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On how the Palace Bridge Opens Up its hands

On How The Palace Bridge Opens Up Its Hands, by Marina Kazakova: a visualisation of a Russian-language symphonic poem in collaboration with Aram Karakhanyan from Armenia (voice-over), Bart Dewolf from Belgium (drawings in ink and acryl) and Sam Billen from Belgium (animation).

  • Marina Kazakova
    Director
  • Sam Billen
    Animation artist
  • Bart Dewolf
    Drawings artist
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 7, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • StanZa, Scotland's International Poetry Festival
    St.Andrews
    United Kingdom
    March 6, 2021
    European premier
Director Biography - Marina Kazakova

Marina Kazakova (b. Gorky, Russia, 1983) is a Russian-born Belgium-based poet. Her literature works deal to a large degree with confrontation with the past and explore the challenges posed both by memory and grief. Published internationally in magazines and journals (Three Rooms Press "Maintenant", "Great Weather for Media...", "Crannog", "Duck Lake Books", "Writing in a Woman's Voice", "Modern Literature"), Marina is a frequent performer, she has been shortlisted at various international poetry festivals and art events: Brussels Poetry Festival 2017-2018, Maintenant's Dada London Invasion 2018, Nothing To Sell 2019 - Rome, European Poetry Festival 2020, Red Square Festival 2020, The 3rd International Literary Festival Words of Fire 2020 in Portugal, Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival 2020 in Ireland, Stanza Scotland's Poetry Festival 2021, Mani Lit Fest 2021, etc.

Marina holds Master's degrees in Public Relations and Transmedia. Currently, she is Communications Officer at Victim Support Europe (Brussels) and working on her practice-based PhD in Arts at Luca School of Arts (KULeuven).

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