Svetlana Filippova
History
Svetlana Filippova’s first degree was in philology. In 1997, she graduated from the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors and SHAR School and Studio in Moscow with a specialty as a director/animator. She studied in the studios of Fyodor Khitruk, Yuri Norstein, Eduard Nazarov, and Andrei Khrzhanovsky. She has taken part in numerous film festivals and art and book exhibitions in Russia and elsewhere. She has done several drawing series, as well as illustrations for Manana Menabde’s parables, Lyudmila Ulitskaya’s stories, Andrei Platonov’s novels The Foundation Pit and Chevengur, Ivan Bunin’s “Dark Avenues,” and the Gospel of John. Her illustrations have been recognized with special awards several times, and her animated films have been awarded prizes at international festivals.
Animation
Five-year-old Sasha often listens to the opera Madame Butterfly. It is shown on TV and broadcast on the radio. The story of Madame Butterfly becomes for Sasha the key to the dramas that take place in the family, but which she still cannot understand.
Screenplay
Five-year-old Sasha often listens to the opera Madame Butterfly. It is shown on TV and broadcast on the radio. The story of Madame Butterfly becomes for Sasha the key to the dramas that take place in the family, but which she still cannot understand.
Director
Five-year-old Sasha often listens to the opera Madame Butterfly. It is shown on TV and broadcast on the radio. The story of Madame Butterfly becomes for Sasha the key to the dramas that take place in the family, but which she still cannot understand.
Director of Photography
A film based on Boris Shergin’s story “Mitya’s Love.” Mitya, a shipbuilder, walked to a theater in Solombala from Arkhangelsk. Along the way, he ran into a wind. Near him a girl, Maria Ivanovna, flew Mitya helped her fly to the theater and fell in love with her. They were able to confess their feelings for one another, but Maria Ivanovna then disappeared. What is Mitya to do? He decided to go around the whole city to find her. In the film, images by avant-garde Russian artists Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova and naïve artists Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maikova are used.
Screenplay
A film based on Boris Shergin’s story “Mitya’s Love.” Mitya, a shipbuilder, walked to a theater in Solombala from Arkhangelsk. Along the way, he ran into a wind. Near him a girl, Maria Ivanovna, flew Mitya helped her fly to the theater and fell in love with her. They were able to confess their feelings for one another, but Maria Ivanovna then disappeared. What is Mitya to do? He decided to go around the whole city to find her. In the film, images by avant-garde Russian artists Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova and naïve artists Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maikova are used.
Director
A film based on Boris Shergin’s story “Mitya’s Love.” Mitya, a shipbuilder, walked to a theater in Solombala from Arkhangelsk. Along the way, he ran into a wind. Near him a girl, Maria Ivanovna, flew Mitya helped her fly to the theater and fell in love with her. They were able to confess their feelings for one another, but Maria Ivanovna then disappeared. What is Mitya to do? He decided to go around the whole city to find her. In the film, images by avant-garde Russian artists Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova and naïve artists Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maikova are used.
Director
Director
Brutus led a happy life next to Malenka. Returning home, he knew that he had to scratch the door only once, very quietly, to check whether she was really waiting for him. Sometimes, when she was getting dressed before the mirror, he could see two Malenkas, but after a while he understood that only the one that smelled beautiful was real. 'I belong to her and I will never leave her', he thought. One day, following the order of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, everyone unable to prove their Aryan roots had to return their pets. This was the day when Brutus' life changed completely.
Writer
Brutus led a happy life next to Malenka. Returning home, he knew that he had to scratch the door only once, very quietly, to check whether she was really waiting for him. Sometimes, when she was getting dressed before the mirror, he could see two Malenkas, but after a while he understood that only the one that smelled beautiful was real. 'I belong to her and I will never leave her', he thought. One day, following the order of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, everyone unable to prove their Aryan roots had to return their pets. This was the day when Brutus' life changed completely.
Director
Using several historical images, the film narrates three love stories by Vladimir Maiakovsky, one of the most acclaimed Russian poets from the 20th century.
Director
The rule of the universe: the tree should be planted for to be grown; the snow should be cleaned for the spring to come; for finding something new, the old one is to be lost. Sarah, a 6-year-old girl, thinks so. It seems to be true.
Screenplay
Night comes. For a boy in a dark room, this is a time of fear.
Director
Night comes. For a boy in a dark room, this is a time of fear.
