Mikhail ALDASHIN
Михаил АЛДАШИН
Mikhaïl ALDACHINE
Russia, 2012, 14mn 
Colour, animation
Gora Samotsvetov. Bessmertnyy
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Гора самоцветов. Бессмертный

 

 Immortal

 La Montagne des pierres précieuses. Immortel

 
Directed by : Mikhail ALDASHIN (Михаил АЛДАШИН)
Writing credits : Mikhail ALDASHIN (Михаил АЛДАШИН)
Cinematography : Konstantin AREFYEV (Константин АРЕФЬЕВ)
Production design : Mikhail ALDASHIN (Михаил АЛДАШИН)
Music : Aleksandr GUSEV (Александр ГУСЕВ), Lev ZEMLINSKY (Лев ЗЕМЛИНСКИЙ)
Produced by : Igor GELASHVILI (Игорь ГЕЛАШВИЛИ)
Companies : Animation Studio Pilot
 

Awards :
Best Animation film Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2014
First prize Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2013
Best Animation film "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2013

Plot synopsis
Nisan and Nemurum are inseparable friends. But one day Nisan falls sick and dies. Nemurum decides to leave his village and find a place where nobody dies - to find friends who will never die. On the way, he meets a bird, deer and tiger who teach him that nothing is eternal. Nemurum doesn't believe them and continues on. He finds an immortal kingdom, where he lives forever with his princess. But one day he begins to miss his mother. What happens when Nemurum leaves forever?
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2014
- Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Zlin (Czech Republic), 2013
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2013
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2013
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal (Russia), 2013
- Festival des Films de Russie et d'Ailleurs, Geneva - Lausanne (Switzerland), 2013