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Cricket

One day, a childless peasant family had a son... a cricket.

  • Natalia Ryss
    Director
  • Natalia Ryss
    Writer
  • Dmitry Mosyagin
    Producer
  • Boris Filanovsky
    Composer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Сверчок
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    drama, fairy tale
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel, Russian Federation
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • CINANIMA – Espinho International Animation Film Festival
    Espinho
    Portugal
    November 13, 2023
    official selection
  • Athens ANIMFEST
    Athen
    Greece
    March 16, 2023
    official selection
  • MIAF Melbourne Animation Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    May 7, 2023
    official selection
  • ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival
    Sicilia
    Italy
    July 25, 2023
    official selection
  • Palm Springs Animation Festival
    Palm Springs
    United States
    April 30, 2023
    official selection
  • The Animattikon Project

    Cyprus
    October 28, 2023
    official selection
  • TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival
    Tbilisi
    Georgia
    June 15, 2024
    official selection
  • Future Film Festival

    Italy
    September 21, 2023
    official selection
  • AniMaji Festival

    United States
    September 30, 2023
    official selection
  • Flowers Against Bullets

    Austria
    April 26, 2024
    official selection
  • Anima Cinefest
    New York
    United States
    October 4, 2023
    The Prestige Award
  • Sacalacalaca, Interdimensional Horror & Sci-Fi Festival
    Mexico
    Mexico
    October 31, 2023
    official selection
  • ICONA [Animation Festival]

    Greece
    November 30, 2023
    official selection
  • Kalakari film fest

    India
    April 6, 2024
    official selection
  • International Animation Festival AJAYU

    Peru
    October 4, 2023
    official selection
  • Soundscreen Film Festival

    Italy
    September 25, 2023
    official selection
  • Apedemak Sudan nternational Animation Film Festival

    Sudan
    March 21, 2024
    official selection
  • Happy Valley Animation Festival

    United States
    March 27, 2024
    official selection
  • The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival

    United States
    April 19, 2024
    official selection
Distribution Information
  • Frodo animation studio
    Distributor
    Country: Russian Federation
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Natalia Ryss

Creator of animated and experimental shorts.
Works as an independent filmmaker and in collaboration with different producers.
Prefers non-conventional structure of narration, uses expressive editing and mixing of art-techniques.
Participant of many international festivals such as Ann Arbor, Hiroshima, Ottawa, Anima Mundi, Anima Belgium, Stop Trik, Monstra, Tricky Women, DOK Leipzig, Animaphix, KROK ...
Was born in Rostov-on-Don.
Graduated from Art College in Rostov-on-Don (designer) in 1988 and art graphic faculty of the Russian ‐
State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov in 1995.
Since 2015 she lives in Haifa, Israel.
Filmography
https://vimeo.com/user1486275
2023 - “Cricket”
2022 - "hi Radish Man!"
2020 - “Alexander Mosolov. Three Pieces” & “François Couperin. The Alarm Clock”
2020 – Intro- animated videos for “Iso Film Fest”
2019 - “Comte”
2019 - 2021 - 10 super short experimental films for the festival Ща,5 сек/ 5 sec Animated Film Festival
2018 - "Clock Face"
2015 - "Tucuman"
2014 – experimental film “COLISEIDOSCOPE”
2013 - "The Catfish and the Moon"
2011 - ''Itsihitanantsu"
2009 – experimental film “DOZURBA”
2009 – animator on film “Gosha's tales”
2007 - “The Magpie`s gossip”.
2005 - "Pyramid"

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Director Statement

I was interested in the perspective of a fairy tale about a trickster, as if from the outside, somewhat detached ... from the point of view of ordinary people, with their worldly trivial reaction to a miracle... From rejection - to spiritual transformation.
This film is an experiment with narrative form, where the role of music, sound, becomes equal to the image, without any priorities.
Thus, the ultimate expressiveness is achieved!
I am very grateful to Composer Boris Filanovsky, who managed to preserve the structure of the music, which I was guided by during my work, and at the same time traced the dramaturgy of the film.
Experienced Sound Designer Yuri Priymenko allowed the film to sound in full force.
Producer Dmitry Mosyagin successfully helped to translate my idea into a finished film.
In this film, the image changes every three frames, as opposed to the traditional 1-2 frames, in order to preserve the nerve and emotional instability, creating the effect of a slight strobe of video.
A frozen frame can last up to several seconds in some cases. But I constantly use a live static picture in addition to constantly changing frames (filters) for the background.
subtitles for requirement: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Hebrew
PS The film was filmed completely in Israel (1/3 is for my money, 2/3 was supported from the Ministry of Culture of RF)