Title: La Plongeuse
Director: Iulia Voitova
Screenplay: Iulia Voitova
Animation: Iulia Voitova
Editor: Antoine Rodet
Music: Lawrence Williams
Production: La Poudrière
Year: 2018
Country: Francia
Length: 4’
Synopsis: A professional diver undergoes an intense training regime punctuated by relentless blasts on her trainer’s whistle. Utterly exhausted, she refuses to dive again and decides to visit a masseur.
Biography: Born in 1991 in Ukraine, Iulia Voitova studied Graphics and Animation at the Ural State Architecture and Arts Academy in Ekaterinburg in Russia. After graduation, she worked 2 years as an artist and animator. In 2018 she finished her studies at la Poudrière, where she directed Le nuage (one-minute film), Vrai pirate (shown on the French TV network Canal J), and La plongeuse, her graduation film (2018).