Ionian ContemporaryAnimation Festival ICONA November 13th - 16th, 2025
Professional Competition 9
Saturday 15/11/2025 17:00 - 19:00, Sunday 16/11/2025 05:00 - 07:00
Total Duration: 1:48:54
- Doomsday radio 03:00 2025
Directed: Antanas Skučas, Julius Zubavičius Production: Antanas Skučas, Julius Zubavičius Dialogue Language: No Dialogue On April 15, 2025, a forgotten Soviet "Doomsday" radio suddenly comes to life, broadcasting encrypted messages. An abstract animated film about echoes from the past disrupting the present.
- MUTE 10:00 Russian Federation 2025
Directed: Maria Mityaeva Dialogue Language: Russian The film is a journey through the memories of its protagonist, who once chose a life of solitude. A young man deliberately withdraws from the world, until echoes from his past force him to face his deepest fears.
- Alyoshenka 23:57 2025
Directed: Dmitry Geller Screenplay: Vladimir Geller Production: Nikolay Makovsky, Dmitry Geller Dialogue Language: Russian A series of unexpected events lead the alien Alyoshenka to Earth. His appearance on the planet spurs supernatural forces into action. And still the cold space and his lost native planet call to him.
- Connections / Связи 04:00 2025
Directed: Svetlana Andrianova Screenplay: Svetlana Andrianova Production: Nikolay Makovsky Dialogue Language: Russian How an insignificant event becomes an important link in the chain of life.
- The Box / Ящик 07:50 2024
Directed: Alexandra Pavlova Screenplay: Alexandra Pavlova Production: Nikolay Makovsky The young man carefully follows the instructions in the manual for assembling the closet. But soon the events take on a dreamlike character and, despite the hero's efforts, his logical actions lead to an absurd result.
- The Man Behind The Curtain / Человек за шторой 09:00 2024
Directed: Ivan Bondarenko Screenplay: Ivan Bondarenko Production: Nikolay Makovsky In every relationship there are ups and downs. This is a story about overcoming a crisis that arose as a result of inattention towards each other. The turbulent emotions that arise help to establish connections in the relationship of a married couple.
- Death Of The Invisible Man 12:12 2024
Directed: Valentin Tyuterev Screenplay: Valentin Tyuterev, Yana Shmid Production: Nikolay Makovsky Dialogue Language: Russian The little man, thanks to his discovery, attracts the attention of the big city.
- Shell / Ракушка 10:00 2024
Directed: Veronika Neputina Screenplay: Veronika Neputina Production: Nikolay Makovsky Dialogue Language: Russian A teenage girl, Ulyana, faces the difficulties of adolescence and becomes the object of ridicule at school. The girl begins to grow a strange shell on her back, which protects her. One day in biology class, unable to stand the bullying, she runs off to the park, where she meets Rita, who has the ability to see Ulyana's shell. The girls become friends, but Ulyana does not trust Rita. After a quarrel, Ulyana accidentally plunges into Rita's inner world, where she sees her hidden problems. They both realize that each has their own difficulties. Ultimately, they gain mutual understanding and support.
- Fishing / Рыбалка 03:59 2023
Directed: Elena Kurkova Screenplay: Elena Kurkova Production: Nikolay Makovsky A man comes to the shore of a lake to fish, but he does not have suitable bait. Finally he finds a worthy one - a worm, and throws it into the lake. Then the fisherman dozed off and dreamed that he was underwater on a hook instead of a worm. Waking up from the nightmare, he begins to sympathize with the worm, and they begin a friendship.
- The Brook That Ran Back To The Mountain / Ручей, бегущий в горы 10:16 2023
Directed: Alexandr Khramtsov Screenplay: Alexandr Khramtsov Production: Nikolay Makovsky Mountain the dog, the guardian of a mountain village, falls in love with a visiting young woman. When she leaves, he ventures into the City to find her. The faceless sky-high buildings, crowds of people, automobiles… all of this combined overwhelms the Hero so much that he forgets even who he is and why he is there. But the herd of sheep from the village comes to his rescue.
- The Wall / Стена 06:30 2023
Directed: Dmitry Ivanov Screenplay: Dmitry Ivanov Production: Olga Granovskaya Dialogue Language: No Dialogue The action takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. A lonely man is trudging through sand under the scorching sun. This is Mikhel, a scientist. He is not afraid of strange beasts, or the strange world around him; he got used to all of that long ago. Suddenly his path is blocked by an endless black wall that seems to have appeared out of nowhere. He notices a small opening in the wall and, peeking through, sees a beautiful park with a pond, surrounded by trees. But the most surprising thing is that in the middle of this oasis he sees his wife and daughter whom he had lost in the cataclysm. Mikhel tries various methods to get over the wall. But as soon as he manages to do it, the beautiful world that he was striving so hard to get to always appears on the other side.
- While You Were On Your Way / Пока ты шёл 02:11 2023
Directed: Marina Spirina Screenplay: Marina Spirina Production: Nikolay Makovsky A young girl runs to a date and constantly looks at her phone, checking the time, afraid of being late. As a result, she is the one who has to wait and the waiting time seems eternal. In the film it is exaggerated to incredible limits. What can you do while you're waiting for a guy on a date and is it worth waiting at all?
- Sergey Slonimsky. The Bells / Сергей Слонимский. Колокола 03:58 Russian Federation 2023
Directed: Dmitry Naumov Screenplay: Irina Margolina Production: Irina Margolina Dialogue Language: Russian The picture of a city in music. Based on classical music of Sergey Slonimsky. Performed by author
- Rain 07:21 2025
Directed: Roza Gimatdinova Screenplay: Roza Gimatdinova Production: Dmitry Mosyagin Dialogue Language: No Dialogue Once after a summer rain, all shadows gained freedom.
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