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FILM INFO

Country of origin: Belarus
Year of origin: 2021
Duration: 9:51
Age Restriction: 16+

AUTHOR / STUDIO / INSTITUTION

Name/Title: Qwest Media

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Nata Korneyeva
Script: Nata Korneyeva
Designer: Nata Korneyeva
Animation: Eldar Musin, Daria Pariseyeva
Music: Eldar Musin
Sound: Eldar Musin
Producer: Leonid Kalitenya

GENRES

Drama, Love story


TECHNIQUES

2D/Traditional, 2D Computer, 3D Computer, Cut-outs

Shirey Mara

 
T-Short
T-Short
15

SYNOPSIS

⁣The story is about reconciliation with the loss of a loved one, about waiting for the first snow and about November dreams.


A young wife of Joseph, Mara, dies. She drops off a magic box with her songs as a gift for him.

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ABOUT DIRECTOR

Born in Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe. Based in Israel.
Education:
2010 – 2014, Saint-Petersburg State University of Technologies and Design
2014 - 2015, European College of Liberal Arts, Belarus
2022 - 2023, Project MASA, Israel.

Director, writer, artist.
November 2018 — independent project: prototype of the VR-game "WhaleJail", in the VR-laboratiry of Minsk International Fim Festival Listapad 2018, director, writer, lead gamedesigner.
2017 - 2019 — independent project: the author's graphic novel "Urban bestiary"; writer, director, creating concepts, sketches, storyboards, working with artists, lettering.
Publications of novels
— almanac of the novels "Makulatura"
— online-magazine "Prochtenie"
— collection of the stories "Games that play games"

Special prize for the play "Ghosts have nowhere to dance" "For the shortest and highest quality plays" of the International Drama Competition "LitoDrama" 2015, Russia
Special mention for the play "Ghosts have nowhere to dance" III Competition-festival of modern Belarusian drama "WriteBox" 2018, Belarus
Participant of the International Belarusian drama laboratory 2018, Belarus

2020 - short film "Bird", director, writer, artist.
Short list of the International Festival Nefiltrovanoe Kino 2022, Belarus
Official Selection of the International Film Festival Sodruzhestvo 2021, Georgia
Official Selection of the International Festival MosFilmFest 2021, Russia
Finalist of the International Film Festival Near Nazareth Festival 2020, Israel
Finalist of the International Film Festival Košice International Monthly Film Festival 2020, Slovakia
Finalist of the International Film Festival Lift-Off Global Network: First-Time Filmmaker Sessions 2020, USA

2021 - short animated film "Shirey Mara", director, writer, artist.
Grassroots Individual Production Grant from funds Genesis and Joint, USA
Winner of the pitching of the International Film Festival "Listapad" 2018, Belarus
Best Animation (Premiere) of the Near Nazareth IFF 2021, Israel, World Premiere
Member of the Belarusian cinema program at European Film Market, Germany
Official Selection of the The International Animated Film Festival "Banjaluka" 2021, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe Premiere
Official Selection of the International Animation Film Festival TINDIRINDIS 2021, Lithuania
Official Selection of the Cartoons on the Bay 2021, Italy
Official Selection of the Palm Springs International Animation Festival 2021, USA
Official Selection of the Paris International Animation Film Festival 2021, France
Official Selection of the Miami Jewish Film Festival 2021, USA.
Official Selection of the Jewish Filmfestival Berlin | Brandenburg JFBB 2022, Germany
Official Selection of the Cairo Animation Forum 2022, Egypt
Official Selection of The Amarcort Film Festival 2022, Italia
Special Mention of The Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film Festival 2022, Scandinavia, Baltic, Belarus.

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