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Olena Kasavina

Olena Kasavina

Directing

Biography

Olena Borysivna Kasavina is a Soviet and Ukrainian animator, director, screenwriter. She is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine and the International Animation Film Association (ASIFA).

Known For

Doctor Aybolit
7.4

An old sea captain and his student decide to take part in the international regatta. At the same time an amateur thief steals a statue of Aphrodite from Louvre and boards their yacht by mistake. A long, fun adventure is ahead.

Doctor Aybolit

1984
Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map
7.8

A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This movie covers the first half of the book

Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map

1987
Treasure Island
7.6

Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this Soviet Ukrainian animated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale

Treasure Island

1989
Magia Russica
9.5

A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.

Magia Russica

2004
Doctor Aybolit
6.5

A funny comedy about doctor Aybolit and his assistants and patients - all animals.

Doctor Aybolit

1986
Lullaby
N/A

The cartoon is based on one of the famous Ukrainian lullabies. It tells the story of a newborn baby, which is surrounded by the maternal care and affection. In the video sequence, unusual ornament is replaced by fairy tale characters and animals that appear near the baby lying in his cradle.

Lullaby

1984
How Petryk Pyatochkin Counted Little Elephants
6.4

Petryk Pyatochkin goes to kindergarten and loves to play around. One day he counted elephants so that he could fall asleep with the other children during quiet time. And when he succeeded, Petryk got to Africa in an amazing kindergarten, where he had to take care of baby elephants, who did not miss the opportunity to have fun.

How Petryk Pyatochkin Counted Little Elephants

1984
Where Are You, My Friends?
6.0

Soviet Ukrainian adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who.

Where Are You, My Friends?

1987
Eneida
7.7

A mock-heroic 1798 poem Eneida is magnum opus of the first modern Ukrainian writer Ivan Kotliarevsky. It's a parody of Virgil's Aeneid, where Kotliarevsky transformed the Trojan heroes into Ukrainian Cossacks.

Eneida

1991
The Find
N/A

Man went to the forest to collect bird eggs from nests - there are such collectors. He brought one egg home and put it in a fur hat under a light bulb. And a very cute... snake hatched from the testicle!

The Find

1986
Three from Pankivka
N/A

The animation tells the story about three dull, but funny brothers from the Pankivka village. They make a mess of all things. If there’s nothing to do, they can easily come up with something that will make them look stupid. They will cut a cock’s feathers instead of brother’s hair, and will make a fish broth in the lake, will choose the longest way of two paths, and will “help” their neighbors with all their hearts.

Three from Pankivka

1989
A Cherry Orchard
N/A

Short animated musical performance of a work by Valentin Silvestrov based on Taras Shevchenko's verses, combined with animation of each line of the poem by different young directors.

A Cherry Orchard

2022
We Are Women
8.0

Animation for adults, consisting of three short stories: "The Most Beautiful" - about the female beauty of the past and the present, "Sweet Life" - about the contradiction between reality and the dreams of women, "The Deck" - about which place occupies a man in a woman's life.

We Are Women

1988
Imagine That
N/A

A boy named Alik does not want to read the Torah. He asks his grandfather why this is necessary, and in response, his grandfather tells him a story...

Imagine That

2013
Two Short-Lived Fairy Tales
N/A

A collage of traditional Jewish folk tales.

Two Short-Lived Fairy Tales

2015
The Only One to Care
N/A

Since the start of the invasion on 24 February 2022, many people were forced to leave their homes in search of safety. However, not everyone had the mobility as they were responsible not only for their own survival, but also for caring for a loved one with disabilities — someone who could not manage alone.

The Only One to Care

2025
The Bus Stop
N/A

Abstract and weird story follows a black cat trying to find his place in the world returning back to his roots and finding peace in his starting point.

The Bus Stop

2023
Grandmother's Tales
N/A

A lot of events take place in the Jewish town on the eve of Saturday. We must have time to visit everywhere and see everything. Only the story of the prophet remains untold. Ukrainian animation based on Jewish folklore.

Grandmother's Tales

1993