«Rybka» — animated film.
Production: Russia, 2007. Length 9 min. 35 sec.
The small child’s world is wonderful and extremely complex. A seemingly unimportant event can lead to tragic disaster in child’s life. On the other hand, kindness of the baby soul is capable to work a miracle. And it can even to animate the tiny fish.
The film "Rybka" is made at home, outside of professional studio. All the required equipment - the lighting, camera holder and also shooting multilevel machine - were made by hand specially for creation of this project. The animation technique "Cut-out" was used at production. And two piping voices of the director’s children sound in the film.
2007 — XII Open Russian Animation Film Festival in Suzdal (Russian Federation), – Special prize
2007 — XVII International Film Forum «Gold Knight» (Russian Federation), – The Silver Knight prize
2007 — XII Russian Festival of Visual Arts «Orlenok» (Russian Federation), – The Diploma
2007 — XII Moscow International Children Animation Festival «Gold Fish» (Russian Federation), – Prize for the best cartoon film for children
2007 — IV Orthodox Children Film Festival «Effulgent Angel» (Russian Federation), – The Diploma
2007 — International Animated Festival «Animayovka» (Belarus), – Special prize
2007 — International Film Festival for Children and Youth Audience «Listopadik» (Belarus), – Prize for the best debut
2008 — III International Sretensky Orthodox Film Festival «Vstrecha» (Russian Federation), – Prize for the best animation film «Crystal Candlestick»
2008 — XV Contest of Student Films and Debuts «St. Anna» (Russian Federation), – The Diploma
2008 — International Film Festival «Nueva Mirada» for Children and Youth (Argentina), – «Golden Kite» to the best short film for children
2008 — Sapporo Short Fest (Japan), – Prize for best children short; Children’s Choice Silver Award
2008 — International Orthodox Film Festival «Pokrov» (Ukraine), – Prize for the best animation film; The Diploma
2008 — V China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (China), – Special distinction award in short film category
2008 — International Festival of Audiovisual Production for Children and Adolescents «Kolibri» (Bolivia), – Special Mention of the Jury in the Animation Category
2008 — Bradford Animation Festival (England), – Award for best film for children
2009 - Festival der Nationen (Austria), - Ebenseer Bären in Silber
2009 - Animae Caribe Animation & New Media Festival (Trinidad and Tobago), - Most Outstanding Animation
