Animation
stop motion, hand-drawn animation, and cutouts techniques / since 2013
Minor Film, 2024
A documentary animated film about Theater Minor from 1998 to 2024, co-created with Daria Kashcheeva. We recorded 24 interviews with theater staff, the troupe, and critics. In the film, the theater itself speaks through their voices — animated objects, interiors, and even the theater building. Additionally, archival footage and excerpts from performances are used.
direction
Semion Kulikov, Daria Kashcheeva
stop motion animation
Semion Kulikov
script
Semion Kulikov, Anna Gumboldt, Daria Kashcheeva
drawn animation
Maria Rakitina
duration
28 min
the trailer is coming soon
Help return children to Ukraine, 2023
Short animation video, free to share.
idea, stop motion animation
Semion Kulikov
used music
Veronika Svobodová
We are 'Memorial', 2022
At the beginning of 2022, the shutdown of the human rights organization Memorial by the Russian state seemed like one of the most significant events requiring a public response. We produced and edited an animated video featuring statements from 23 animators in support and defense of Memorial. However, at the end of February, just as we finished the video, the war began. The video premiered on the Novaya Gazeta website on February 28th.
idea, production, editing
Semion Kulikov, Anna Gumboldt
Editing
Semion Kulikov, Yura Boguslavsky
animation
23 animators (includig us)
Our statements are at 00:24 (Anna Gumboldt)
01:48 (Semion Kulikov
01:48 (Semion Kulikov
Three turtles, 2020
A short animated film in support of the Belarusian protests of 2020. Inspired by the song “Three Turtles” by Lavon Volski, which became one of the anthems of the protesters.
animation
Anna Gumboldt
idea, editing
Anna Gumboldt, Semion Kulikov
All the Year Round by Lev Rubistein / animation series, 2015
We created over 60 short animated and live video clips for the performance produced by Ten’ theater. Poet and writer. Lev Rubinstein read a short text for each day of the year, associatively linked to a historical event that occurred on that day. The video, shown alongside the reading of the text, added another layer of association and context.
The remaining approximately 300 clips were created by other animators who also participated in the project (Rosa Gimatdinova, Liza Skvortsova, Danila Lenzi, Maria Koneva, Milana Safonova, Konstantin Brilliantov, Natalia Antipova, Vasily Efremov, Alexey Roslevich, Ilya Epelbaum and others).
The video and animation were deliberately created in a lo-fi style.
idea, art direction
Ilya Epelbaum
performances producer
Maya Krasnopolskaya
video & animation
Anna Gumboldt, Semion Kulikov
about 60 episodes of 366
Artist and Hooligans, 2016
A short animated film, co-created with Ivan Maximov.
Mischievous manipulations with the artist’s Voitsekhovsky paintings.
Selected festivals:
International Animation Festival in Hiroshima, Japan, 2016;
Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF), Utrecht 2017;
ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival, Poland, 2016;
Animated Dreams – Animation Film Festival. Tallinn, Estonia, 2016;
International Film Festival “Silk Road”, China, 2016;
Cinekid Festival 2024 in Amsterdam, Noord, 2016; ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival, Romania, 2016;
Countryside Animafest, Cyprus, 2017 (Special mention of director Koji Yamamura at the festival in Cyprus: “For joy of a free game and unexpected events in free structure from the point of view of a child”).
directors
Ivan Maksimov, Anna Gumboldt-Romanova
production
School-studio SHAR
One turtle, 2014
A short animated graduation film.
Some very complicate problems were to be solved by a small, tired, and very cute turtle.
Selected festivals:
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA, 2014.
Linoleum, Ukrajne, 2014
World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria, 2014
International Animation Festival Hiroshima, Japan, 2014 (non-competitive program Stars of students)
director, production designer, script
Anna Gumboldt-Romanova
editing
Anna Gumboldt-Romanova
animation
Anna Gumboldt-Romanova, Anna Konysheva, Ksenia Popova, Anna Youdina, Daria Vyatkina
production
School-studio SHAR
36 dramatic situations / in progress
An experimental puppet film with animation about violence and a spectator. In progress.
Based on our performance.
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