Winter in March / Lumi Saadab Meid / Zima v marcu

Natalia Mirzoyan (Rebel Frame, Artstep)
2025, Estonia, Armenia, 16’22’’

Helpless in the face of a repressive state, a young couple leaves their home in Saint Petersburg, an escape that turns into a surreal nightmare.

Mladi par, nemočen spričo represivne države, zapusti svoj dom v Sankt Peterburgu, njun beg pa se kmalu sprevrže v nadrealistično nočno moro.

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Language: Russian, Armenian
Technique: Puppet animation, Object animation, Cut-out animation 
Recommended for children under 14 years old: No

Team

Script: Natalia Mirzoyan
Animation: Rebeca Kruus, Natalia Mirzoyan
Music: Evgeni Fedorov
Camera, sound design, editing: Sander Põldsaar

Natalia Mirzoyan

is an animation director and artist based in Estonia, originally from Yerevan, Armenia. She holds a Master's degree in Animation from the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA). Her films, including “My Childhood Mystery Tree” (2009), “Chinti” (2012), “Five Minutes to Sea” (2018), and “Merry Grandmass” (2020), have been selected for numerous prestigious festivals, such as Berlinale, Annecy, Zagreb, and Hiroshima, earning her multiple awards. “Winter in March” (2025) is her first puppet animation film. Natalia is working with a range of techniques, from hand-drawn to stop-motion. In addition to her work in animation, she is an artist, illustrator, and sketcher.

Find more: www.instagram.com/nataliamir22