The Wild Bird of Brazil Alberto Santos-Dumont

2009/ Armenia/ 5-10 min
Color/ 1:1.85
Director, animator: Vrej Kassouny
Script: Vrej Kassouny, Ani Jack
Producers: Embassy of Brazil in Armenia and ReAnimania Festival

Synopsis:
Alberto, the son of Brazil’s King of Coffee, is astonished by the infinite sky and is striving to reach the sun that is constantly calling him.
Years later he ascends to the sky with a dirigible, and ails with the passion of flight. He conquers the heart of Paris and becomes France’s “Little Dumont”, but his own heart is taken by Aida.
During the World War 1, when the planes are being used for bombarding, furious Alberto cannot forgive himself for his own inventions.
After one unsuccessful flight everything changes in his life…

Vrej Kassouny is a 2D animation director, filmmaker, painter and a caricaturist. Graduated from M. Sarian Fine Art School in Aleppo, Syria in 1993. In 2000 he got a degree from P. Terlemezian Fine Art College in Yerevan, Armenia, as a painter and an art teacher.
Vrej Kassouny has cooperated with many newspapers and magazines with his caricatures, both locally and abroad, and almost every year has organized individual exhibitions. He has illustrated more than 10 children’s’ books. Recently Vrej Kassouny published a booklet called “NO COMMENT”, which combines 31 postcards of his caricature collection.
In 2001 Vrej Kassouny started his own animation studio, KASSart, specializing in animation, advertizing and films.

Filmography
2007/2008 - Aurora (Animation) in production
2008 - Maybe Love Maybe Not (Short Fiction) - Writer, Director, Producer
2006 - Bojo (Animation) - Head Animator
2004 - The Big (Animation) - Writer, Director, Animator, Producer

Production Company
KASSart Studio
Hr. Kochar 16, Suite 3, Yerevan – 0013, Armenia
Mobile: (+374) 91.36.29.90
www.kassouny.com
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