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2025
Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
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Partner: LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
Director:
Yelyzaveta Merzliakova
Filmmaker's profile
Polina is an animated documentary about a girl who survived violence. Through drawing, movement, and performance, she reclaims her body and voice. Art becomes a way to face trauma, transform pain, and rebuild a sense of self, turning survival into an act of resistance.
Duration: 3min.
Country: Czech Republic, Ukraine
Language: Ukrainian
Year: 2025
Genre: Animation
Topic: Documentary, Human Rights, Mental Health
Director: Yelyzaveta Merzliakova
Production company: Yelyzaveta Merzliakova
Writer: Yelyzaveta Merzliakova
Cinematographer: Yelyzaveta Merzliakova
Editor: Yelyzaveta Merzliakova
Actors: n/a
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