Dina VELIKOVSKAYA
Дина ВЕЛИКОВСКАЯ
Dina VELIKOVSKAIA
Russia, 2011, 9mn 
Colour, animation
My Strange Grand-Father
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Мой странный дедушка

 

 Mon étrange grand-père

 Moy strannyy dedushka

 
Directed by : Dina VELIKOVSKAYA (Дина ВЕЛИКОВСКАЯ)
Writing credits : Dina VELIKOVSKAYA (Дина ВЕЛИКОВСКАЯ)
Cinematography : Aleksandr VERTYAKOV (Александр ВЕРТЯКОВ)
Production design : Dina VELIKOVSKAYA (Дина ВЕЛИКОВСКАЯ)
Music : Mariya GUTNIK (Мария ГУТНИК), Yevgeni KADIMSKY (Евгений КАДИМСКИЙ)
Sound : Yevgeni KADIMSKY (Евгений КАДИМСКИЙ)
Production : VGIK
 

Awards :
Best Puppet Film Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2012
Diploma International Animated Films Festival "KROK", Kiev (Ukraine), 2012
Best Animation film Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, St Petersburg (Russia), 2012
Best Animation film International Film Festival VGIK, Moscow (Russia), 2011

Plot synopsis
A creative person often seems incongruous, funny, slightly mad. Even his nearest and dearest do not always understand him and often feel ashamed. But he is capable of working real miracles just out of garbage.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- BCF. The Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2023
- Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg (Switzerland), 2021
- Montreal International Film Festival for Children, Montreal (Canada), 2019
- Russian Art Festival, Cannes (France), 2019
- Festival Fantasia, Montreal (Canada), 2016
- 'Il Cinema Ritrovato' Festival, Bologna (Italy), 2014
- The Russian Masters, Montreal (Canada), 2012
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2012
- International Short film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen (Germany), 2012
- International Leipzig Festival for documentary and animated film, Leipzig (Germany), 2012
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2012
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2012
- BCF. The Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2012
- Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, St Petersburg (Russia), 2012
- Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2012
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2012
- International Family Film Festival, Yekaterinburg (Russia), 2012
- Short Film Festival "ARTkino", Moscow (Russia), 2012
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2012
- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2012
- International Festival of Muslim Cinema, Kazan (Russia), 2012
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2012
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2012
- International Animated Films Festival "KROK", Kiev (Ukraine), 2012
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2012
- International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools, “Kinoproba”, Yekaterinburg (Russia), 2011
- International Film Festival VGIK, Moscow (Russia), 2011