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Stepan Koval

Stepan Koval

Directing

Biography

Stepan Mykolaiovych Koval is a Ukrainian animation director. A significant part of his work is animations created using the claymation technique.

Known For

The Tram #9 Was Going
6.7

A morning tram over-occupied with passengers, but more and more people are trying to get in there. Inside, the life fountains. Someone talks about their troubles with children, somebody experiences a personal trauma, others can not stand up to quarrel, neighbors discuss a TV-series... All the events where usually, at least in the days this cartoon was created, common Ukrainians are involved in on their way to job-places is shown in this curious, vivid and witty claymation.

The Tram #9 Was Going

2002
Zlydni
8.0

Claymation based on the Hutsul folk tale, which tells the story of how troubles settled in the house of good landlords Petro and Marichka.

Zlydni

2005
Glinka
N/A

My grandfather and grandmother were left alone in their old age. My grandmother grew a vegetable garden, went after the cattle. My grandfather also did not sit idle, he made dishes out of clay for people (noble clay in those places!): bowls-plates, pitchers-makhotki, mugs-bowls, krynki and pots. And somehow it happened by itself – one of the pots came to life, oh, and the ruddy son came out!

Glinka

2008
Fighting for Cookies
N/A

No description available.

Fighting for Cookies

2006
To Become Firm
N/A

Animation about a person whom society is constantly trying to "mold" to its own taste: at home, at school, at work. How do you put an end to this pressure and finally take on your own shape?

To Become Firm

2009
The Little Mitten
6.0

Once in winter a gray mouse ran through the forest. She was cold, so she was very glad when someone had dropped a mitten on the ground. Having climbed inside and warmed up, someone suddenly knocked at it. It turned out that many more animals also needing warmth and comfort will visit the mitten.

The Little Mitten

1996
Z-Z-Z
N/A

No description available.

Z-Z-Z

1998
No image
N/A

No description available.

This is Us

1995
How to Cheer Up Loneliness
N/A

A horse named Camelia thinks it's unfair when someone is sad. And so she goes in search of Loneliness to cheer her up. Along the way, she meets those with whom Loneliness often visits. And all together friends rush to the rescue. This is a fairy tale that even Loneliness should not be lonely.

How to Cheer Up Loneliness

2018
Bridge to the City
N/A

Once upon a time the small bridge perched near small town. A lot has changed since then, but the bridge remembers old times and can tell us about it.

Bridge to the City

2021
Old Man Decided To Get Married
N/A

An old man decides to get married. He doesn't want to marry an old woman, but wants a young girl instead. She rejects his proposal and the old woman feels sorry for him.

Old Man Decided To Get Married

2013
I Love Loving Mom
N/A

A boy paints with watercolors that he got as a gift. He paints his mom, dad, grandma, grandpa. As the inspiration gets the best of him, he starts painting on the walls.

I Love Loving Mom

2021
Family Name in the Pocket
7.0

A short film about Holodomor. Based on a real life story. A woman is walking a long way from one village, where everyone has died of famine, to another, with no survivors left. She is hiding away from everyone, all she can think about is how to rescue her son from starvation. The only way to do it is to put the child on a train heading to some town.

Family Name in the Pocket

2020
Who's on a Lead
N/A

A dachshund on a leash pulls his master forward, despite all the barriers that occur on their way. The dachshund thinks that he pulls not his master but something huge and heavy.

Who's on a Lead

2021
Labyrinth
N/A

What about the labyrinth, except that it is a labyrinth?

Labyrinth

2017