Olena Kasavina

Directing

Olena Kasavina

Born

1952-04-17 (74)

Place of birth

Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Olena Borysivna Kasavina is a Soviet and Ukrainian animator, director, screenwriter. She is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine and the International Animation Film Association (ASIFA).

Known for

Behind the camera

We Are Women poster
8.0

Animation for adults, consisting of three short stories: "The Most Beautiful" - about the female beauty of the past and the present, "Sweet Life" - about the contradiction between reality and the dreams of women, "The Deck" - about which place occupies a man in a woman's life.

We Are Women

1988

We Are Women poster
8.0

Animation for adults, consisting of three short stories: "The Most Beautiful" - about the female beauty of the past and the present, "Sweet Life" - about the contradiction between reality and the dreams of women, "The Deck" - about which place occupies a man in a woman's life.

We Are Women

1988

Grandmother's Tales poster
NR

A lot of events take place in the Jewish town on the eve of Saturday. We must have time to visit everywhere and see everything. Only the story of the prophet remains untold. Ukrainian animation based on Jewish folklore.

Grandmother's Tales

1993

Grandmother's Tales poster
NR

A lot of events take place in the Jewish town on the eve of Saturday. We must have time to visit everywhere and see everything. Only the story of the prophet remains untold. Ukrainian animation based on Jewish folklore.

Grandmother's Tales

1993

Magia Russica poster
9.5

A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.

Magia Russica

2004

A Cherry Orchard poster
NR

Short animated musical performance of a work by Valentin Silvestrov based on Taras Shevchenko's verses, combined with animation of each line of the poem by different young directors.

A Cherry Orchard

2022

A Cherry Orchard poster
NR

Short animated musical performance of a work by Valentin Silvestrov based on Taras Shevchenko's verses, combined with animation of each line of the poem by different young directors.

A Cherry Orchard

2022

The Only One to Care poster
NR

Since the start of the invasion on 24 February 2022, many people were forced to leave their homes in search of safety. However, not everyone had the mobility as they were responsible not only for their own survival, but also for caring for a loved one with disabilities — someone who could not manage alone.

The Only One to Care

2025

Two Short-Lived Fairy Tales poster
NR

A collage of traditional Jewish folk tales.

Two Short-Lived Fairy Tales

2015

The Bus Stop poster
NR

Abstract and weird story follows a black cat trying to find his place in the world returning back to his roots and finding peace in his starting point.

The Bus Stop

2023

Imagine That poster
NR

A boy named Alik does not want to read the Torah. He asks his grandfather why this is necessary, and in response, his grandfather tells him a story...

Imagine That

2013