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My Friend is a Hu Gui

A wonderful tale about the one of a kind friendship between an ordinary girl and an ancient spirit.

  • Pavel Finozhenkov
    Director
  • Pavel Finozhenkov
    Writer
  • Oleg Popov
    Producer
  • Olga Chaplygina
    Producer
  • Ksenia Pushkina
    Producer
  • Daria Frolova
    Key Cast
    "Sasha"
  • Egor Kostenko
    CGI artists
  • Barsbek Bektur uulu
    CGI artists
  • Marsel Nadergulov
    CGI artists
  • Arina Semenchenko
    CGI artists
  • Vyacheslav Lutinskiy
    CGI artists
  • Nosirali Tagirov
    CGI artists
  • Svetlana Tischenko
    3D animation
  • Yulia Tkach
    3D animation
  • Tatiana Kuznetsova
    3D animation
  • Roman Panuschkin
    3D animation
  • Bogdan Obezinskiy
    2D Animation
  • Diana Scherba
    2D Animation
  • Daria Pariseeva
    Art direction & concepts
  • Diana Scherba
    Art direction & concepts
  • Pavel Finozhenkov
    Art direction & concepts
  • Pavel Kirichenko
    Motion capture actors
  • Asya Zelskaya
    Motion capture actors
  • Pavel Finozhenkov
    Sound & music department
  • Elena Yaremenko
    Creative managers
  • Stanislav Sokolov
    Creative managers
  • Normund Lacis
    Creative managers
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Мой друг - дух
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 30, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    6,220 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Mixed animation
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • VGIK-Debut
    Distributor
    Country: Russian Federation
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Pavel Finozhenkov

Pavel Finozhenkov Jr is a filmmaker from Moscow, Russia who specializes on creating animated films for all ages to enjoy. He graduated Gerasimov State Institute of Cinematography in 2021 as "director of multimedia" and been working in film & television ever since. In 2024 Pavel finished his debut animated short "My Friend is a Hu Gui" funded by the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation. He currently works as a director of CGI graphics on television and researches the socio-cultural paradigms of Russia and China in his post-graduate thesis.

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Director Statement

In the world filled with so much anger and darkness, our main goal as creators is to fight back with kindness evoking stories that inspire audiences to never loose hope.