, where the difference between home and prison it’s hard to see, a long-forgotten feeling rises again: boredom. And boredom can be a very dangerous matter… If you add the sweet, caring hatred that naturally builds up during such a long marriage, it comes with no surprise that Grandma and Grandpa decided to start The Challenge: the score is set with chalk on a blackboard, like in the old days; wife versus husband, woman versus man, a battle to score 10 points, a battle to trick death itself.
Biography
film director
Viktor Ivanov
(Sofia, Bulgaria) Writer and director based in Sofia, working elsewhere most of the time. He directed short films, music videos and ads in Italy, France, the UK, Croatia and Bulgaria. He is currently working on his debut feature film set in three different regions in the Balkans.
FILMOGRAFIA
Death of the Wasp (cm, 2018), Girls: Sequoia Adventures (coregia Viktor Ivanov, cm, 2018), Locomotion (cm, 2018), Clapper (cm, 2019), Soundboys (coregia Viktor Ivanov, cm, 2020), Isaac (coregia Audrey Biche, cm, 2021), Bamboo (coregia Manuel Vitali, cm, 2021), Lunghi Cammini (coregia Manuel Vitali, cm, 2021), The Main Course (cm, 2022), Soundboys: at the river (cm, 2022), Old Tricks (coregia Viktor Ivanov, cm, 2022).
Edoardo Pasquini
FILMOGRAFIA
Death of the Wasp (cm, 2018), Girls: Sequoia Adventures (coregia Viktor Ivanov, cm, 2018), Locomotion (cm, 2018), Clapper (cm, 2019), Soundboys (coregia Viktor Ivanov, cm, 2020), Isaac (coregia Audrey Biche, cm, 2021), Bamboo (coregia Manuel Vitali, cm, 2021), Lunghi Cammini (coregia Manuel Vitali, cm, 2021), The Main Course (cm, 2022), Soundboys: at the river (cm, 2022), Old Tricks (coregia Viktor Ivanov, cm, 2022).
Declaration
film director
“Old Tricks is a comedy born from the pure pleasure one feels observing a wrinkled old couple playing with death; a death that could strike them at any moment, even during filming (which fortunately did not happen). The production forced the Covid context as ‘trendy’”.
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Edoardo Pasquini, Viktor Ivanov. SCREENPLAY, FILM EDITING: Edoardo Pasquini. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Boris Mitrev. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Stamena Stoeva. COSTUME DESIGN: Hristina Hristova. MUSIC: Viola Pasquini. SOUND: Konstantin Vasilev. CAST: Cvetana Ivanova, Taki Pernishki. PRODUCERS: Edoardo Pasquini, Viktor Ivanov, Dessy Tenekedjieva. PRODUCTION: Nova Film Ltd.
CONTACT:
Giulio Mastromauro distribuzione.zenmovie@gmail.com
