Anastasiya Lisovets’ 2020 scholar quick Canine Odor Just like the Sea is now accessible on Youtube.
The movie first caught our eye at Annecy in 2021. That 12 months, it loved a formidable competition run which included stops at Tallinn Black Nights and the Ottawa Worldwide Animation Pageant.
Anybody who is aware of canine understands how simply the animals might be set off by sure noises. In Lisovets’ quick, a younger girl’s canine reacts excitedly each time the deliveryman rings his bicycle bell. At first, the lady tries to stifle her canine’s pleasure. However by the tip, she follows the canine’s instincts and decides to get to know the proprietor of the bell.
The quick is visually putting, utilizing all-white and black backgrounds for early scenes of the solitary protagonist locked behind her door. It later switches to brighter and hotter colours when she will get up the nerve to go exterior and introduce herself to the stranger.
Characters are delicately painted with watercolors that distinction with the movie’s early black and white backdrops, giving the impression that the lady doesn’t belong locked up at the hours of darkness of her dwelling. When she finally steps exterior, the protagonist appears to slot in significantly better with a world that’s as vibrant and colourful as she is.
Lisovets studied on the Belarusian State Academy of Arts in her hometown of Minsk and later on the HSE Artwork and Design College in Moscow, the place she produced and directed Canine Odor Just like the Sea. The quick is distributed by Moscow’s College-Studio Shar.
