37th edition
18-26 january 2025

You Are Not a Kiwi

Sa ei ole kiivi

Maria Saveleva

Image You Are Not a Kiwi
Estonia
2020 Animation 5 min
It's more than just feathers or a number of fingers... Mr Notakiwi wants to join the community. Is society ready to accept the other and his song..?
Screenplay : Maria Saveleva
Conception artistique : Maria Saveleva
Animation : Maria Saveleva
Composite : Maria Saveleva
Conception sonore : Bruno Quast
Mixage : Bruno Quast
Production : Estonian Academy of Arts
Distribution: Estonian Academy of Arts
Contact : Estonian Academy of Arts
Maria Saveleva was born in Saint Petersburg in 1993. She studied graphics and illustration at The Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design 2010-2016. In 2020 she graduated the master of animation from Estonian Academy of Arts. Her illustrations are published in many magazines and newspapers. She has had several exhibitions and has illustrated books. In 2018-2019 she was a director, artist, scriptwriter at Animos studio in Moscow. Currently, she works in the animation field.