Sat Mar 2, 2019 – 12:00 pm | Beloit Public Library
I Want to Live in the Zoo
Directed by Evgenia Golubeva
Narrative Short
Russian Federation | 6 min | 2017
Sasha struggles at home. Her parents expect her to tidy up her room, eat porridge and do homework. Sasha decides that life in the zoo sounds much more interesting! She heads off to try and find her place among a bunch of penguins or maybe giraffes?
Evgenia Golubeva
Director
Evgenia studied directing and writing for animation in the University of Cinema and TV in St. Petersburg (Russia). Then she studied writing for children in the french animation school “La Poudriere” in Valence (France) and in the Groucho Club in London. She worked in the children media industry for 7 years as a writer, director, content creator, illustrator and character designer. Her animated short films won awards around the globe and have been screened in many festivals. Three of her preschool TV series projects are optioned by production companies in Ireland, UK and Russia. Her game project “Jelly Jumble” is available on the iTunes. Recently she’s got an award for the best game at Ocean Game Jam in Berlin. She works across different media using digital and hand drawn art. She loves folklore, different cultures and experimenting with the media.
