We Can't Live Without Cosmos was Directed by Kostantin Bronzit and featured in last year's first Manchester Animation Festival. Two dorky cosmonaut buddies do their absolute best every single training day to make their common dream a reality. However, this story is not only about that dream alone... but friendship.
A Russian animator and animation film director, Konstantin Eduardovich Bronzit is a graduate of the St Petersburg Repin Institute of Fine Art in 1983. He worked as an artist-animator at the animated film studio Lennauchfilm (Studio of Popular Science Films), which created educational animations (Which is not surprising considering this animation's setting). It was there there he completed his first ever film, Merry-Go-Round in 1988. Since 1999, he has worked at Melnitsa Animation Studio where he served as a director on several projects.
A Russian animator and animation film director, Konstantin Eduardovich Bronzit is a graduate of the St Petersburg Repin Institute of Fine Art in 1983. He worked as an artist-animator at the animated film studio Lennauchfilm (Studio of Popular Science Films), which created educational animations (Which is not surprising considering this animation's setting). It was there there he completed his first ever film, Merry-Go-Round in 1988. Since 1999, he has worked at Melnitsa Animation Studio where he served as a director on several projects.
Alongside Guida (Which will be written about after this), I was absolutely overjoyed that this animation was placed as runner up (As well as nominated for a 2016 Oscar in the animated-short category). With an adorable if not clean and wholesome looking art style (That reminded me so much of Calvin and Hobbes), this works incredibly well for the hilarious if not heartwarming scenes that unfold between these two best friends as they bond and support one another through the space program that they are participating in. The second half of the film however takes a mediative, even mystical turn... exploring into feelings and experiences that are much harder to name than what took place in the first half of this animation. As cliche is it may be, a series of emotions was truly experienced whilst watching this film, their almost kiddy happiness and exuberance infectious to even the audience themselves, to the despair and loneliness that is felt by one of the poor guys during the second half as he mourns for his friend...
This was truly one of my most favourite animations from the festival and is certainly one of very few works that have stayed in the back of my head since. I found the animation's visual style to be incredibly endearing and absolutely adored the focus on the adorablebromance friendship that these two astronauts had. For a film that had no talking whatsoever, it was all effectively portrayed through their expressions and body language alone, eliciting many laughs and held back breaths as the story progressed.
This was truly one of my most favourite animations from the festival and is certainly one of very few works that have stayed in the back of my head since. I found the animation's visual style to be incredibly endearing and absolutely adored the focus on the adorable
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