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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2004 - 17.24 July

Sections & Films

LITTLE LONGNOSE

Category: Edition 2004

Synopsis

An evil witch needs Jacob, the kind-hearted shoemaker’s son, in order to carry out her sinister plans. When Jacob refuses, the witch takes away seven years of his life and turns him into an ugly dwarf. The witch is sure that this misfortune will be too much for Jacob to bear and that he will give in and help her. With seven years gone, Jacob returns to his home as a dwarf but nothing is the same. His father has died from grief and even his own mother can’t recognize him. The people of the town mock him and drive him away. Jacob does not know what to do. And then one day while running away from his persecutors, Jacob saves the life of a goose. But this is not an ordinary goose, it is the King’s daughter Princess Greta, who was kidnapped and put under a spell when she discovered the witch in the royal palace stealing the secret she needs to take over the kingdom. Jacob and the Princess join together to get back to their families and stop the witch’s sinister plane.

Original Title KARLIK NOS
Italian Title NASOLUNGO E LA PRINCIPESSA
Category Official Competition
Section Kidz
Tipology Animation, Feature Film
Duration 82'
Production Year 2003
Nationality Russia
Directed by Ilya Maksimov
Screenplay Alexander Boyarsky
Based on the book “Little Longnose” (“Der Zwerg Nase”)
by Wilhelm Hauff
Music Valentin Vassenkov
Original Voices Albert Asadullin (Jacob the Dwarf/Jacob il Nano)
Yelena Shulman (Jacob the Boy/Jacob il Ragazzo)
Yevgeniya Igumnova (la Principessa/the Princess)
Natalya Danilova (la Strega/the Witch)
Igor Shibanov (Urban)
Ivan Krasko (il Re/the King)
Produced by Sergey Selyanov, Alexander Boyarsky
Access

little longnose regIlya Maksimov

Ilya Maksimov graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Engineering and Building with a degree in architecture in 1993. He worked for a year as a professional architect before becoming an animator at the Russian branch of Capitol Multimedia Inc. Ilya soon became a lead animator at the company on their productions of MAGIC TALES, IMO AND THE KING, BABA YAGA AND THE MAGIC GEESE, and BODYSLAM. He went onto work as an animator and character designer at the studio of Renate Gazizova as well as an illustrator at the “World of Children” Publishing House. In 1997, Maximov began his work as a director of animation for Melnitsa including the animated serial TECHNOLOGY for the BBC, episodes 3 and 4 of ADVENTURES IN THE EMERALD CITY, the film THE INTRIGUES OF OLD MOMBY and Melnitsa’s first full-length animated feature, LITTLE LONGNOSE.

 

Director’s statement

“We were looking for a story that would have been actual for both children and adults. It took us a long time to find something suitable. After all we decided in favour of classic fairy tales of Hauff because classics are always actual. Of course we had to make some changes. We turned the story into a kind of thriller but the main idea is still a human's choice between good and evil”.

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Melnitsa Animation Studio / CTB
Melnichnaya UI, 4, 192019 St. Petersburg - Russia
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