TAF • Thessaloniki Animation Festival 2026: There once was a tiger

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there once was a tiger
There once was a tiger Marina Verik Dmitry Mosyagin

Aug-2025

12' English Russia

The story of an extraordinary friendship between a tiger and a goat in the zoo, and how a playful goat helped a bored tiger gain freedom.
Based on a true story that happened in 2015 with the tiger Amur and the goat Timur in a safari park in Primorye in the Far East of Russia.

Category: Animation

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Director

Marina Verik

Ukraine

Biofilmography

Marina Verik was born in 1991 in the Kherson region (Ukraine). In 2010, she graduated from the VGIK College of Cinema, Television and Multimedia, and in 2015 from the VGIK Faculty of Animation and Multimedia, specializing in animation film director. Director of animated films: “We're going, we're going, we're going..." ((2010), "The tale of a poor fisherman, his daughter Masha, a filthy monster, Major Sidorchuk and... the eaten Princess" (2015), "Voices" (2016), "The Giant Bull. Mountain of Gems" (2019).
Dmitry Mosyagin is the founder of the Frodo animation studio, producer and screenwriter. By his script, the short animated films were shot: "Perfectly Naughty Kids" (2018), "There once was a tiger" (2025).

Director

Dmitry Mosyagin

Russia

Biofilmography

Marina Verik was born in 1991 in the Kherson region (Ukraine). In 2010, she graduated from the VGIK College of Cinema, Television and Multimedia, and in 2015 from the VGIK Faculty of Animation and Multimedia, specializing in animation film director. Director of animated films: “We're going, we're going, we're going..." ((2010), "The tale of a poor fisherman, his daughter Masha, a filthy monster, Major Sidorchuk and... the eaten Princess" (2015), "Voices" (2016), "The Giant Bull. Mountain of Gems" (2019).
Dmitry Mosyagin is the founder of the Frodo animation studio, producer and screenwriter. By his script, the short animated films were shot: "Perfectly Naughty Kids" (2018), "There once was a tiger" (2025).

Cast & Crew

Dmitry Mosyagin

Scriptwriter

Tatiana Kiseleva

Scriptwriter

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