Yelena KABANOVA
Елена КАБАНОВА
Elena KABANOVA
Russia, 2024, 32mn 
documentary
Arbuznaya kostochka
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Арбузная косточка

 

 Arbuznaya kostochka

 Le Pépin de pastèque

 
Directed by : Yelena KABANOVA (Елена КАБАНОВА)
Writing credits : Yelena KABANOVA (Елена КАБАНОВА)
Cinematography : Yelena KABANOVA (Елена КАБАНОВА), Kirill ZHUKOV (Кирилл ЖУКОВ)
Production design : Yelena KABANOVA (Елена КАБАНОВА)
Sound : Yelena KABANOVA (Елена КАБАНОВА)
Editing : Yelena KABANOVA (Елена КАБАНОВА)
Produced by : Valery TIMOSHCHENKO (Валерий ТИМОЩЕНКО)
 

Plot synopsis
A little girl wakes up among watermelons. She hears the voices of watermelons. These are stories about women, about their fears. “Le Pépin de watermelon” is an animated documentary about the fear of motherhood. It's a film about love, about the most sincere love, maternal love.
The film raises the question of the demographic crisis in Russia.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2025
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2022

Images
 
https://youtu.be/bfkDEnXBMmQ