COMPETITION PROGRAM -
ANIMATED FILMS
Ruslan & Lyudmila

Руслан и Людмила

Year of production: 2024
Production country: Russia
Production company: Vita Aktiva Production
Director: Matvey Lashko
Producer: Yulia Mishkinene
Screenwriter: Matvey Lashko
Composer: Nikita Yamov, Ivan Sukharev
Editor: Matvey Lashko
Production designer: Artyom Kochetkov
Sound director: Nikita Yamov
Cast: Eduard Aizatullin, Artur Vakha, Tatiana Shvydkova
Film-category (genre): Fairy tale, Adventure
Rating (age category): 6+
Length: 16 min
The mighty warrior Ruslan embarks on a perilous journey to save his beloved Lyudmila from the hands of the treacherous warlock Chernomor.
Selected festival history
2024:
  • Moscow International Film Festival (Premiere Showing)
  • Voronezh International Animation Festival (Grand Prize)
  • Animur International Animation Festival (Grand Prize)
  • Unknown Film Festival (Best Animation Film)
  • Big Cartoon Festival (participant)
  • Matvey Lashko
    DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
    Matvey Lashko was born in Moscow, Russia in 1999. After graduating from a theatre and music school he entered the Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov (VGIK). Graduated with a multimedia director's degree. In 2020 created SKAZ, an animated project about Slavic mythology and Russian folklore.

    DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
    2019 – Godmother Death
    2021 – Baumancy. Zhiguli. Dubai
    2022 – SKAZ: Sirin’s Song
    2024 – Ruslan & Lyudmila