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The Snow Queen (‹See Tfd› Russian: Снежная королева, romanized: Snezhnaya koroleva, lit. 'The Snow Queen') is a 2012 Russian animated fantasy adventure film directed by Vladlen Barbe and Maxim Sveshnikov. The film is a based on the 1844 fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.
The Velvet Queen: Directed by Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier. With Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson. Two men explore the high-altitude wilderness of Tibet with many cameras, filming wildlife from a respectful distance and searching for the rare snow leopard.
- (2.9K)
- Documentary, Adventure
- Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
- 2021-12-15
As the Snow Queen rallies her forces, Gerda must learn the true nature of her magic powers to save Christmas and rescue Kai. Experience Kingston at Christmas and be enchanted by Hans...
The Velvet Queen (French: La Panthère des neiges, lit. 'The Snow Panther') is a 2021 French-language documentary film. It follows Sylvain Tesson and Vincent Munier as they attempt to find a snow leopard in Tibet.
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Gerda and Kai are finally reunited with their parents. Together they move to a certain province, ruled by a powerful inventor King Harald. In a family full of professional magicians, only Gerda doesn't have the ability to wield magic. However, the family is satisfied by selling first-class magictrinkets. One day an old woman comes to buy a trinket ...
Development
The fourth installment of The Snow Queen franchise was in initial stages since 2016. Wizart Animation collaborated with American animation veteran Robert Lence. Previously, Lence has worked as a script writer, animator and story board consultant for major studios including Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks.Lence became a director alongside co-director Aleksey Tsitsilin. For the first time in Russian animation history, a film was co-directed by a Hollywood animator. Both Tsitsilin and Lence recipro...
Themes
In November 2017, at the American Film Market, Wizart Animation presented the materials for The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands. Presenters remarked the film will be a fusion of technology and magic. Robert Lence explained how the film will be a melting pot of steampunk genre through the use of technology such as airships intertwined with the polar fairy tale setting of the franchise based on the Hans Christian Andersen's plot. Co-director Alexsey Tsitsilin emphasized the film will also feature funda...
Animation
The feature film is considerably different from its prequels due to its sophisticated artwork on technology. The animation studio expanded the fairy tale universe to a megalopolis whose industry runs on inventions. Animators increased the quality of the film to showcase real-life depiction nature such as clouds, lava and water. Special effects of the reflections of the sun on the sea waves were developed. At the AFM presentation, animators explained how they created a cloud system. They remar...
Theatrical
At the 2017 AFM, Wizart Animation secured distribution in South Korea, Turkey and Poland. In May 2018, at the Marché du Film in Cannes, they showcased the first footage of its film for a global audience. The film pre-sold to Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia (Acme Film), Poland (Kino Świat(pl)), former Yugoslavia (Blitz), the Czech Republic and Slovakia (CinemArt (cs)). The franchise also returned to Bulgaria via Pro Films. Line Friends Corporation distributed the film in South Korea. The film w...
Box office
The budget spent on the film was $6 million. During the premieres in Poland and Slovenia the cartoon took second place in rentals overtaking major overseas competitors. The film became the first Russian film to receive $1 million at the international box office in 2019. In Russia the collections in total amounted to $5.1 million. By the end of 2019 box office results, the animated film became the most popular Russian animated film at the foreign box office. The fourth part took the second pla...
Critical response
KinoKultura review by Olga Blackledge stated the international appeal of The Snow Queen franchise is undeniable as it has been shown in over 150 countries. Furthermore, there was a statement about the film's overall secret formula for success, "So what is its secret? The franchise in general, and Mirrorlands in particular, have been praised for its technological mastery which is consistently growing. Even with a relatively low budget, Wizart Animation manages to create world-class animation."...
Video game
Wizart Animation released a free game for Android and iOS platforms. The studio founded in 2007 as a gaming studio officially released its first major game that is based on The Snow Queen franchise in 2020. Snow Queen: Frozen Fun Run. Endless Runner Gamesfeatures a runner (arcade) where the players can choose the characters Gerda, Kai, Orm or any other hero who need to overcome obstacles and escape from the main enemy - the North Wind.
Franchise
After the release of The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands,The Snow Queen series became an animated tetralogy series presented by Wizart Animation. For the first time in The Snow Queen series history, the viewership of the film surpassed seventeen million viewers in over eighty countries. From its debut original The Snow Queenreleased in 2012, today the animation studio has transformed the series into an animation series classic that has caught the attention of ordinary viewers to critics alike. Modern...
The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands at IMDbThe Snow Queen: Mirrorlands at Box Office MojoThe Snow Queen: Mirrorlands at Rotten TomatoesDec 26, 2021 · Narrated by Sir Dirk Bogarde - Gerda (Samantha Glen) sets off into the wide world to find her friend Kay (James Cohen) who has been seduced away by the powerful Snow Queen to her ice palace in...
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Deep in the primeval mountains of Tibet, animals, men, and gods find harmony in the last fleeting vestiges of undisturbed nature. In this breathtakingly beautiful and perilously frigid environment, two nature photographers embark on a quest to document a wild snow leopard, the holy grail of wildlife subjects.
- (8.3K)
- Paprika Films, Oscilloscope
- Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
