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2018 · Film & television

The Bobot

RoleMatte paint artist
Year2018
ProductionUkraine
ServiceDigital matte painting
DirectorMaksym Ksonda
Released30 August 2018
Runtime100 minutes
CinematographyVolodymyr Ivanov
DistributorUFD
Production companiesM.D.S. LTD (mental dRive studio)
Filmed atKyiv, Ukraine (O. Dovzhenko National Film Studio)
IMDbThe Bobot ↗
SourcesUkrainian Wikipedia · ZIK (archived via Wayback Machine)

The environment and effects work covered the film's near-future Ukrainian settings and its alien elements; Chumak contributed as a matte painter.

The Bobot is a 2018 Ukrainian science-fiction family adventure, the directorial debut of Max Ksjonda, about a boy who teams with a robotic box to stop an alien threat. Billed as the first Ukrainian family sci-fi of its scale, its effects were produced domestically by MentalDrive Studio.

Full credit details on IMDb.

How the environments were made

Known internationally as The Bobot, Бобот та енергія Всесвіту is a Ukrainian family science-fiction film about a twelve-year-old dreamer drawn into a conflict between two alien civilizations alongside a transformer box called Bobot. From autumn 2016 to summer 2017, the production included a stage shoot inside a pavilion at the O. Dovzhenko National Film Studio in Kyiv; mental dRive studio, the production company, was filming there. According to Ukrainian Wikipedia, computer-generated imagery makes up more than half of the finished film, produced by around 100 specialists working in Ukraine; the production coverage found does not name any international VFX vendor. The film premiered in Ukraine on 30 August 2018 through distributor UFD. Chumak worked as a matte paint artist on the film.

Source: Ukrainian Wikipedia · ZIK (archived via Wayback Machine)

Questions about The Bobot

Who worked on the computer graphics for The Bobot?

Ukrainian Wikipedia reports that computer-generated imagery accounts for more than half of the finished film, with around 100 specialists based in Ukraine creating it. The production coverage found names no international VFX vendor, and the graphics work seems to have been carried out by Ukrainian crews rather than contracted to firms abroad.

Where was The Bobot filmed?

Principal photography on the Ukrainian family science-fiction film took place from autumn 2016 to summer 2017. During the shoot, mental dRive studio, the production company, held a press day in a pavilion of the O. Dovzhenko National Film Studio in Kyiv, where the picture was being filmed.

When did The Bobot premiere and who distributed it?

UFD handled domestic distribution for The Bobot, which opened theatrically in Ukraine on 30 August 2018 under the title Бобот та енергія Всесвіту. Maksym Ksonda directed the family science-fiction adventure, and M.D.S. LTD produced it.

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