Synopsis:
Kukuschka is a bird who follows the sun. It seems as she almost can touch it but the Sun is still far away. Suddenly she is not alone any more but for two it’s even more difficult to keep going so fast.
- Director:
- Dina Velikovskaya
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Russia
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- Puppet Animation, Stop Motion Animation
- Original title:
- КУКУШКА
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Vladimir Gassiev
- Script writer:
- Dina Velikovskaya
- Music composer:
- Artem Fadeev
- Sound designer:
- Artem Fadeev
- Editor:
- Vera Myakisheva
- Production:
- Pchela Animation Studio
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragedy, Fantasy, Abstract, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Trauma, Identity, Death, Time, Hope, Sad, Relationships, Love, Nature, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Slow, Non-violent, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- StopTrik International Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Annecy International Animation Film Festival
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