Working with a team of 33 animators and artists, directors Misha Petrick and Alexey Bovkun harmonize diverse storylines and animation styles into a standout teaser trailer for the G8 Creative Industries Festival in Moscow.

Misha and Nadya Petrick, founders at Petrick Studio: “To reflect the festival’s theme of Polyphony, we told four unique stories about the creative journey. In the finale, all four stories merge in a mixed-media ending.
 

“To reflect the festival’s 2025 theme of Polyphony, we told four unique stories about the creative journey.”

 
“The segments include a Claymation segment about battling the void by Katya Mikheeva, a 2D story about mastery in creativity by Eldar Selimov, a stop-motion body horror by Pasha Ho, a story of self-discovery by Nastya Tarakanova & Lena Khan, and the finale by Roma Novak.

Nikita Molchanov, music producer at Sphere Sound: “Musically, we wanted to link the different narratives and styles so the video would feel more cohesive. We were inspired by Japanese animation music masters who use ethnic instruments in new contexts.”
 
 

 
Client: G8 Festival

Production: Petrick Animation Studio
CD: Misha Petrick
Director: Misha Petrick, Alexey Bovkoun
Executive Director: Nadya Petrick
Producer: Alena Antonyan

“Mastery”
Director/Art Director: Eldar Selimov
Character Design: Eldar Selimov
Environment Design: Valeria Gorbaneva, Eldar Selimov
Color Script: Egor Afonin
Lead Animation: Alexey Bovkoun
Animation: Alexey Bovkoun, Vova Orlov, Tatiyana Bolotnova, Diana Mamsirova, Veronica Bogdanova, Elizaveta Rukus
Animation FX: Tanya Goncharova, Alexey Bovkoun
Cleanup/Painting: Milena Leonova, Veronica Bogdanova, Valeria Bogdanova, Elizaveta Rukus, Galya Pugach, Elena Khan
Environment Modeling: Sergey Pronin
Compositing: Ilia Buzinov, Nikita Chernov

“The Void”
Director/Art Director/Master of Clay: Katya Mikheeva

“Self-Presentation”
Director: Elena Khan
Art Director: Anastasia Tarakanova
Character/Environment Design/Color Script: Anastasia Tarakanova
Lead Animation — Elena Khan
Animation: Elena Khan, Lena Volk, Galya Pugach, Maria Dudina, Ilia Buzinov
Animation FX: Daria Verzilina
Cleanup/Painting: Elena Kha, Elizaveta Rukus, Galya Pugach, Maria Dudina
Compositing: Denis Pisarev

“Sacrifice”
Director/Art Director: Pasha Ho
Concept Character Design: Color Script: Pasha Ho, Denis Pisarev
Concept Environment Design: Pasha Ho, Anastasia Tarakanova
Sculpting: Pasha Ho
Environment Modeling: Pasha Ho, Sergey Pronin
Animation: Pasha Ho, Egor Basyubin, Natasha Matushenko
Look Development/Assembly: Pasha Ho

“Feast”
Art Director: Roman Novak
Animatic/Lead Animation: Alexey Bovkoun
Character Design: Denis Pisarev, Anastasia Tarakanova, Pasha Ho, Eldar Selimov, Roman Novak
Concept Environment Design: Roman Novak, Anastasia Tarakanova
2D Animation: Elena Khan
Sculpting: Ilya Dyadyura, Pasha Ho, Denis Pisarev, Roman Novak
3D Animation: Egor Basyubin, Roman Novak
Modeling/Look Development/Assembly: Roman Novak
Packshot design: Arisha Podgaiskaia

Music/sound design: Sphere Sound Studio (rep. by Neu)
Audio Director: Nikita Molchanov
Sound producer: Dmitry Nekrotkov
Music Producer: Nikita Molchanov
Composer, Sound Engineer: Dmitry Nekrotkov