Father's Letters
Best Short Animation
Alexey Evstigneev
France,
Animation,
Russian,
00:12:10
In 1934, Professor Vangengheim is condemned to the Gulag on the Solovki. As he pretends to be on a grand voyage of exploration, he crafts imaginative tales in letters to his daughter Eleonora, shielding her from the truth of his sentencing as a "traitor to the motherland”.
Film block:
ANIMATION / ON WAR, VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
- Language Russian
- Country France
- Genre Animation
- Scriptwriter Alexey Evstigneev
- Producer Clémence Crépin Neel, Igor Courtecuisse, Yanna Buryak
- Editor Catherine Aladenise
- Animation Daria Dorofeeva, Iuliia Voitova, Salomé Chatelain & Dmitriy Cherednichenko
- Year of creation 2024
- Duration 00:12:10
Born and brought up in Shatura, Russia. Graduated from Documentary Filmmaking at The Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) and Jiri Barta’ s animation atelier of University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. His graduation documentary film Golden Buttons premiered at Vision du Réel and won the IDFA Talent Award, before being selected and awarded at numerous festivals around the world. Alexey took also part in the CEE Animation Forum, Euro Connection, IDFA Talent Campus, Visions du Réel Lab, Talent Campus of the Fajr International Film Festival.
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