School-studio SHAR FILM CATALOGUE Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. School-Studio “SHAR” Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] School-Studio Of Animation Cinema “SHAR” School-Studio “SHAR” was founded in 1993 by leading fi lmmakers – animators Fedor Khitruk, eduard nazarov, Yuriy norshtein, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy. The principal directions of the School-Studio’s activity are: 2 years vocational training of the directors of animation cinema and animators; production of animated fi lms; masters’ advices on all aspects of animation production. Studio focuses on the production of children fi lms as well as auteur cinema and debut cinema. While existing “SHAR” has trained directors of animation who created fi lms which were widely recognized not only in Russia but also abroad. there were produced more than 80 short animated fi lms, debut fi lms, as well as fi lms by acknowledged fi lmmakers. Films made by Studio take part in Russian and international festivals, and are nominated for the prestigious awards. On the 13th International Film festival in Zagreb School-Studio was awarded a special prize as the best animation studio in 1998, and in 2006 at the International festival “KROK” received the prize “For the best fi lm school program”. In 2009 School-Studio “SHAR” has produced a full-length feature-animation fi lm “A Room and a Half” (director Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, 130 min), that received many awards and reviews at the International Festivals. © School-Studio of animation cinema “SHAR”. 1994–2016 Moscow 2016 3 School-Studio “SHAR” Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. School-Studio “SHAR” Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] 2008 About Animals And Men About the Bunny who didn’t turn into Anything 2008 colour, drawn, 7 min 30 sec colour, clay, 7 min Director Director Alexey Zaitsev ekaterina Bim Script Script Alexey Zaitsev ekaterina Bim Art-director Art-director Maria Kuznetsova ekaterina Bim Producer Producer lyubov Gaidukova lyubov Gaidukova Language Language no dialogue no dialogue Screen Screen 4:3 Film-parable about animals also having patrons A story about friendship, and about a tadpole 4:3 Audience of their own, so if people fail to learn to live turning into a frog, a caterpillar turning into Audience children, any children, any in harmony with the fauna, one day it may vanish. a butterfly, and a bunny never turning into anything. Film was shot with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation. Film was shot with the financial support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of Russian Federation. AwArds A nd FestivAls 2th Prize, All-Russian Festival of Visual Suzdal Animation Film Festival (Russia, AwArds And FestivAls Arts “Orlyonok” (Russia, 2008) 2009) Prize “For the Hope”, Big Cartoon Carrousel International Festival du Film Prize “For Best Animation Film”, Festival Festival “Kharkovskaya siren” (Ukraine, Festival (Russia, 2010) (Canada, 2009) “Magnificat” (Belarus, 2010) 2010) Diploma, Festival “Skazka” (Russia, 2010) International Animation Film Festival Auburn International Film Festival for Festival “Magnificat” (Belarus, 2010) Animest (Romania, 2008) Children and Young Adults “Cinewest” Chicago International Children's Film (Australia, 2009) Festival (USA, 2010) Suzdal Animation Festival (Russia, 2009) International Short Film Festival “In The Redcat International Children's Film International Festival of Animation Palace” (Bulgaria, 2010) Festival (USA, 2011) Films KROK (Russia-Ukraine, 2008) Green Film Festival In Seoul (South International Film Festival for Children All-Russian Festival of Visual Arts Korea, 2011) and Youth Nueva Mirada (Argentina, “Orlyonok” (Russia, 2008) 2009) Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden, 2009) 4 5 School-Studio “SHAR” Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. School-Studio “SHAR” Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] 2002 About the Girl About Me 2005 colour, drawn, 5 min 30 sec colour, drawn, 4 min 40 sec Director Director elena Chernova Maria sosnina Script Script elena Chernova Maria sosnina Art-director Art-director elena Chernova Maria sosnina Music Producer Alexander Gusev lyubov Gaidukova sergey Mirzaev Producer Alexander Gerasimov Language Russian Language Russian Film version of a poem by Sasha Chorny. Film based on a short story by K. Dragunskaya. Subtitles English Subtitles If you are a red-haired girl, all grown-ups will English Film was shot with the financial support