Best Arts Animation

 

 

11 November, Saturday, 1 pm, ICA, London

 

11 November, Sunday, 2 pm, Apollo Cinema Piccadilly

Book tickets here

 

11 November, Sunday, 3 pm, Aubin Cinema, London

 


PISHTO GOES AWAY / ПИШТО УЕЗЖАЕТ

Dir. Sofia Kendel
Once upon a time in autumn, Pishto got so fed up that he decided to leave forever.

SNOWY RIDER / ЗАСНЕЖЕННЫЙ ВСАДНИК

Dir. Alexei Turkus
The cartoon is about one boy’s love towards his father, shown through childhood fantasies and real events

UMBA-UMBA / УМБА-УМБА

Dir. Konstantin Brilliantov
The story is about miners whose lives are like the light bulbs on their helmets: they may glow brightly one moment and then abruptly go out the next.

OUT OF PLAY / ВНЕ ИГРЫ

Dir. Ivan Maximov
A film about the relationship between the three orphan toys in a closed space of the attic...

WHERE DOGS DIE / ГДЕ УМИРАЮТ СОБАКИ

Dir. Svetlana Filippova
A man grows up and leaves his home. All his life he tries to go back... to his past. But he can’t change what happens - his mother gets old, his house collapses and his dog dies. It happens to everybody. Everything turns into memory, a dream or a film >>>

SWEETHEART / СИЗЫЙ ГОЛУБОЧЕК

Dir. Ekaterina Sokolova
This story is about a man who, year by year, passes the same house by train. He follows the lives of those who live there and how it changes year after year. He feels close to them and seems like there is something he can’t decide for himself.

CHINTI / ЧИНТИ

Dir. Natalia Mirzoyan
This story is about one small ant’s big dream.

MY STRANGE GRANDDAD / МОЙ СТРАННЫЙ ДЕДУШКА

Dir. Dina Velikovskaya
Creative people often seem ridiculous, absurd and a bit crazy. Even their relatives often don’t understand them and feel ashamed of them. But sometimes they can create a true miracle out of a pile of rubbish.