FAIRY LEIA


There once was one magical village, full of happy and kind people. Not far away lay a stunning flower garden of a fairy called Leia. She was just as kind and cheerful as all the villagers, and the flowers in her garden were all beautiful and varied! Everything was the way it was, thanks to a fountain on the central square of the village. It provided magical water to the people of Lei. One day an evil sorceress who lived in a deep forest decided to poison the water in the fountain. She wanted Leia’s beautiful garden to be wilted forever, and the villagers never to laugh again. To make her wish come true, the sorceress needed to find a rare flower that only grew in a place where kind and cheerful fairies lived.

  • Nadezda Syachina
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Фея Лея
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 9, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    English, Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - CENTRE OF CULTURE & ARTS “BORKOVSKY”
  • international competition of pedagogical skills "Teacher's online laboratory of Fishermen of the Foundation"
    Moscow
    December 30, 2020
    Russian premiere
    Winner
  • National Award for Humanism Kindness in Art "For the Benefit of the World»
    Moscow
    February 5, 2021
    Russian premiere
    finalist
Director Biography - Nadezda Syachina

Nadezda Syachina was born in Russia in the city of Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod region.

She is a member of the Union of Russian Artists, the International Association of Designers VATIKAM, the Union of Watercolorists of Russia.

In 2011, she graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (VGIK) with a degree in animation.

From 2014 to 2017, she worked as a chief artist, as well as a developer of children's educational board games in St. Petersburg.
Has awards:

* Winner of the 1st degree "Master of the Year" in the category "Game Design" 2015.

International Association of Designers "VATIKAM". * Winner of the 1st degree "Master of the Year" in the category "Game Design" 2016. International Association of Designers "VATIKAM".

* Winner of the international competition "Best Works" in 2018

• International Association of Designers "VATIKAM".

* Winner of the international competition "Best works of 2019" of the International Association of Designers "VATIKAM".

* Finalist of the International Artist Grand Prize Competition of 2020 Art Revolution Taipei. Taiwan

* Finalist of the International Artist Grand Prize Competition of 2021 Art Revolution Taipei. Taiwan

* Winner of the international competition of pedagogical skills "Teacher's online laboratory of Fishermen of the Foundation" in the direction of "Teaching animation courses". Created a cartoon that became the winner in the category "Best Screenplay", 2020

* Awarded the" Special Prize " of the Mellow Art Award 2020

* Finalist of the first stage of the competition of the Award "For the Benefit of the World" in the category "Animation". Animated film "Fairy Leia", dir. Nadezda Syachina, 2021
The artist's paintings are in the collections of different countries - Russia, China, Germany, Spain, Italy, USA, Estonia and Ukraine.
Since 2011, Nadezda has held annual solo exhibitions. Works in the technique of watercolors and graphics, oil painting, acrylic.

She has participated in many competitions, festivals and exhibitions, such as:

* Special Competition Of Russian Short Cartoons Mult OLIMP (Cartoon Olimp) 2013,

* Annual open international Festival of multimedia creativity "Multimatograph" 2013,

* International Festival of Youth Short Films "VISION" 2013,

2013 Exhibition of paintings and graphics "Black Romanticism" in the framework of the cultural and historical project " Lenora. The return of the ballad." (Pushkin, St. Petersburg)

Summer 2011-personal exhibition of photographs "Flowers", Vyksa

Autumn 2011-personal exhibition of sisters Nadezhda and Nina Syachin "From reality to dreams" at the Batashev Hotel, Vyksa

Summer 2012-personal exhibition "Illustrations to S. Kozlov's Fairy Tales" at the History Museum of JSC "VMZ", Vyksa

Spring 2013-personal exhibition "Sea-sea, bottomless world..." at the Batashev Hotel, Vyksa

Summer 2013-personal exhibition "The Birth of the cartoon" in the Museum of the History of JSC "VMZ", Vyksa

Autumn 2013-participant of the exhibition of paintings and graphics "Black Romanticism" In the framework of the cultural and historical project " Lenora. The Return of the Ballad", Pushkin

Spring 2014-participant of the exhibition of young artists-authors of illustrations for the musical "Circus of Fate" based on the novella by Oleg Roy. (Tambov)

Autumn 2014-participant of the 7th exhibition " Youth of St. Petersburg. The Beginning", St. Petersburg

Spring 2017-participant of the exhibition "Youth of St. Petersburg" in the Union of Artists, St. Petersburg.

Winter 2019-personal exhibition "Music of the Heart" at the Batashev Hotel, Vyksa

Summer 2019-participant of the exhibition "When today becomes tomorrow" in the Art space "Ex Libris", Vyksa

Summer 2019-personal exhibition "From graphics to acrylics" at the Batashev Hotel, Vyksa

Autumn 2019-participant of the All-Russian exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists "The Charming Power of Creativity", St. Petersburg

Autumn 2019-participant of the Festival of Creativity"On the Waves", St. Petersburg

Autumn 2019-participant of the Exhibition-festival "THE MAGIC SECRET OF BEAUTY",", St. Petersburg

Autumn 2019-participant of the Exhibition "70 years of Friendship of peoples". This event is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Russia, as well as the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

Autumn 2019-participant of the Exhibition of Russian Art "Woman" in Lima, Peru.

Winter 2020-personal exhibition "Watercolour graphics: horses and landscapes", Vyksa MBUK CBS.

Spring 2020 - online graphics exhibition. The exhibition is organized by the Union of Russian Artists (SRH).

Summer 2020-participant of the International Art Fair Art Revolution Taipei. Taiwan

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Director Statement

In December 2020, students of the art workshop "MIX" under the direction of Nadezda Syachina made an animated film "Fairy Leia". The children of the Art Workshop of the Borkovsky House of Culture and Creativity had their first experience in creating a cartoon.
The animated film "Fairy Leia" was shot by children in 6 days, in the technique of paper laying with further refinement in graphic programs and the addition of digital effects. The youngest student is only 6 years old, and the oldest student is 13 years old.