Laika
- Studio
- National Film and Television School
Synopsis
Laika is the story of the first dog in space, launched by Russian scientists in 1957. We meet Laika as she becomes the first living creature to experience a launch into orbit. An intelligent creature, curious and proud, she fulfils her duty taught to her by the scientists back on earth. Laika daydreams of her life before space travel and her humble beginnings on the streets of Moscow.
Characters
Laika, S. Koroliov
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Avgousta Zourelidi
Producing
- Producer
- Nuala O'Leary
Writing
- Writer
- Orhan Boztas
Animation
- Animator
- David Gray, Mark Nute, Sean Sears, Avgousta Zourelidi
Voices
- Voice
- Rebecca O’Mara (Laika), Yuri Klimov (Scientist)
Music
- Music
- Paul Lambert
Editing
- Editor
- Marianne Kuopanportti
Crew
- Production Designer
- Folashade Olagundoye
- Production Manager
- John McGuire
- Animators
- David Gray, Mark Nute, Sean Sears, Avgousta Zourelidi
- Digital Effects
- Menelaos Peristeridis
- CGI
- Emmanouil Stavrakakis
- SFX
- Emmanouil Stavrakakis
- Compositions
- Paul Lambert
- Sound Designer and Dubbing Mixer
- Roger Low
Companies and other credits
- Sound Recordist/b>: Roger Low
- Online Editor/b>: Menelaos Peristeridis
Production notes
Digital Cut-Outs.