Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)

Original title

Мавка: Лісова пісня

Directed by

Yevheniy Yermak, Oleksandra Ruban, Oleh Malamuzh

Genre

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

Country

Ukraine

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 853 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A forest spirit named Mavka falls in love with a human musician named Lukas. They must protect the magical forest from a villain who wants its power.

whimsicalromanticadventurousmusicalheartfeltcolorfulfolkloricbittersweet

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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