Lullabies of the World
Lullabies of the World (Russian: Колыбе́льные ми́ра; tr.:Kolubelnyye mira) is a Russian animation anthology project that begun in 2005, with goal to create animated music videos to musical performances of lullabies (in their original languages) from countries around the world. Author of idea and producer: Arsen Gottlieb. Director: Yelizaveta Skvotsova.
60 lullabies are currently completed. The project has received high critical praise within Russia and won a number of awards at international film festivals.
List of lullabies
[edit]| Lullaby | Performs a song | Artist | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chukchi | Ensemble " Vaeg girls" | Elizabeth Skvortsova | The film is about what to do to calm the child. |
| Russian | Arina Fridlyanskaya | Gleb Korzhov | Falling asleep, the girl watches who is doing what. Maybe she's already dreaming. |
| Jewish | Efim Chorny | Elizabeth Skvortsova | A little boy dreams of becoming a bird. |
| Japanese | Michiya Mihashi | Natalia Romanenko | The constellations Weaver Girl and Cowherd meet in the sky once a year. If there is a thunderstorm that night, they have to wait for the next year. |
| Hungarian | Marta Sebestyen | Anna Samoilovich | Traveling artists show a Christmas performance. |
| Moldovan | Maria Ilicy | Elizabeth Skvortsova | How nice, baby, that you are still so small! |
| Azerbaijani | Shovkat Alakbarova | Gleb Korzhov | The child saw his whole life in a dream. |
| German | Marlene Dietrich | Anna Samoilovich | A mother cradles her baby, and a baby cradles her bear. |
| Ukrainian | Nina Matvienko | Veronika Fedorova | Night and Winter lulls babies, so they dreamed happy dreams. |
Awards
[edit]- 2006—Malescorto International Short Film Festival: "Best Non Live Action Film"
- 2006—Window to Europe: "Grand Prix" in the Animation Competition
- 2006—11th International "Golden Fish" Festival of Children's Animation: "Special Prize"
- 2006—Stalker Film Festival: "UNICEF Prize for Reflecting the Theme of Children's Rights in Cinematography" [1]
- 2007—White Elephant National Award of Film Critics and Reviewers: "Best Animated Project of 2006"
- 2007—XIV KROK International Animated Films Festival: Karelian Lullaby, Special Diploma for "Elegance of the Lullaby Design" [2]
- 2008—13th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film: "Best Series"
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website
- Lullabies of the World at IMDb
- Series profile at Animator.ru (incomplete listing)
- Series creator's "self-portrait" (in Russian)
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