Zoya TROFIMOVA
Зоя ТРОФИМОВА
Zoïa TROFIMOVA
France / Russia, 2021, 18mn 
Blue Lion
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Синий лев

 

 Le Lion bleu

 Siniy lev

 
Directed by : Zoya TROFIMOVA (Зоя ТРОФИМОВА)
Production : IMAKA film
 

Awards :
First prize Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2022

Plot synopsis
A lonely peasant welcomes home a distressed kitten who one day becomes the big blue lion. But the villagers are afraid, they are suspicious of this creepy-looking stranger and chase him away. The peasant and his animals travel the world to find a place to put their house.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Journées cinématographiques, Saint Denis (France), 2023
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2023
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2022
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2022
- Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2022
- Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Historians of Russia, Moscow (Russia), 2022
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2022
- Festival international du film de La Roche sur Yon, La Roche sur Yon (France), 2021

Photos and videos
 

LION BLEU trailer from IMAKA FILMS on Vimeo.