Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer,
Production designer,
Editor
Born 1987, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Aleksey TSITSILIN
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Алексей ЦИЦИЛИН
Alekseï TSITSILINE
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2023 - Ruslan and Ludmila. More than a Fairy Tale (Руслан и Людмила. Больше, чем сказка) [animation]
2022 - The Snow Queen & The Princess (Снежная королева: Разморозка) [animation, 75 mn]
2021 - Secret Magic Control Agency (Ганзель, Гретель и Агентство Магии) [animation, 104 mn]
2019 - The Power of Knowledge ( “Snow Queen: Keepers of Miracles” series) (Сила знаний (сериал ; "Снежная Королева ; Хранители Чудес")) [animation, 12 mn]
2018 - The Snow Queen : Mirrorlands (Снежная Королева, Зазеркалье) [animation, 80 mn]
2016 - The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (Снежная королева 3. Огонь и лед) [animation, 89 mn]
2014 - The Snow Queen 2 (Снежная королева 2: Перезаморозка) [animation, 80 mn]
 
Writer
2023 - Ruslan and Ludmila. More than a Fairy Tale (Руслан и Людмила. Больше, чем сказка) from Vladimir_3 NIKOLAEV , Aleksey TSITSILIN , Aleksey ZAMYSLOV [animation]
2022 - The Snow Queen & The Princess (Снежная королева: Разморозка) from Andrey KORENKOV , Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 75 mn]
2021 - Secret Magic Control Agency (Ганзель, Гретель и Агентство Магии) from Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 104 mn]
2019 - The Power of Knowledge ( “Snow Queen: Keepers of Miracles” series) (Сила знаний (сериал ; "Снежная Королева ; Хранители Чудес")) from Andrey KORENKOV , Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 12 mn]
2018 - The Snow Queen : Mirrorlands (Снежная Королева, Зазеркалье) from Robert LENCE , Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 80 mn]
2018 - Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal (Волки и Овцы: Ход Свиньей) from Vladimir_3 NIKOLAEV [animation, 75 mn]
2016 - The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (Снежная королева 3. Огонь и лед) from Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 89 mn]
2014 - The Snow Queen 2 (Снежная королева 2: Перезаморозка) from Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 80 mn]
 
Cinematographer
2018 - The Snow Queen : Mirrorlands (Снежная Королева, Зазеркалье) from Robert LENCE , Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 80 mn]
2014 - The Snow Queen 2 (Снежная королева 2: Перезаморозка) from Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 80 mn]
 
Production designer
2021 - Secret Magic Control Agency (Ганзель, Гретель и Агентство Магии) from Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 104 mn]
 
Editor
2018 - The Snow Queen : Mirrorlands (Снежная Королева, Зазеркалье) from Robert LENCE , Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 80 mn]
2016 - The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (Снежная королева 3. Огонь и лед) from Aleksey TSITSILIN [animation, 89 mn]
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Secret Magic Control Agency :
Best Animation film, Russian Film Week in London, London (United Kingdom), 2021

Biography
Born in 1987 in Voronezh (Russia), he started as editor and then joined the animation studio Wizart Animation. In 2012, he worked as co-writer, editor, director of photography and layout supervisor on the animated feature film The Snow Queen, directed by Vlad Barbe and Maksim Sveshnikov. Two years later, he co-wrote and directed the sequel.
http://festival-gerardmer.com/
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Aleksei Tsitsilin, Andrei Korenkov: The Snow Queen: Defrost (Snezhnaia koroleva: Zamorozka) Lora MJOLSNESS, 2024, Kinokultura
- Dix films russes qui ont fait un carton au box-office international Anna NEKHAÏEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Кинопоиск : Лучшие фильмы 2023 года 2023, kinopoisk.ru
- Hansel et Gretel agents secrets, le film d'animation russe sur Netflix 2021, freakingeek.com
- Hansel et Gretel, agents secrets (2021) Julien MORVAN, 2021, Perestroikino
- Hansel et Gretel, Agents secrets : le film d’animation féérique et déjanté qui cartonne sur Netflix Geoffrey NABAVIAN, 2021, ecranlarge.com
- Le dessin animé russe Hansel et Gretel, agents secrets, chouchou des usagers de Netflix en France Erwann PENSEC, 2021, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Robert Lence, Aleksei Tsitsilin: The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands (Snezhnaia koroleva: Zazerkal’e, 2018) Olga BLACKLEDGE, 2020, Kinokultura
- La princesse des glaces, le monde des miroirs magiques - la critique du film Arthur CHAMPILOU, 2019, Avoir-Alire
- «La Princesse des glaces» : combat de reines Marine Quinchon, 2018, leparisien.fr
- [CRITIQUE] LA PRINCESSE DES GLACES : LE FEU OU LA GLACE ? Cécile DESBRUN, 2018, culturellementvotre.fr