Natalya CHERNYSHEVA
Наталья ЧЕРНЫШЕВА
Natalia TCHERNYCHEVA
Russia, 2012, 5.42mn 
Colour, animation
Snowflake
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Снежинка

 

 Flocon de neige

 Snezhnika

 
Directed by : Natalya CHERNYSHEVA (Наталья ЧЕРНЫШЕВА)
Writing credits : Natalya CHERNYSHEVA (Наталья ЧЕРНЫШЕВА)
Production design : Natalya CHERNYSHEVA (Наталья ЧЕРНЫШЕВА)
Produced by : Vladimir GASSIYEV (Владимир ГАССИЕВ)
 
Site : animator.ru
Awards :
First prize Festival international de cinéma d'animation de Meknes : FICAM, Meknes (Morocco), 2013
Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Prize Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2013
Special Prize Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2013
Best Animation film Open Film Festival for students and beginners, Moscow (Russia), 2013
Special Jury prize "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2013
Diploma International Animated Films Festival "KROK", Kiev (Ukraine), 2012
Best First Animation Film International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools, “Kinoproba”, Yekaterinburg (Russia), 2012
Plot synopsis
Once a little African boy got a letter. In the letter he found a snowflake made of paper. He liked it so much that he wished to see it in reality as he wondered what real snow looks like.
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Award-winning animated films from post-Soviet Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- Animated films without words, (kinoglaz.fr), 2024
- Movie Night, Different cities (Russia), 2024
- My first Festival, Paris (France), 2023
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2021
- Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg (Switzerland), 2021
- My first Festival, Paris (France), 2020
- Days of Russian cinema, Aix les Bains (France), 2018
- International Mountain Film Festival, Autrans (France), 2014
- 'Il Cinema Ritrovato' Festival, Bologna (Italy), 2014
- Middle East International Film Festival : MEIFF, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), 2014
- Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Pesaro (Italy), 2013
- Festival international de cinéma d'animation de Meknes : FICAM, Meknes (Morocco), 2013
- Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2013
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013
- International Short and Animation Film Festival OPEN CINEMA, St Petersburg (Russia), 2013
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2013
- International Film Festival Zerkalo. Tarkovsky's Philosophy, Ivanovo (Russia), 2013
- Open Film Festival for students and beginners, Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Festival des Films de Russie et d'Ailleurs, Geneva - Lausanne (Switzerland), 2013
- International Leipzig Festival for documentary and animated film, Leipzig (Germany), 2012
- BCF. The Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2012
- International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools, “Kinoproba”, Yekaterinburg (Russia), 2012
- International Animated Films Festival "KROK", Kiev (Ukraine), 2012
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2012
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