Konstantin Bronzite recognized the receipt of state support

The director of the “Oscar” of the cartoon “We cannot live without space” Konstantin Bronzite confirmed the receipt of financial support from the Ministry of Culture.

“The film itself was made with the support of the Ministry of Culture. They gave money, but only from the fourth time they gave. They asked for three years - and then they finally allocated, ” Slon.ru quotes the director.

Last week, Bronzite told Interfax that the project did not receive a "no government support ruble." The producers of the studio turned to the Ministry of Culture three times, "and they literally set us out three times." On Monday, February 8, the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinskysaid that in the fall of 2012 the Ministry of Culture allocated 4.8 million rubles to create a cartoon.

“Well, yes, we were not offended, it seems, and again we submitted the project to the Ministry of Culture. My producers would give me the opportunity to make a film without the support of the Ministry of Culture, thanks to them, but this is not about that already! ”Says Bronzite.

The cartoon “We cannot live without space” was the classroom amounted to 8 million rubles, work on it lasted 4.5 years. The cartoon received more than 60 international awards, including the prize of the Animation Festival in Ansi , and was nominated for the Oscar Award in the category "Best Short Animated Film".

In this category, four more films apply for the American Film Academy, the best of which the Russian multiplier considers the “World of the Future” Don Herzfeld and the “Supercomkanda Sanjei” of the Pixar studio. The Oscars will be presented in Los Angeles on February 28.