Who lit the Moon? Кой светна Луната?
Little Thelma More asks the question: “Who lit the Moon?” In response, her dear grandmother tells a magical tale in which we meet the witch Starla. While she is in a hurry to get home, Starla faces a number of challenges and learns useful things. How many numbers are on the clock? What are the letters of the alphabet? What flies in space? You will find all this in the dizzying adventure, suitable for both young and old! This is the debut animated film by director Maya Bocheva. Maya is a creator of animations and advertising clips, and this film is inspired by her book of the same name, which marks the beginning of a series of fairy tales with games. The book also has a digital version, rich in animation and interactive elements, winner of three international awards. With this film, Maya Bocheva is laying the foundation for future animation projects based on the books in the “This and That” series.
- Language Bulgarian
- Country Bulgaria
- Genre
- Producer Maya Vasileva Bocheva
- Cast Brambar studio, Diana Kostova, Evgeni Budinov, Ivan Berov, Lidia Mihova, Svetlana Smoleva, Viara Ivanova
- Year of creation 2024
- Duration 00:07:45
Creative biography On Maya Bocheva-Wiki Known by the creative pseudonym Wiki, Maya has already gained national recognition for illustration, as the winner of the Konstantin Konstantinov Children's Book Award for her author's work "What Time Is It? A Handbook for Time". She has also adapted the book into a digital format, enriched with animations and interactive elements, a project implemented with the support of the National Culture Fund. The digital book won first prize for an interactive project at the 36th edition of the Computer Space 2024 international festival. Maya's first author's digital book, "Who Lit the Moon?", has been honored with three international awards, including the Word Summit Awards, where Maya Bocheva was awarded first prize for Best Digital mContent in the Category Learning & education for the application "Who lit the Moon?"/"Who lit the Moon?" from the series "This-That", which represented Bulgaria and was selected among 178 countries from all over the world. The digital book is the first of its kind in our country and is rich in animation and interaction. Maya is an artist and director of the project. For the short animated film "Who lit the Moon?" Maya received a nomination for the Golden Rhyton 2024. 2017 - Sofia, Bulgaria, Computer Space - Audience Award for the animated film "Bobo and Robo" for the Elevator Safety Foundation. Artist, director and animator. 2005 - Sofia, Bulgaria, Nomination for Best Television Clip by the Bulgarian Marketing Association for four animated advertising clips for "Dairy Products Parshevitsa". Artist, director and animator. 2005 - Sofia, Bulgaria, First Audience Award at the New Bulgarian University Film Festival for "Dairy Products Parshevitsa" – artist, director and animator. 2002-2003 Balchik. Bulgaria - participation in the selection of the Student Film Festival in Balchik with "Space pirates" – game. Director, artist and animator. 2000 Sofia, Bulgaria, Nomination of the 10th anniversary international festival for computer arts "Computer Space" for the film: "Who Who?". Artist, director and animator. 2000 Participation in a festival in Tel Aviv with the film "Who Who?" - Artist, director and animator. With her multimedia series "This-That" Maya Bocheva is the winner of over 10 significant awards and actively participates in national and international exhibitions. The Regional Library "Sava Dobroplodni" in Sliven dedicated a large-scale exhibition of her entire work on the occasion of receiving the national award. Maya has a total of five solo exhibitions, carried out with the support of organizations such as Computer Space, the "Hristo Smirnenski" Regional Library in Haskovo and the Ministry of Culture. Among them are exhibitions inspired by the books "What Time Is It?" and the trilogy "Why Did the Bees Leave?", the latter of which has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Eurocon Award for representing Bulgaria at the international level for the book "How to Bring Back the Bees?". For this book, Maya has a nomination for children's author and illustrator in the prestigious "Konstantin Konstantinov" competition. Maya has also been awarded the "Literary Network for Children" award from the "Bulgarian Book" Association for her book "How to Bring Back the Bees?".
