Festival du Film Merveilleux Special – Russian Short Films Showcase

Join us for an enchanting evening celebrating Russian cinema with a curated selection of 4 award-winning short films from the Festival du film Merveilleux & Imaginaire and La louve. This special screening offers a captivating journey through animation and fiction, exploring themes of hope, fear, mythology, and the supernatural.

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 14th at 7:00 PM
Age Requirement: 18+
Admission: Free upon registration
RSVP: Registration Form
Location: Centre Spirituel et culturel orthodoxe russe 1, quai Branly, 75007 Paris

PROGRAM

SON (LE FILS)

2025 | Animation | 20 min. | Kazakhstan, Russia
(French subtitles) – Selected for the 2025 Festival – Jury Prize

Director: Zhanna Bekmambetova

The story of a boy and his father living in a small house on the edge of the steppe. The boy is confined to a wheelchair and cannot even hold a spoon with porridge. The father is on the verge of despair, but everything changes when one day the television shows the landing of the latest robot on Mars… This tale is dedicated to all parents who never give up.

TWEET TWEET

2018 | Animation | 12 min. | Russia
(No dialogue) – Best Animated Film 2018 at the Festival du film Merveilleux

Director: Zhanna Bekmambetova

Our life is like walking on a tightrope. Sometimes we are afraid or feel lost and we lose our balance. When we are happy and excited, we forget we are walking on a rope. We can even fly! The main characters are the girl Luba and her friend Sparrow. Little Sparrow knows no fear. Playing with him, Luba forgets she is on a rope.

MERMAID ( SIRÈNE)

2023 | Fiction | 14 min. | Russia | 16+
(French subtitles) – Selected for the 2025 Festival – SFX Prize

Director: Dasha Charusha

In the finale of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale The Little Mermaid, the heroine refused to kill her beloved and transformed into sea foam. The Little Mermaid was taken by the air fairies, who promised that after three thousand years of service to the ideals of good, she would be rewarded with an immortal human soul. We witness the continuation of this story.

HYMN OF THE PLAGUE

2024 | Fiction | 13 min. | Germany, Russia
(English subtitles) – Selected for the 2025 Festival – Music Prize

Directors: Alexander Epikhov, Dimitri Gorbaty, and Philipp Ivanov

In an old Soviet recording studio, a group of musicians attempts to record a composition based on Pushkin’s play “A Feast in Time of Plague.” Strange and frightening phenomena disturb the musicians — whether spirits from the past or echoes of war. No one notices what is happening around them until the very end.

LA LOUVE

2019 | Fiction | 22 min. | France
(French subtitles) – Film in Russian, French, and a bit of English

Director: Svetlana Trébulle (Russian-French)

Victor, a solitary and reserved twenty-five-year-old man, has always been fascinated by the heroine of a tale, The She-Wolf, which his grandmother used to read to him when he was little. One day, he learns that in Russia several people have died after being attacked by a wolf. A curious detail: a young girl was reportedly seen with the animal in the forest where the tragedy occurred.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Registration required – Free admission
Address: 1, quai Branly, 75007 Paris

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to discover the richness and diversity of contemporary Russian cinema, from touching animated tales to haunting supernatural fiction.