The Susdalfest Animation Festival announced a competition program, which included a large number of films made by students and design school handlers. This is an opportunity for young authors to find themselves in the assembly point of Russian animation, where the best works from all over the country are shown every year. We’re telling you which one of our «our» entered the Susdalfest program.
Student-diplomatic films: Key, Sea, Parachute, 6 min. 33 sec., sec. Maria Alexeeva, School of Design of the ICU-UHE «Organ of Feelings», 5 min. 32 sec., Reg. Elise Bozalp, School of Design of the NEU-HEA «Woth», 4 min. 26 sec., Reg. Anna Pavlova, School of Design of the NEU-UHE «Mat», 9 min. 5 sec., Reg. Polina Colomic, School of Design of the NEU—Ryazan Miracle, 7 sec., Reg. Nikita Bazaev, School of Design of the INA-U-Shoot, Authorial Short Films: «Water Bull-bull», 5 min. 15 sec., Reg. Yuri Tomilov, OJO Mult ether «Moy Little Life on the Island», 13 min. 10 sec., Rej. Nina Bul-Bul-Bol.
Sofia Levina, School of Design of the ICU «Great» 4 min. 45 sec., Reg. Anastasia Sherstneiv, Vasil Rasorov, Grigory Kiselev, School of Design of the ICU Rodka, 5 min. 55 sec., Reg. Alexandra Romanov, School of Design of the INA «Ego in Red Shoes», 5 min., Danil Chun, School of Design of the ICU «Our Home Zoo», 1 min. 57 sec., Reg. Ekaterina Ustudin, 7o.
This is not the end of the good news — only eight projects, three of which also belong to our students, were selected to participate in the Susdalfest and the Soyuzmultfilm!
In honor of the 90th anniversary of the legendary film studio, the contesters were asked to fantasize and play with the images of heroes created by the Soyuzmultfilm throughout its existence. The authors could turn to any cartoon, show or tape — including modern projects. A total of 133 applications were submitted for the competition: 22 full-length film projects, 44 cartoons and 67 short works. But the students of the ICU School of Design won! And now it will be possible to further develop its project with leading experts from the film studio, «Unusmultfilm».
Pitchin finalists, Soyuzmultfilm: 1. «Belomory», reg. «Anna Olehnović», Veronica Neputin. Draft short film, 12+2. Reverse, cut Kutepowa Elizavet. It’s a short film project, 16+3. «Cukueva Strange Case», cut Ivan Sapozhnikov. Draft short film, 16+
The Russian Open International Film Festival «Suzdalfest» will take place from 18 to 23 March 2026 in Suzdal.
