Igor KOVALEV
Игорь КОВАЛЕВ
Igor KOVALEV
Russia, 2015, 19mn 
animation
Before love
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До любви

 

 Avant l'amour

 Do liubvi

 
Directed by : Igor KOVALEV (Игорь КОВАЛЕВ)
Writing credits : Igor KOVALEV (Игорь КОВАЛЕВ)
Production design : Dmitry MALANICHEV (Дмитрий МАЛАНИЧЕВ)
Music : Yuri POTEYENKO (Юрий ПОТЕЕНКО), Miriam SEKHON (Мириам СЕХОН)
Produced by : Aleksey BONDAR (Алексей БОНДАРЬ), Irina FOMCHENKO (Ирина ФОМЧЕНКО), Yelena MALENKINA (Елена МАЛЕНКИНА)
Animation : Olga BAULINA (Ольга БАУЛИНА), Yelena KOSINOVA (Елена КОСИНОВА), Yulia POSTAVSKAYA (Юлия ПОСТАВСКАЯ), Svetlana ZIMINA (Светлана ЗИМИНА)
Production : BAZELEVS
 
Sites : animator.ru, IMDb
Awards :
Best Animation film Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
First prize, Animation, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2016
Plot synopsis
Human flaws are the dramatic crux of this story. What the characters experience is not yet true love. Everyone finds their own way to be unhappy, but everyone is looking for love.
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Award-winning animated films from post-Soviet Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy (France), 2016
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2016
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