A Boxer Falls for a Ballerina | Boxballet (Oscar® Nominated)

A romance defies odds in this Oscar® nominated animation. 🎬SYNOPSIS: A massive boxer and a graceful ballerina face moral dilemmas: she spurns her ballet master; he rejects dishonest victory. The romance defies odds, leading to an unpredictable future as they leave their worlds behind. 🔎ABOUT THE FILMMAKER: Anton was born on March 1, 1980 in Almaty. He studied painting at the Almaty State University. In 2011 he graduated from School-Studio “SHAR” as an animation director. His first student film, BACH , was included in the student animated film competition at Annecy (France), won a Special Jury Prize at World Festival of Animated Film 2011 (Varna, Bulgaria) and got the Prize for Best Environmental Film at the 9th Tindirindis International Animated Film Festival (Vilnius). BOXBALLET is his 8th film. 🏆 FESTIVALS Academy Awards, Nominated Best Animated Short Film, 2022 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France, 2021 Nika Awards, 2021 Palm Springs International ShortFest, US, 2021 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, 2021 Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2022 National Animation Awards Ikar, Russia, 2021 Open Russian Festival of Animated Films, 2020 and many more... ///////////////////////// ▶️Subscribe for more shorts: https://goo.gl/39Zrzi ▶️Follow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kiskiskeepitshort ▶️Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiskiskeepitshort ▶️Follow us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/KIS_KIS/ ///////////////////////// 📝CREDITS Original title - BoksBalet Director - Anton Dyakov Writers - Anton Dyakov, Andrey Vasilyev Production - CTB Film Company, Melnitsa Animation Studio Producer - Alexander Boyarskiy, Sergey Selyanov Lead Animation - Svetlana Zamostyan Sound - Artyom Fadeev, Tchaikovsky Soundtrack - Kofe Year - 2019 © Licensed by Magnetfilm #kiskis #shortfilm #fullmovie #animation #valentinesday #love #oscars #awardwinning #2d #animatedshortfilm #europeancinema #indieanimation