Lachryphagy

Russia, 2024 | 7 min
Director: Elizaveta Klimaeva
12+
Competition
Animation

A poetic tale of a parasitic moth feeding on tears. While hunting wild animals to sustain itself, the moth risks becoming prey—delicate animation transforms each tear into a symbol of nature's fragile balance between predator and victim.
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Elizaveta Klimaeva (Russia)
Graduate of HSE Art and Design School (Animation, 2021). Animator for:
• Student short «Knights of the Round Table...» (2019)
• RocketFox Studio (2D animation, 2021)
• Music video «People» for «Daite Tank (!)» (2022)
«Lachryphagy» marks her directorial debut exploring biomechanics through surreal imagery.

Elizaveta Klimaeva (Russia)

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