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The story of a boy and his dad who live in a small house on the edge of the steppe. The boy is confined to a wheelchair and can’t even take a spoon with porridge. The dad is close to despair, but everything changes when one day the TV shows the landing of the newest robot on Mars… This tale is dedicated to all parents who don’t give up.

Category: Elements +6 Tag: Competition

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Movie Type	Short Movie
Genre	Animated
Section	Elements +6
Country	Kazakhstan, Russian Federation
Production Year	2025
Movie Length	20' 55''
Director	Zhanna Bekmambetova
Screenplay	Dmitry Kiselev, Zhanna Bekmambetova
Cast	Adylbek Atykhayev, Mariya Kireeva, Vyacheslav Turyshev
Editor	Maria Likacheva, Zhanna Bekmambetova
Animation	Denis Afanasyev, Rustam Muskulov, Svetlana Zimina, Valdislav Kalinin, Zhanna Bekmambetova
Music	Alexander Piglov Akmaral Mergen
Sound Designer	Anatoliy Tiurikov Varvara Belous
Produced by	Zhanna Bekmambetova Timur Asadov
Production	Bazelevs
Festival Contact	Aaron Blaise admin@creatureartteacher.com

Zhanna Bekmambetova was born in Tashkent and grew up in Moscow. She graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) with a degree in animated film production design. Her debut film Tweet-Tweet (2018) received numerous awards at international festivals, including Best Animated Short Film at the Shanghai IFF and it competed at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2018. Zhanna enjoys drawing caricatures, especially of her friends and her daughter Sonya, who often inspires her creative projects.