Year
2025
Length
0h04m
Language
English
Canadian premiere
ANANASI
Anna Kadykova
Did you know that from the top of a pineapple you can grow a new pineapple - and so on, forever?
Funny Sri Lankan animal friends grow a pineapple and dance. A bright and colorful reflection on the infinity of nature.
Director
Anna Kadykova
Composer
Leonid Shmelkov
Genre
Comedy
Country
Sri Lanka
Type
Short film
Category
Animation
Subtitle
French
Awards
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Germany – Official Selection (2026)
FILMFEST DRESDEN, Germany – Official Selection (2026)
ANIMA Brussels, Belgium – Official Selection (2026)
IndieLisboa, Portugal – Official Selection (2026)
22 August 09:30 to 10:54
Atelier LEPORELLO
Anna Kadykova
Anna Kadykova (aka Anna Bawa) director, photographer, artist
Anna was born into a family of ping-pong players and Labrador breeders. She grew up surrounded by plants and animals, which shaped her tender feelings toward nature and a deep curiosity about non-human life. In between ping-pong trainings, she devoted herself to reading, sketching, and watching the slow dramas of the natural world unfold.
She considered studying landscape design but ended up in photography, drawing, and eventually film. ANANASI is her film made entirely in Sri Lanka — a hand-drawn musical short about a pineapple, friendship, dance and the infinity of life.
She likes the ocean, surfing, beach walks, and continues to collect strange and joyful observations of the world.