Animation films
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KEEP THE LIGHTS OFF
Animated film
2023

Country: Russia
Runtime: 7.50 min
Rating: 16+
Director: Alexey Ignatov
Scriptwriter: Alexey Ignatov
Producer: Fyodor Popov, Vladimir Malyshev
Sound engineer: Sofia Trifonova
Composer: Mark Skvortsov
Artistic director: Alexey Ignatov
Starring: Vadim Medvedev, Denis Glebov, Agata Ignatova, Ekaterina Minaeva
Production: VGIK - Debut

A boy who upset his parents. A girl who felt hurt by her mother. A young man sitting bored on a bench. A little bear who remembers its friend. Four short stories based on poems by contemporary poets.
Alexey Ignatov
DIRECTOR'S BIO:

Alexey was born in Ryazan on 29 January 1976.
VGIK, animated films artistic director, workshop under S.M. Sokolov, 2006
2020 – Wish Fulfilment Factory, VGIK-debut
2018 – Who is Krakozyabrik? VGIK-Debut
Suzdal Festival Certificate, 6th place in the professional rating, 2019
2016 – The Hedgehog Who Is Not a Hedgehog at All, VGIK-Debut
9th place in the professional rating, Suzdal Festival, 2017
2015 – Magic Pearl’, VGIK-Debut
Prize at the Insomnia Festival, 2015
2005 – Tsifrusha, VGIK
Prize at the Kinoproba International Festival in Yekaterinburg