PRINCESS AUBERGINE – Short

A lyrical story about adopting a child.

  • Film tests / stopmotion

  • Book illustrations by Irina De Assuncao

  • Book illustrations by Irina De Assuncao

  • Book illustrations by Irina De Assuncao

  • Book illustrations by Irina De Assuncao

  • Film tests / stopmotion

Short film: (6.30 min) based on childrens’ picture book “Where is the princess”, in fr. “Où es-tu la princesse” by Florian Oger and Irina De Assuncao.
Target Group: Children, Family
Genre: Stopmotion with Paper / 2D Animation
Director, Scriptwriter, Art Designer: Dina Velikovskaya
Book Illustrator / Designer: Irina De Assuncao
Producers: Lilia P. Schneider, Florian Grolig
Other platforms: Children’s picture book / App
Production country: Germany

SYNOPSIS

A king and a queen have almost everything: Love, Castles, Horses, Gardens, Pets but something is missing. Where is the princess?

Modern French poetry adapted into the art of animation.

With support of:

Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film & BKM (Kinderfilm), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

Project state: in Festivals

Mixing animation techniques, paper stop-motion and 2D classical animation:

ABOUT DIRECTOR

Dina Velikovskaya

Dina Velikovskaya

DIRECTOR, AUTHOR, ARTIST

Dina Velikovskaya is an award-winning filmmaker specialized in stop-motion, member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. During her studies and after she directed several short films that won a lot of awards all over the world. She lives and works in Berlin. Dina Velikovskaya is known for her use of old classical handmade animation techniques and a very personal style of narration.