I am gathering things for my detained friends, who were protesting against the war — books, plush toys, food. once, twice. Now the list never ends, and I am gathering my own things.
Norwegian premiere
6 min 29 sBelgium, Finland, Portugal2025
things that i was gathering
by Ekaterina Zhuzhleva
2D computerAfter Effects
Ekaterina Zhuzhleva is an animation director, activist and researcher from Russia, currently living in Finland. She has a M.A. in Animation from Re:Anima EMJM, and had worked as an independent audiovisual artist and teacher since 2018. Currently, her main focus is on art-based research and autoethnography. Her animated films have been in festival; Tampere Film Festival, ANIMA Brussels, Fest Anča, Animakom, Festa Mundial da Animação, Insomnia, Kino Otok, Slovenian Film Festival, and more.
- animation
- Ekaterina Zhuzhleva
- production
- RE:ANIMA EMJMD
- screenwriter
- Ekaterina Zhuzhleva
- school
- Aalto University, LUCA School of Arts, Lusofona University