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Anna BUDANOVA
Анна БУДАНОВА
Anna BOUDANOVA
Russia, 2016, 11mn
animation
Among the Black Waves
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Среди черных волн
Parmi les vagues noires
Sredi chornykh voln
Directed by :
Anna BUDANOVA
(Анна БУДАНОВА)
Sites :
animator.ru
,
IMDb
Awards :
Special Prize
Festival du film russe de Paris & Ile-de-France "Une autre Russie", Paris (France), 2017
Best Short Film
International Animated Film Festival of Brussels : Anima, Brussels (Belgium), 2017
Plot synopsis
Inspired by an ancient legend that the souls of drowned people turn into sea animals, the film follows a hunter who steals the skin of a seal girl, preventing her from returning to her animal state. She becomes his wife and remains drawn to the sea…
Selected in the following festivals or events :
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Award-winning animated films from post-Soviet Russian cinema
, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
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Festival du film russe de Paris & Ile-de-France "Une autre Russie"
, Paris (France), 2021
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International Animated Film Festival of Brussels : Anima
, Brussels (Belgium), 2017
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Festival du film russe de Paris & Ile-de-France "Une autre Russie"
, Paris (France), 2017
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Annecy International Animation Festival
, Annecy (France), 2017
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Award "White Elephant"
, Moscow (Russia), 2017
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Tbilisi International Film Festival
, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2016
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Film Festival Locarno
, Locarno (Switzerland), 2016
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