over the years, the festival was held in Moscow, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Khabarovsk, Norilsk, Tolyatti, Lipetsk, and from 3 to 12 July 2020 will be held in online format.
there will Be screenings of contemporary animation, will be held meetings with masters of animation and a series of workshops, will show the works of the nominees for Union state award in literature and art-2020.
traditionally the program includes two blocks: “Premiere” – Russian cartoon made in the last year, and “Winners”, films-laureates of international festivals and awards. The festival organized system of audience voting.
In the section “Music in animation” will be shown cartoons from the series “tales of the old piano”. This is a transnational project of the 13 tapes. The Film “Tchaikovsky. Elegy” was filmed in England tape of Mozart was created in the United States. Musical biography of Schumann, Bach, Prokofiev and Chopin took the Belarusian Directors, and films about Rossini, Vivaldi and Debussy made by Russian craftsmen.
“Tales of the old piano” – an educational project that acquaints the younger generation with the great composers of all times and peoples. Author, screenwriter and Director, Irina Margolina, co-writer Elena Dolinskaya, Directors Oksana Cherkasova, Elena Petkevich, Irina Kodukova were nominated for the Union state award in literature and art for the year 2020.
the Cartoons were created by Studio M. I. R. together with the “Belarusfilm” in the last few years. During this time they have been repeatedly marked by prestigious international awards.
the Film “tales of the old piano. Ludwig van Beethoven” won the first prize at the festival in Portugal in 2007 – for best television series; the Grand Prix in 2008 in Trebon in the Czech Republic in the same category; the film is marked at the festival in Hiroshima in 2008. “Antonio Vivaldi” was shown among the “world’s Best” (Best in the World).
Irina Margolina was born in the tiny town of Roslavl, near the border with Belarus, her father is from Minsk.
– We would be delighted if these cartoons were shown in schools and museums, – said Irina. – By the way, the Louvre showed the children our cycle. The film about Beethoven is made in the sand, the history of Vivaldi – painting on foil in the cartoon about the Schumann computer graphics were used. Voiced cartoons Yevgeny Mironov, Boris Plotnikov, Igor Kostolevsky, Timothy Dalton.
