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Filmstill Lada, Ivan’s Sister

Lada, Ivan’s Sister

Lada, sestra Ivana
Olesya Shchukina
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2022
Animated Film
France,
Russia
2021
7 minutes
Russian
Subtitles: 
English

With childlike ease, entertaining and touching, this colourful animation shows the transition of a woman who was born in the “wrong body”. With her family’s support and understanding, Ivan becomes Lada – a happy, content person. Based on a true individual story, this film is also a parable on the ingenuity of the transgender community who sometimes have to take unusual paths to establish a life worth living in an ignorant environment.

Borjana Gaković

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Olesya Shchukina
Script
Anastasia Patlay
Editor
Olesya Shchukina
Producer
Pavel Loparev, Irina Khodyreva
Sound
Andrey Guryanov
Animation
Iulia Voitova, Arman Avdalyan
Winner of: Silver Dove (Competition for the Audience Award Short Film)