Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer,
Production Designer,
Editor,
Animator
Born in 1984, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Dina VELIKOVSKAYA
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Дина ВЕЛИКОВСКАЯ
Dina VELIKOVSKAIA
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2022 - Princess Aubergine (Принцесса Баклажан) [animation, 7.37 mn]
2021 - Zastavka festivalya interfilm (Заставка фестиваля interfilm) [animation, 1 mn]
2019 - Ties (Узы) [animation, 8 mn]
2019 - Zastavka festivalia 0+ (Заставка фестиваля 0+) [Videoclip, 1 mn]
2016 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) [animation, 9 mn]
2014 - About Mother (Про маму) [animation, 8 mn]
2011 - My Strange Grand-Father (Мой странный дедушка) [animation, 9 mn]
2010 - Pages of Fear (Страницы страха) [animation, 8 mn]
2009 - The Bridge (Мост) [animation, 8 mn]
2008 - Doroga na Vifleem (Дорога на Вифлеем) [animation, 5.3 mn]
 
Writer
2022 - Princess Aubergine (Принцесса Баклажан) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 7.37 mn]
2019 - Ties (Узы) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
2016 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 9 mn]
2014 - About Mother (Про маму) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
2011 - My Strange Grand-Father (Мой странный дедушка) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 9 mn]
2010 - Pages of Fear (Страницы страха) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
2009 - The Bridge (Мост) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
2008 - Doroga na Vifleem (Дорога на Вифлеем) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 5.3 mn]
2006 - Korolyov's Childhood (Детство королёва) from Ilya PANKRATOV [animation, 3.3 mn]
 
Cinematographer
2014 - About Mother (Про маму) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
 
Production Designer
2021 - Zastavka festivalya interfilm (Заставка фестиваля interfilm) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 1 mn]
2019 - Ties (Узы) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
2016 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 9 mn]
2012 - On the Wing / Migrant (Перелетная) from Vera MYAKISHEVA [animation, 6 mn]
2011 - My Strange Grand-Father (Мой странный дедушка) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 9 mn]
2010 - Pages of Fear (Страницы страха) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
2009 - The Bridge (Мост) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
2008 - Doroga na Vifleem (Дорога на Вифлеем) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 5.3 mn]
2006 - Korolyov's Childhood (Детство королёва) from Ilya PANKRATOV [animation, 3.3 mn]
 
Editor
2014 - About Mother (Про маму) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 8 mn]
 
Animator
2016 - Cuckoo (Кукушка) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 9 mn]
2008 - Doroga na Vifleem (Дорога на Вифлеем) from Dina VELIKOVSKAYA [animation, 5.3 mn]
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Ties :
First prize, Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2019
Cuckoo :
Best Animation film, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best Animation film, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017
My Strange Grand-Father :
Best Puppet Film, Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2012
Diploma, International Animated Films Festival "KROK", Kiev (Ukraine), 2012
Best Animation film, Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, St Petersburg (Russia), 2012
Pages of Fear :
Prize of the Festival President, International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2011
The Bridge :
Best Animation film, International Festival of Muslim Cinema, Kazan (Russia), 2011
Pages of Fear :
Special Prize, Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2011
My Strange Grand-Father :
Best Animation film, International Film Festival VGIK, Moscow (Russia), 2011
The Bridge :
Second Best Animation Film, Open Film Festival for students and beginners, Moscow (Russia), 2010

Biography
Dina Velikovskaya (Moscow, 1984) is an animation filmmaker. After graduating in animation from the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) in 2011, she continued her studies at the High Animation School-Studio SHAR. She made two films that brought her international recognition: My Strange Grandfather (2011) and About a Mother (2015). She released three more films: Kukuschka, Ties and Princess Aubergine. In 2018, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
She lives and works in Berlin.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Про маму | About a Mother | Animated Short Film [Video intégrale du Dessin animé Tout sur maman, 2014, de Dina VELIKOVSKAIA sans dialogues de 7min20] 2021, School-Studio Shar