International Competition

 
Country :  Russia Director: Stepan Biryukov 35 mm / 6' 46" / 2001
 

Director: Stepan Biryukov
 

Born in Moscow in 1969. Graduated from Applied Arts School. Also attended animation classes at The Advanced School for screenwriters and directors, workshops of F. Khitruk, E. Nazarov and Y. Norstein). Worked as animator in Soyuzmultfilm. Neighbors is his first film.

Neighbors

Synopsis: A story about the inhabitants of the Moscow communal apartment in 1930's.

 
 
Script: S. Biryukov
Animator: S. Biryukov
Cinematography: Igor Apollonov
Edit: Ljuda Kopteva
Music: Felix Mendelsohn
Sound: Slava Tarasov
Producer: Pilot Moscow Animation Studio, Igor Gelashvili

Presence in international festivals:
Kinotavr, 2001, Russia, First Prize / Krok, 2001, Russia, Best Film Award / Annecy, 2001, France / Hiroshima, 2002, Japan, Debut Prize / St. Petersburg, 2001, Russia, Prize "First Flight in Animation" / New York, 2001, U.S.A., Silver Prize / Zagreb, 2002, Creative, Best Student Film

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