CineLebu Festival Internacional de Cine 2026: AFTER THE FIRE

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CineLebu Festival Internacional de Cine 2026

22 May 00:00
CLT (GMT-4)

29 May 23:59
CLT (GMT-4)

Deadline:

aprÈs l’incendie
AFTER THE FIRE Hristo Todorov

Apr-2025

18

20' French France

Disappointed of her life in Paris, Emma is ready to go back to her home country. But the morning before the flight she wants to fulfil her last Parisian dream – to make a photo shoot in front of Notre-Dame. And here something unexpected will happen…

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Category: Fiction Other

Genre: Art Comedy Drama Melodrama Other Psychological Romantic

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Director

Hristo Todorov

Bulgaria

Biofilmography

Born in Bulgaria in 1980, Hristo Todorov graduated from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia at the age of 22, with two specialties – Film Analysis and Film Directing.
Later he directed programs for Bulgarian TV channels and several institutional films. Hristo also edited 3 feature movies, 1 TV series, several documentaries and many trailers.
In early 2017, Hristo moved to Paris, where he started making short films as an independent director. At the end of 2025 his short films have the following background: “Après l’incendie” (2025) – 15 selections and 5 awards at festivals, “Embrasse-moi” (2024) – 52 selections and 16 awards, “Le petit contrat” (2020) – 22 selections and 4 awards, “S’il vous plait, Jane” (2018) – 11 selections and 1 award.
Hristo has also been a jury member of the following festivals: Des Images aux Mots 2026 (France), Viterbo Short 2025 (Italy), Basilicata International Film Festival 2025 and 2023 (Italy), Hendaia Film Festival 2023 (France), La Nuit du Court-Métrage en Haute-Provence 2022 (France).

Filmography (director):

« Après l'incendie » (After the Fire) 2025, fiction, 20 min, France

« Embrasse-moi » (Kiss Me) 2024, fiction, 12 min, France

« Le petit contrat » (A Little Contract) 2020, fiction, 20 min, France

« Je parle français » (I Speak French) 2019, documentary, 10 min, France

« L’ascenseur » (The Elevator) 2019, fiction, 9 min, France

« S’il vous plait, Jane » (Please, Jane) 2018, fiction, 3 min, France

« Russian Hunting » 2018, fiction, 6 min, France

« Lost in Time » 2018, fiction, 5 min, France

Cast & Crew

Irina Lytiak

Lead actor / actress

Noé Favre

Lead actor / actress

Tzetzegaré Santiago JimÉnez

Supporting actor / actress

Hristo Todorov

Scriptwriter

François Szabowski

Director of photography

Joris Hermy

Music soundtrack

Boris Vernis

Sound

Théo Lacombe

Production sound mixer

Dimitri Papadimitriou

Technician

Hristo Todorov

Color correction

Axelle Gonay

Color correction

Florian Velasco

Digital effects

Hristo Todorov

Film editor

Frédérique Marlot

Voice over

Ivelina Ivanova

Voice over

Selections

Selected

Festival Internazionale Cortometraggi Cortintelvi

June 2026

Italy

Selected

Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Di Pompei

June 2026

Italy

Selected

Festival Internacional De Cine Lebu // Ficil Bio Bio

May 2026

Chile

Selected

Camino Al Tlalocan

April 2026

Mexico

Prize

Utsav Film Festival

December 2025

India

Prize

Via Dei Corti - Festival Indipendente Di Cinema Breve

November 2025

Italy

Selected

Enkarzine

November 2025

Spain

Selected

Baixada Film Festival

November 2025

Brazil

Selected

Écran Libre

November 2025

Prize

Festival De Cine Internacional Aranda 1503

October 2025

Spain

Prize

Rani Durgavati International Film Festival

October 2025

India

Selected

Concurso Internacional Cortos De Murchante

September 2025

Spain

Selected

Festicini - International Independent Film Festival

September 2025

Brazil

Selected

Festival Internacional De Cine Pequeño

August 2025

Spain

Selected

Sicily International Short League

July 2025

Italy

Selected

Monfilmfestival

July 2025

Italy

Selected

Concurso De Cortometrajes Villa De Ayerbe

July 2025

Spain

Selected

Garda Cinema Film Festival

June 2025

#2 International Fiction

21
Films

331
Minutes

22 May
00:00 CLT

29 May
23:59 CLT

todo va a estar bien
César Adriazola Mieres

Cintia faces an emotional crossroads as she prepares a decisive conversation with her boyfriend. The atmosphere becomes more tense as the conversation progresses, reaching a breaking point.

todo va a estar bien

todo va a estar bien

8 min / Spanish / 2025

after the fire
Hristo Todorov

Disappointed of her life in Paris, Emma is ready to go back to her home country. But the morning before the flight she wants to fulfil her last Parisian dream – to make a photo shoot in front of..

aprÈs l’incendie

20 min / French / 2025

supersonics
Jordi Castejón

After six months of rehearsal and preparation, a group of people with intellectual disabilities, the "Supersonics", heads to the "Gavawood" talent show. The day of the performance becomes an..

20 min / Catalan / 2025

plague season
Gabriela Calvache

In a world where the balance between nature and humanity has been lost, a young girl is confined to her home, caring
for her dying mother. Outside, droughts and plagues relentlessly ravage the..

Época de plagas

15 min / Spanish / 2026

rock, paper, scissors
Miguel Ángel Olivares

Mateo is a famous writer who gathers his four best friends at his house in the country to spend the weekend. The initial joy of the reunion is quickly broken when Mateo proposes a game: during..

piedra, papel o tijera

rock, paper, scissors

18 min / Spanish / 2025

polygon x
Nestor Lopez

Some neighborhood soccer fields. “Frog” and his team feel humiliated by the Brazilians from
the neighboring neighborhood, who have been beating them for a while. But today, they won’t allow..

14 min / Spanish / 2025

paper cranes & blue frog
Chavo _

After learning the true story behind the Children’s Peace Monument,
a boy named Aki sets out for Hiroshima, driven by a need to see it with his own eyes.
Along the way, he meets a solitary woman,..

折り鶴と蒼い蛙

paper cranes & blue frog

20 min / Japanese / 2025

bicho
Nicolás Sequeira

t’s strange to sneak into other people’s houses at night and film them while they sleep, or to take family portraits and return them days later without anyone noticing. It’s strange not to have..

16 min / Spanish / 2025