Schroedinger's Man
In the midst of an existential crisis, Y. ostracizes himself to live the rest of his days in solitude, locked in an underground bunker with a system designed to euthanize him at a random time. Both dead and alive, his fragile peace is shattered by a series of apparitions - symbols of the very things that make us human in the first place.
- Language Bulgarian
- Country Bulgaria
- Genre Surrealism, Philosophical, Psychological Thriller, Romance
- Producer Irina Gurova
- Cast Borislav Chouchkov, Georgi Grozev, Irmena Chichikova, Viktor Chouchkov
- Year of creation 2025
- Duration 00:15:00
Asparuh Frangov is a film director and visual artist based in Bulgaria and the USA. After several smaller projects, his first no-budget short film The Address (2016) was selected as part of the 14th In The Palace ISFF (2016) and screened in four cities across Bulgaria, as well as in the US as part of Bedford Falls IFF (2020). His second no-budget film, A Shadow Confined (2020) - a loose adaptation of F.M. Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment - was selected for and won accolades in three festivals worldwide: CineLibri (Sofia, Bulgaria - Special Jury Prize), Neo-South IFF (Johor Bahru, Malaysia - Best Short Film, Best Direction, Best Cinematography), and MICEA'20 (San Juan, Puerto Rico - Special Jury Prize). He took part of the Youth Jury of the 19th Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) and interned at the Bulgarian National Film Archive, participated in the Film Spring Open workshops in Krakow, Poland (2017), and was part of the selection jury of Art Is Alive IFF (2019) (New York City, USA). He retains a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Sofia University “St. Kliment of Ohrid”. Most recently, he has worked on the feature film Block (2023) dir. Todor Matsanov as a still photographer and editor; in the art department of Devil’s Play (2025) dir. Ben Charles Edwards, Don’t Close Your Eyes (2025) dir. Nikolay Egermann, and Mirror Touch (Short, 2022) dir. Roman Pessarov. He is a freelance Production Designer and Prop Artist, working with some of Bulgaria’s most popular music outfits like Grafa, Molec, Dara Ekimova and Mihaela Fileva, as well as in commercials for brands including Audemars Piguet, Grammarly, JPMorgan, Coach and others. He currently teaches a class on filmmaking in Sofia, Bulgaria.
