Short film

Aleshenka

2025 · 24 min

A quiet, eerie animated short that blends cosmic loneliness with earthly strangeness, leaving a lingering sense of wonder and melancholy.

Overview: A series of unexpected events lead the alien Alyoshenka to Earth. His appearance on the planet spurs supernatural forces into action. And still the cold space and his lost native planet call to him.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, whimsical and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, identity, survival, fate
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
survival
fate
loneliness
Places: countryside
space
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: animation
Directed by: Dmitry Geller
Written by: Vladimir Geller
Starring: Tamara Zimina, Oleg Yagodin, Larisa Brokhman, Ksenia Ustyuzhaninova, Nadezhda Kruglova, Maxim Pogudin
Music: Artem Fadeev
Runtime: 24 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian