Leonids Geschichte/ История Леонида
Leonid's Story

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2011 runtime 19'00 colour
screening format HDCAM aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Russisch Subtitles Englisch

A Soviet family searching for a modest paradise is swept into an immense disaster. This magically animated film combines drawing, photography and documentary video to capture the surreal emotions of a too real tragedy: Chernobyl 1986. In the eighties, Leonid and his family returned to the village where he grew up, just before the reactor exploded. The catastrophe broke his life, ruined his health and threatened his unborn child.

director Rainer Ludwigs Animation Anja Schnaars, Jan Bauer, Rainer Ludwigs Schnitt / Editing Rainer Ludwigs Bildgestaltung / DOP Rainer Ludwigs, Rüdiger Lubricht Drehbuch / Script Rainer Ludwigs Besetzung / Cast Leonid Korzh, Ljudmilla Korzh Original-Filmmusik / Original Score André Feldhaus Produktion / Production Tetyana Chernyavska Tongestaltung / Sound Design Sven Bien
Festivals
Dok.Fest München, Germany
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
Molodist International Film Festival, Kiew, Ukraine
Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Japan
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
Cartoons On The Bay - International Festival on Television Animation, Salerno, Italy
DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington, USA
Filmfestival Münster, Germany (Großer Preis der Filmwerkstatt)
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (Swinburne Award for Best Documentary Short Film)
Green Film Festival, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (Best Short Film)
Production
  • Rainer Ludwigs Image-Building
  • Tetyana Chernyavska
  • Heidehof 20
  • 28870 Ottersberg
  • +49 4205 395652
  • http://www.leonidsstory.com
Distribution
  • Rainer Ludwigs Image-Building
  • Tetyana Chernyavska
  • Heidehof 20
  • 28870 Ottersberg
  • +49 4205 395652
  • http://www.leonidsstory.com
Sales
  • Rainer Ludwigs Image-Building
  • Tetyana Chernyavska
  • Heidehof 20
  • 28870 Ottersberg
  • +49 4205 395652
  • http://www.leonidsstory.com

Rainer Ludwigs

Degree in graphic design, College of Arts in Bremen, emphasis on animation films;
creation of television spots at Grey Düsseldorf;
since 1995 works as freelance director and producer

Filmography
2009 The birth of a Remos-Aircraft
2010 Kinder von Tschernobyl