The film "I Died in Irpin" will participate in the Clermont-Ferrand festival.

The Ukrainian animation "I Died in Irpin" by Anastasia Falileieva has been selected for the international competition at the 47th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, one of the most prestigious global forums for short films. This was reported by the official festival website.

“On February 24, 2022, my boyfriend and I left Kyiv for Irpin. We spent ten days in the besieged city and managed to escape with the last evacuation convoy. Time passes, but since then, I've had this feeling that I died in Irpin. The film reconstructs a real survival story through a personal and subjective lens,” the director shares.

The film is made using a rare technique. It is charcoal animation on paper.

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Among 8,200 submissions from around the world, 64 films from 49 countries made it into the international competition program. The Clermont-Ferrand Festival will run from January 30 to February 8, 2025, and winning it grants automatic qualification for the Oscars.