Nikita Liskov (Mykyta Lyskov) - artist, animation director
born 1983 in Dnipro, Ukraine
Education:
- 1997 - 2002 studied painting at the art college(Dnipro)
- 2012 - graduate Kyiv cinema and television University (director of animated film)
Mykyta Lyskov began his career in the early 2000s as a
classical painter before turning to animation directing. He
studied animation directing at the Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv
National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television.
He currently lives and works in Dnipro, Ukraine. His films
explore contemporary Ukrainian themes, which he approaches
through absurdity, irony, and black humor. His 2019 film
Deep Love received numerous international awards, including
the Grand Prix at DOK Leipzig and PÖFF Shorts.
Lyskov also collaborates with musicians, creating animated
visuals and accompaniment for live performances. Alongside
narrative films, he makes non-narrative and abstract
animation, often using computer technology only minimally.
His film Imaginary Landscapes won the Grand Prix in
abstraction competition at Anifilm in the Czech Republic in 2022.
Since 2023, he has been teaching animation and
scriptwriting at Dnipro Art College in Ukraine.
Filmography:
- 2016 - i bought a bike
- 2017 - The End
- 2018 - Energy off
- 2019 - Deep love
- 2021 - Imaginary Landscapes
Awards:
2016 - i bought a bike
- Dekino (Ukraine) - grand prix
2017 - The End
- Dekino (Ukraine) - best comedy
- Linoleum (Ukraine) - jury award
2019 - Deep love
- DokLeipzig (Germany) - next masters competition - Grand prix
- Poff shorts (Estonia) - International competition - Grand prix
- International Animated Film Festival Animocje - Grand prix
- Open night (Ukraine) – Ukrainian competition – Grand prix
- 48th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Ukraine) - Ukrainian competition – Jury award
- KISFF Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine) - International competition - Audience award
- Kinoshok (Ukraine) - Ukrainian competition – Grand prix
- Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art (Ukraine) - Ukrainian competition – Grand prix
- Kinokolo (Ukraine) - best animated movie 2019
- Turku Animated Film Festival (Finland) - International competition – Grand prix
- Linoleum International animation Short Film Festival (Ukraine) - Ukrainian competition – Grand prix
- PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival (France) - International competition - Jury Award
- Balkanima (Serbia) - International competition - Special Mention
- Međunarodni festival animacije Animanima (Serbia) - Special Mention
- Feinaki 2019 Beijing Animation Week (China) - International competition - jury award
- Laterna Magica (Brazil) - Diploma for best animation technique
- KROK (Ukraine) - Ukrainian competition – Grand prix
- Golden Dzyga (Ukraine) - best ukrainian animated movie 2020
- Animafest Cyprus - Honorary Mention
- Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival in Łódź (07-13.09.2020) - Special Mention
- Festival of animation Berlin - Special Mention
- Best Animation Short Prize at the 19th edition of the Lausanne Underground Film Festival
- ZUBROFFKA special mention by Polish Journalist Jury
- ZUBROFFKA main award in the EASTWARD WINDOW
Exhibitions:
- 2018 - “VIDEORЯD” personal show in the “KsiProstir” gallery (Dnipro, Ukraine)
- 2018 - “Energy off” personal show in the “Kimnata” gallery (Dnipro, Ukraine)
- 2019 - “Рухомість” personal show in the “Artsvit” gallery (Dnipro, Ukraine)
Other:
- 2016 - create school for adults of animation “Linoleum”
- 2015 - 2021 - making lections about history of animation in diferent locations in Ukraine