A frog cosplays as a bear for 4 minutes and somehow it's devastating.
About a fantasy frog who imagined herself to be a bear, about her meeting with a bear hunter and the adventures that happened to them.
Director
Boris Akulinichev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Soviet collapse, this captures a nation pretending to be something it wasn't while predators circled. The metaphor is not subtle; it's devastating.
Director Akulinichev spent three years on these four minutes, hand-painting each cel. State funding disappeared mid-production; he finished it in his kitchen.
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