COMPETITION PROGRAM -
ANIMATED SHORT FILMS
Grandpa Mazay and the sunbunnies
Дед Мазай и солнечные зайцы
Year of production: 2024
Production country: Russia
Production company: Saint-Petersburg State University of Film and Television
Director: Kristina Shcherbakova
Screenwriter: Kristina Shcherbakova
Composer: Igor Shcherbakov
DOP: Natalia Petrova, Vitaliy Karpovich
Editor: Kristina Shcherbakova
Production Designer: Kristina Shcherbakova, Anastasia Zolotareva
Sound Director: Alexandra Kutlyyarova, Anatoly Greenberg
Film category: Adventure film, fairy tale
Rating: 0+
Length: 6 min.
Only the sunbunnies will help Grandpa Mazay get rid of huge thunderclouds that are out of control.
Selected festival history
2024
  • SENSUS Film Festival (Best Music)
  • XXIХ Open Russian Animated Film Festival in Suzdal (participant of the competition program)
  • Ural Shorts Winter 2024 (Best Animation film)
Kristina Shcherbakova
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Born July 15, 1996 not so far from St. Petersburg. Her passion for drawing and media from a young age led her to Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television: first as a multimedia and interactive arts directing major and then as an animation and computer graphics directing major. The graduation animation film «Grandpa Mazay and the sunbunnies» received support from Soyuzmultfilm studio (also known as SMF Animation Studio) and became the first film in the director's career.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2024 - Grandpa Mazay and the sunbunnies