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An authentic tale about a dream and relationship between a young boy and his father.

2D Hand-drawn animated short film (12′ min)
Target Group: Young, Adults
Genre: City Tale, Drama, Adventure.
 Author / Writer: Irakli Kwirikadze
Directors, co-scriptwriters: Tatiana Poliektova, Olga Poliektova.
Producers: Anastasia Pavlovich, Fabienne Giezendanner, Lilia P. Schneider
In co-production with Aquariusm Films (Russia) and Zéro de Conduite Productions (France).
With support of: Pictanovo regional fund and Le Fresnoy (France)
Countries of production: Russia, France, Germany

SYNOPSIS

A young Georgian boy takes on the legacy of his father, a former swimmer who has not found recognition in his lifetime. The boy wants to prove that his father has really been the best long-distance swimmer in the world and is repeating a dangerous adventure.

Project State: in festivals

Awards:

2019 Special jury mention – Lucania Film festival (Italy)
2019 Award of Tonino Guerra – Krok International Animation FF (Russia)

Official Selections:

2019 (July) – Giffoni film festival (Italy)
2019 (July) – Anima Mundi (Brazil)
2019 (July) – New Zealand International film festival (New Zealand)
2019 (August) – Lucania Film festival (Italy)
2019 (August) – Concorto film festival (Italy)
2019 (August) – Window to Europe (Russia)
2019 (August) – Koroche film festival (Russia)
2019 (September) – Krok animation film festival (Russia)
2019 (October) – Animest festival (Romania)
2019 (October) – In the Palace film festival (Bulgaria)
2019 (October) – CineKid (Holland)
2019 (October-November) – Big Cartoon festival (Russia)
2019 (October) – ReAnimania film festival (Armenia)
2019 (November) – 22nd Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People (Greece)
2019 (December) – AleKino (Poland)
2019 (December) – China International New Media Short Film Festival (China)

ABOUT DIRECTORS

Tatiana & Olga Poliektovi

DIRECTORS, 2D ANIMATORS

Twin sisters Tatiana and Olga Poliektova are animators and directors specialized in 2D hand-drawn animation, based in St-Petersburg. After graduating art school and university of cinema and television in animation and computer graphics, they started working in duo as film directors and animators. Their recent short films are “Swimmer”, “My grandfather was a cherry tree”, taking part in over 150 festivals and earning over 50 awards.