Gloria Victoria

Director: Theodore Ushev Country: Canada Year: 2013 Length: 7' Genre: animated Screenplay: Theodore Ushev Editing: Theodore Ushev Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Sound design: Olivier Calvert Producer: Marc Bertrand Other: animation: Theodore Ushev

Gloria Victoria unfolds on the still-smouldering rubble of a furious 20th century. Its music is at once a symphony that serves the war machine and stirs the masses, as well as art that mourns the dead, voices its outrage and calls for peace.