
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
8.0Animation 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
NRA 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
9.5A 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
NRShort 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
NRSince 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
NRA collage of traditional Jewish folk tales.
Two Short-Lived Fairy Tales
2015
Behind the camera
8.0Animation 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
8.0Animation 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
NRA 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
NRA 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
9.5A 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
NRShort 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
NRShort 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
NRSince 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
NRA collage of traditional Jewish folk tales.
Two Short-Lived Fairy Tales
2015
NRAbstract 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
NRA 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