of the State Committee for Screen 4:3 Screen Cinematography of Russian Federation. pick on you. Fortunately, there are also your 4:3 classmates about, who are real friends. With them Audience children, any Audience AwArds A nd FestivAls at one’s side who is afraid of a teacher? children, any 15 awards, including: International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film DOK Leipzig Film was shot with the financial support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Grand Prix, Student International Film (Germany, 2003) Festival SICAF (South Korea, 2003) Cinematography of Russian Federation. International Animation Film Festival Special Award in the category “Student Fantoche (Switzerland, 2003) films”, Zagreb Animation Film Festival AwArds And FestivAls Animafest (Croatia, 2004) International Animation Festival Anima Mundi (Brasil, 2003) 2nd Prize, Festival of Student and Debut Goyang International Children Film Prize Atalanta, International Festival Films “St. Anna” (Russia, 2006) Festival (South Korea, 2006) of Animation Film Cinanima (Portugal, Krakow Film Festival (Poland, 2003) 2003) Diploma “For the Most Positively Suzdal Animation Film Festival (Russia, Norwich International Animation Animated Movie”, All-Russian Festival 2006) Film was the participant of more than Festival. Fan (Great Britain, 2003) of Visual Arts “Orlyonok” (Russia, 2006) 40 international festivals, including: Big Cartoon Festival (Russia, 2007) Diploma, International Festival of Annecy Animation Film Festival (France, Animation Films KROK (Russia-Ukraine, 2003) 2006) 6 7 School-Studio “SHAR” Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. School-Studio “SHAR” Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] 2015 About a Mother Alone 2008 b/w, drawn, 7 min 20 sec colour, drawn, 4 min 26 sec Director Director dina velikovskaya A touching story about a mother who has already In a very strange place, resembling an inn, timur sitnikov Script given to her children so much, that it seems or maybe a labyrinth, dwells a creature that has Script dina velikovskaya that she just cannot possibly have anything lost its better half. Much time has passed since timur sitnikov Art-director left for herself. Yet life suddenly offers her new the day the loss occurred, but the creature hasn’t Art-director dina velikovskaya timur sitnikov opportunities… lost hope. We accompany it in its search for its Producer Producer lyubov Gaidukova reflection… lyubov Gaidukova Film was shot with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Russian Language Federation. Language no dialogue Film was shot with the financial support of the Federal Agency for Culture and no dialogue Cinematography of Russian Federation. Screen Screen AwArds A nd FestivAls 16:9 4:3 Audience Prize “The Best Animation Film”, Lucas World Festival of Animated film Varna FestivAls Audience any International Children's Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2015) children, any (Germany, 2015) Suzdal Animation Film Festival International Film Festival Curtas Vila (Russia, 2009) Prize “The Best Animation Film 18+”, do Conde (Portugal, 2015) Giffoni Film Festival (Italy, 2015) Festival of Russian Films “Window into Film was the participant of more than Europe” (Russia, 2015) 30 international festivals, including: Lucas Children's Film Festival International Film Festival for Children (Germany, 2015) and Youth Nueva Mirada (Argentina, 2015) 8 9 School-Studio “SHAR” Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya 10-4, Moscow 105120, Russia. School-Studio “SHAR” Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] Phone/fax: +7 499 678 01 90 www.sharstudio.com [email protected] 1995 the Attraction The Autumn Has Come 1999 colour, drawn, 3 min b/w, drawn, 9 min 17 sec Director Director Alexey Demin ekaterina sokolova Script Script Alexey Demin ekaterina sokolova Art-director Art-director Alexey Demin ekaterina sokolova Producer Producer Alexander Gerasimov Andrey Khrzhanovsky, Alexander Gerasimov Language no dialogue Language no dialogue Screen 4:3 Some animals plod on uphill, overcoming Film loosely based on the book “The Hardworking Screen 4:3 Audience difficulties, to get to the peak. And others don’t Pushkin” by A. Bitov and Rezo Gabriadze, any Audience storm any heights knowing that any moment and on drawings by Rezo Gabriadze. any there will be a turnabout, and they will have Film was shot with the financial support of the State Committee for a new peak to climb. Those in the middle know Cinematography of Russian Federation. neither ups, nor downs, but