News

The opening ceremony of the “Listapadzik” film competition for children and youth audience will begin at 12:00 and will be held according to tradition in the “Pioneer” cinema. Young guests and their parents will enjoy a theatrical music and dance program, animators, life-size dolls, as well as a thematic photo zone dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Belarusian animation.

The program will be opened by the animated musical "Stars of the Seventh Heaven" directed by Elena Turova. She began the film adaptation of Gennady Davydko's fairy tale of the same name back in 2017. The director not only included complex computer effects in the tape, but also used music. So it turned out to be a one-of-a-kind Belarusian full-length musical, the drawn characters of which were voiced by famous domestic artists. Many roles were voiced by Elena Turova herself.

The film consists of five parts, each with nine musical numbers plus instrumental losses. The music for "Stars of the Seventh Heaven" was written by composer Leonid Shirin.

Another interesting thing: Diana Krasutskaya sings for the main character, the boy Sasha. The girl was among the students of music schools who were brought to the audition. The talent and crystal voice of the baby were noted by many, including the director of the picture:

– We understood that if we choose a boy, then in a couple of years, while the cartoon is being made, he will have a voice mutation, and he will no longer be able to voice the role. So we settled on Diana, who immediately sang very clearly and sincerely. Then she came to the pre-sound every year, and last year we no longer recognized her: it was not a baby who came, but a young girl. By the way, she also had to work hard on her voice and adjust it to those children's intonations that sounded in the first series of the project.

The famous bard Anatoly Dlussky in the image of Bayushka, actor Dmitry Pustilnik in the roles of Fear and Stargazer and Theo, who sang for the cat Murmur. Such, says Elena Turova, the audience has not yet seen our artists:

– There was a setup: to recruit not only popular performers, but also players. Those who can transform into the characters we need. So there was a super team, some artists played three or four roles, which were very different. Theo, by the way, has so entered into the image of a Murmur that today I can't even imagine someone else who would speak in the same purring voice.

The singer and poetess Olga Ryzhikova gave her voice to the fairy-tale fairies. It is planned that together with Theo and Elena Turova, she will present a picture in the “Pioneer”. Special guests of the opening ceremony will also be invited directors from Russia and Iran.

The results of the “Listapadzik” will be summed up in the “Pioneer” on November 23.