Mavka: The Forest Song

Synopsis

Mavka: The Forest Song (Ukrainian: «Мавка. Лісова пісня», romanized: Mavka. Lisova pisnia) is an independently-made Ukrainian 3D-animated fantasy film. It was created in 2023 by the Animagrad film studio (which is a part of The Film.UA Group). Based on Lesya Ukrainka's play, The Forest Song, it portrays characters from Slavic and Ukrainian folk mythology. Oleksandra Ruban and Oleh Malamuzh directed the film. The animated film is set in two worlds: one enchanted and one human. The main theme of the film is a love story between an enchanted forest dweller (Mavka) and a human (Lukas), and their battle with the villain Kylina, who desires to own a magical forest wellspring. Mavka: The Forest Song was released in Ukraine on March 2, 2023. This animated film has set several national records during its release in the cinemas. In particular, it became the highest-grossing Ukrainian film project for the whole history of the independent Ukrainian cinematography and entered the list of the twenty best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema. Dubbed into the English language and also into 32 other languages, Mavka: the Forest Song was shown on theater screens in approximately 140 countries worldwide. During the national release period, the original Ukrainian language version also ran in other countries.

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Details

Type

Movie

Release date

March 2, 2023

Genres

musical film, fantasy film, comedy film, family film, speculative fiction film, adventure film

Created by

Oleh Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban, Yevheniy Yermak

Runtime

99 min

Countries

Ukraine

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