Leonid SHMELKOV
Леонид ШМЕЛЬКОВ
Leonid CHMELKOV
Russia, 2018, 17mn 
Colour, animation
Lola, zhivaya kartochka
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Лола, живая картошка

 

 Lola, a Living Potato

 Lola, la patate vivante

 
Directed by : Leonid SHMELKOV (Леонид ШМЕЛЬКОВ)
Writing credits : Leonid SHMELKOV (Леонид ШМЕЛЬКОВ)
Artistic director : Leonid SHMELKOV (Леонид ШМЕЛЬКОВ)
Companies : School-studio 'SHAR', Amopix, Will Production
 
Site : animator.ru

Awards :
Best Feature Short Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2019
Best Animation film "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2019

Plot synopsis
Lola, a 6-year-old girl, lives with her mother and little brother in a very old country house. The house must be sold. Lola will have to give up the imaginary world she has created for herself in order to stay close to her deceased grandfather.
 

commentaries
Суздаль-2019: Анимация разбирается с родителями, Павел ШВЕДОВ, seance.ru, 2019
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Award-winning animated films from post-Soviet Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- Festival du film russe de Paris & Ile-de-France "Une autre Russie", Paris (France), 2021
- International Animated Film Festival of Brussels : Anima, Brussels (Belgium), 2020
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival : PÖFF, Tallinn (Estonia), 2019
- Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy (France), 2019
- Festival du film russe de Paris & Ile-de-France "Une autre Russie", Paris (France), 2019
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2019
- Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2019
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2019
- International Film Festival Zerkalo. Tarkovsky's Philosophy, Ivanovo (Russia), 2019

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