Premiere
1
Mar1989
Studio
About
Synopsis
A Parable About an Artist (1989) is a Soviet animated short by Nikolai Serebryakov, free to watch online on iFILM. In just twenty minutes it follows a performer whose whole craft is handing audiences both grief and joy.
The film borrows its entire visual language from the graphic work of Tatar artist Ildar Urmanche — his lines shape every frame. There is almost no dialogue here; the meaning lives in metaphor, in what a player gives away each time he faces a crowd. A small, unhurried piece for anyone who treats hand-drawn animation as art rather than entertainment. Stream A Parable About an Artist online on iFILM.
Cast






























Comments 0