Babay (2014 film)

Babay (Ukrainian: Бабай is a Ukrainian animation fantasy film shot by Maryna Medvyd at the Ukranimafilm studio. The film tells the story of a beautiful girl who was searching for her parents, who were kidnapped by the Babai. The film premiered in Ukraine on December 18, 2014. It was considered to be the first Ukrainian full-length animated film that was widely released in Ukraine.

Babay
Directed by	Maryna Medvid
Written by	Vadim Shinkarev
Produced by	Serhiy Mindlin Eduard Akhramovych
Starring	Rada Belova Irma Vitovska Ostap Stupka Olesya Chichelnytska Kateryna Butska Andrii Fedinchyk Yugen Pashin
Edited by	Sergii Tochyn
Production company	Ukrainimafilm
Distributed by	Aurora film (Ukraine) Top Film Distribution (Russia)
Release date	18 December 2014 (2014-12-18) (Ukraine)
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	Russia Ukraine
Languages	Ukrainian Russian English
Budget	$1 million
Box office	$0.172 million (Ukraine) $0.208 million (the whole world)

Plot

The old storyteller tells the children a story about the Alkonost bird, which once every hundred years lays an egg that fulfills any wish of its owner. The egg goes to whoever wins the race, in which they participate: the Witch, who wants a daughter, the Serpent Horynich, who wants a body for each of his heads, and Vii, who wants a pile of diamonds. But suddenly the egg is stolen by Babai.

The enraged Witch sends the Devil, who is in love with her, to take away the egg, but he is caught by the Babai. A fight ensues between them, during which the egg falls into the well. Babai orders the Devil to find him.

Meanwhile, the egg ends up in the grandparents' house and after some time a baby hatches from it, which grows to a teenage girl in a week. She is called Svetlanka-Zoryanka. Babay takes them with him to his hiding place. After learning what happened, Svitlanka-Zoryanka sets out to find her parents. Desperate Cat decides to go on a journey with Svetlanka-Zoryanka, during which they meet Snake Horynich, who obstructs their way until they solve his riddles.

The old storyteller, having finished his story, transforms into Babai and scares all the children.

Cast

• Rada Belova — Svitlanka-Zoryanka
• Irma Vitovska - Vedmak
• Ostap Stupka - Chort
• Olesya Chichelnytska - Alkonost, twin girls, horrors
• Kateryna Butska - Big boy
• Andriy Fedinchyk - Misha
• Evgeny Pashin - Grandfather
• Olga Radchuk - Grandma, Goat
• Olena Blinnikova - Kura
• Myroslav Kuvaldin - Cat
• Borys Georgievsky — Kazkar, Babai
• Volodymyr Moiseyenko — Zmiy Horynich (1st and 2nd heads)
• Volodymyr Danilets — Zmiy Horynich (3rd head)
• Andriy Sereda - Viy, the carrier

External links

• Babay at IMDb