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My Strange Grandfather

 2011, VGIK, Russia
A creative person often seems weird, funny and a little bit crazy. Even his friends and family do not always understand him and often feel ashamed of him. But sometimes he can create a real miracle – merely from garbage.

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Director, Scriptwriter, Artist – Dina Velikovskaya/ Cameraman   - Alexander Vertiakov / Composers – Maria / Gootnik, Eugeny Kadimsky / Animators – Eugenia Zhirkova, Dina Velikovskaya / Sound director -  - Eugeny Kadimsky / Puppet – Igor Hilov, Tatiana Platonova / Production manager – Alexandra Didichenko
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AWARDS
Festival e Court Metrages de la Cote Bleue (France) - Gran-pri “OURSIN D’OR” 2013
Primanima World Festival of First Animation (Hungary) - Prize “For best sound design”2013
12thInternational Student Film and Video Festival (China) - Audience Choice Award 2013
Chester International Film Festival (UK) - Audience Choice Award 2013
II Animation Film Festival “Libelula” (Spain) - Jury Special Prize 2013
Cluj International Short Film Festival (Romania) - Prize “For best animated film” 2013
Reel2Real International Film Festival (Canada) - Prize “For best animated film” from National Film Board Canada 2013
5thInternational Animation Film Festival “Golden Kuker-Sofia” (Bulgaria) - Prize “For best student animated film” 2014
XXIV World Fest. of Anim. Films “Anima – Zagreb”(Croat) - Jury honourable mention 2014
IX Sardinia Film Festival (Italy) - Prize “For best film for children” 2014
II Int. Festival of Animated Films for Children (Serbia) - 3rd Prize for Senior participants films 2014
VII Festival du Film D’animation de Paris “Croq’Anime” - Golden Award 2014
XIII Reggio Film Festival (Italy) - SNCCI Prize “For the best film of the festival” 2014
Int. Art Animated Film Festival TV Channel 2x2 (Russia) - Gran-pri 2014
VII Amarcort Film Festival (Italy) - Prize “For best short animated film” 2014
9th International Animation Festival of Athens (Greece) - Jury honourable mention 2014
II International Brazil Stop Motion Festival - Special Prize of the Festival 2012
IV Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival (Canada) - Prize “Public Choice” 2012
II Stop Motion Festival “Se-ma-for” (Lodz) - Prize “For best film for children” 2012
XI Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival “Beginning”  - Prize “For best animated film” 2012
XII International Film Festival фестиваль “The unprecedented cinema” (Tallinn) - Prize “Bronze Frame” 2012
XIV International Student Film Festival (Tel Aviv) - Prize “For best animated film” 2012
XVII Open Russian Festival of Animated Film (Suzdal) - Prize “For best puppet film”  2012
XXXI International Film Festival VGIK (Moscow) - Prize “For best animated film” 2012
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