“Christmas On The Moon” by Lado Kvataniya (Mature)

An epic short by Moscow-based writer-director Lado Kvataniya (previously featured here). “Christmas On The Moon” tells the story of a 12 year-old girl and a giant teddy bear. Tasked to deliver the bear to a mob boss, the young girl decides to keep her new friend instead.

Starring
Masha Lobanova, Luba Sharabarina
Vladimir Voronov, Alexander Guriev,
Roman Babenko, Andrey Khrukin
Gosha Bergal, Nerius Mankus
Masha Abramova, Emiliya Gubaudulina
Mark Ustinov, Polina Ainutdinova
Zlata Magdich, Lera Koreneva
Milana Tsvetkova
Sonya & Serafima Umrilovi
Kira & Eva Tsaturyan

Written and Directed by Lado Kvataniya
Cinematography by Andrey Krauzov
Composer: Niko Cartosio
Producers: Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Ilya Dzhincharadze
Executive Producer: Olga Mitina
Production Designer: Dmitriy Onishenko
1st AD: Katya Laposhina
Producer Assistant: Masha Sitar
Casting: Margo Sayapina
1AC: Alex Budarin
2AC: Sergey Ivanov
Set Decorator: Denis Nikolaenko
Costume designer: Anna Kudevich, Boris Kukolkin
Hair and Make-up Artist: Igor Boyko
Edit: Vlad Yakunin
Location managers: Vladimir Kravchenko, Alexander Pisarev, Vanya Shuraev – Gorsky
Color: Jamie O’Bradovich, Artem Leonov
Property Master: Roman Ovsyannikov
Gaffer: Pavel Brukh
Production Manager: Mikhail Goglov
Unit Production Manager: Dmitriy Dimchevskiy
Production Assistants: Egor Larichkin, Vladimir Krotov, Alex Shumlyanskiy, Filatov Evgeniy, Vlad Khorozov, Alex Zvontsov
Dolly Grip: Vasiliy Chesnokov
Steadicam: Valera Sharapov
Crane Operator: Igor Yashin
SFX Supervisor: Evgeniy Sorokin
SFX Set key: Maxim Sorokin
Backstage operator: Evgeniy Seliverstov
Stunt coordinator: Oleg Chamodurov
Stunts: Viktor Serduk, Sergey Morin, Sher Dzhuraev, Rodion Klochkov, Vladimir Lukianchikov, Alex Minaev, Dmitriy Galkin, Yakov Efimov, Elena Borisova
VFX Producers CGF: Daria Speranskaya
VFX Producer Carbon Core: Ilya Rutkovsky
On-set Supervisor: Denis Gordeev
Special Thanks:
Alina Rossiyskaya, Suzanna Noruzi
SPORT KB, Nodar Dzhincharadze
Artem Efimov, Dima Ketov
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