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MUSICAL FAIRY TALE NOT ONLY FOR KIDS (6+)
Based on a story by Hans-Christian Andersen, with new magical heroes, terrifying “woodpunk” robot dogs, real puppet theater, 15 original songs and dance numbers.

  • Andjei Petras
    Director
  • Andjei Petras
    Writer
  • Anastasia Razlogova
    Producer
  • Anton Adasinskiy
    Key Cast
    "Ober-polizmeister"
  • Olga Lapshina
    Key Cast
    "Witch"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Огниво против Волшебной Скважины
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Feature, Music Video
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 39 minutes 11 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    1,500,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • XXIII International Debut Film Festival "Spirit of Fire"
    Khanty-Mansiysk
    Russian Federation
    March 10, 2025
    World
    Special Prize "For the Preservation of Cultural Traditions"
  • II Russian Festival "Cinema and Music"
    Tula
    Russian Federation
    November 5, 2025
    Prize of the Film Critics Guild to the film's director Andjei Petras "for his individual style in musical film directing".
  • II Federation Film Clubs Festival «Volna»
    Volgograd
    Russian Federation
    October 10, 2025
    Diploma of the Interregional Public Organization "Federation of Film Clubs" to director Andjei Petras "for the creation of a new genre of musical fairy tale"
  • International Film Festival "Western Gate"
    Pskov
    Russian Federation
    July 3, 2025
    Opening Ceremony film
  • II Moscow International Youth Film Festival "Vysoko"
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    September 15, 2025
    Opening Ceremony film
  • International Film Festival "East&West. Classics and Avant-garde"
    Orenburg
    Russian Federation
    October 20, 2025
    "0+..." program
  • "Big Children's Festival"
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    October 10, 2025
    Competition program
  • XXI Kazan International Film Festival
    Kazan
    Russian Federation
    September 21, 2025
    "Visiting Childhood" program
  • 12th Zabaikalskiy International Film Festival
    Chita
    Russian Federation
    July 12, 2025
    Competition Program "New Look"
  • International Film Festival "17 Moments" named after Vyacheslav Tikhonov
    Pavlovsky Posad
    Russian Federation
    April 15, 2025
    Competition program
Distribution Information
  • Kamer-Ton-Film-Russia
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Andjei Petras

DIRECTOR, COMPOSER, CO-SCREENWRITER
ANDJEI PETRAS director of independent and commercial films, composer of music for cinema and theater, multi-instrumentalist. Awarded Russian and international prizes, including for original film music: WHITE ELEPHANT Film Critics and Film Press Award (Russia), Grand-Prix BIARRITZ FIPA International Film Festival (France), LOS ANGELES international Film Festival Prize (USA) and others.
Selected filmography:
• RAZLOGOV biography documentary film, 2025/ composer
• TO SERVE, OR NOT TO SERVE musical documentary film, 2018/ scriptwriter, director, composer
• A TOUCH OF WIND feature film, 2016/composer, producer
• DEFENDERS OF LIFE feature film, France/Costa Rica, 2015/composer, sound producer – Prize for the best music at LIFF in LA (USA)
• PARATROOPER'S DAY prize-winning short film (debut), 2013/scriptwriter, director, composer, producer
• SHORT STORIES feature film, 2012/composer - Grand Prix of the festival FIPA in Biarritz for the original music (France).

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