Films
URSA: Song of the Northern Lights
BLOCK E | Kids' Watch Party
Friday, March 24 | 4 - 5:30 PM
York County Library | Rock Hill
Screenings & Awards
Barnefilmfestivalen KICFilm Festival • GOLDEN KUKER - IAFF • Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival • ZLIN International Film Festival • ANIBAR International Animation Festival • GIFFONI Children & Youth International Film Festival • La Guarimba International Film Festival • AniFest ROZAFA International Film Festival • FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival • The Norwegian International Film Festival • TIFF Festival Junior • Film Festival della Lessini • Family Film Festival • Universal Kids Film Festival • Kino Dzieci - Kids Kino International Film Festival • BUSTER Copenhagen International Film Festival • Zero Plus International Film Festival • ANIMATOU IAF • International Animated Short Film Festival “AJAYU” • Reykjavík International Film Festival • Le Chouette Festival • Animare • Cinemagic Belfast Film Festival • Animafest Gdansk IAFilm Festival • Fredrikstad Animation Fest • CINEKID • TOFUZI: International Fest. of Animated Films • Uppsala International Short Film Festival • FILEM´ON International Children´s Film Festival • Göteborg Film Festival • TIAF- Tbilisi International Animation Festival • Chicago International Children´s Film Festival • ReAnima • KinoKino International Film Festival for Children • JUST FILM Youth and Children’s Film Festival • Animation Marathon • International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! • Short Film Days • Los Angeles Animation Festival LAAF • MUMBAI Entertainment International Film Festival • Children Cinema Awards • Minimalen Short Film Festival • IndieJúnior - International Children's and Youth Film Festival • Clermont- Ferrand International Short Film Festival • Ciné Junior International Children and Teenagers Film Festival • JEF festival • PLAY - Lisbon International Kids Film Festival • Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival • MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival • Festival Court en Scène • AniMate • Athens Animfest • BUFF • REGARD – Saguernay International Children's Film Festival • LAHORE International Children's Film Festival • Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski • Wiesbaden International Animation Festival • Rochester International Children´s Film Festival • Ulju Mountain Film Festival • FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM - MUSIC & CINEMA • Wisconsin Film Festival Big Screens, Little Folks Programme • IndieLisboa International Film Festival • Cactus International Children's Film Festival • Psaroloco International Children & Young People’s Film Festival • inemAmbiente - Environmental Film Festival • RURAL FilmFest • Tenerife Shorts - La Laguna International Film Festival • Short Waves Festival • Festival Scope Pro • New Directors I New Film Festival • ShorTS International Film Festival • Umbria Film Festival • FEST ANCA IAF • Lago Film Fest • Cervino Cinemountain • Oslo Pix • Bueu´s International Film Festival • Filmfest Sundsval • Lantern & Light International Children's Film Festival • KINOdiseea International Children's Film Festival • Legnago Film Festival • Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival • Brest European Short Film Festival • Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People • Short Film cinema program ”INSEPARABLE” • Fantoche Christmas programme • Barbican Cinema • Vadsø museum • Kortfilmfestival LeuvenBridge of Peace
Cast & Crew
ANIMATION | 2021 | 10 min. 00 sec.
SUGGESTED RATING | G
ELIGIBLE | Woman to Watch
COUNTRY | Norway
LANGUAGE | No Dialogue
DIRECTOR | Natalia Malykhina
WRITER | Natalia Malykhina
Synopsis
A little polar bear Ursa is alone in the cold dark Arctic and looking for his mum. He walks through a blizzard, through icy cold tundra and sharp ice hummocks, towards the northern lights and the magic song in hope to find his mother. After many challenges he comes to the edge of the earth. In front of him is only the sea and the northern lights. And there in the distance, in the northern lights he sees his mum!
About the Director
Natalia Malykhina has 30 years of animation experience - short and feature cartoon films and animation series, commercials, TV programs. Malykhina is an animator, scriptwriter, storyboard and lay-out artist for more than 20 animated film projects at international film production studios in Moscow and Budapest. Natalia is currently the director and producer of a little creative animation studio ULVENFILM located in Lillehammer, Norway. The studio has a focus on nice and kind children's animation, such as the project «Little Grey Wolfy» - a cycle of four short films on four seasons of the year, and a new short film "Ursa," which is not only a cute story for the little ones, but also touches on serious environmental problems. Natalia Malykhina Bratli is the author and screenwriter of all her film stories.
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