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Mavka: The Forest Song

Mavka: The Forest Song

2023•1h 39m•7.1/10
AnimationAdventureFamilyFantasy

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7.1/10(833)

Mavka, a Soul of the Forest, faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as Guardian of the Heart of the Forest when she falls for a human, a talented young musician named Lukas.

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Production

Animagrad Animation Studio, 3Beep, FILM.UA Group, Ukrainian State Film Agency, B-Water Animation Studios

Language

UK

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Natalka Denysenko

Natalka Denysenko

Mavka (voice)

Artem Pyvovarov

Lucas (voice)

Nazar Zadniprovskyi

Nazar Zadniprovskyi

Lesh (voice)

Oleh Skrypka

Oleh Skrypka

The One, Who Sits in the Rock (voice)

Olena Kravets

Olena Kravets

Kylina (voice)

Serhii Prytula

Serhii Prytula

Frol (voice)

Oleh Mykhailiuta

Oleh Mykhailiuta

Uncle Leo (voice)

Nataliia Sumska

Nataliia Sumska

The Healer (voice)

Julia Sanina

Julia Sanina

Ondina (voice)

Mykhailo Khoma

Mykhailo Khoma

Hush (voice)

Nina Matviienko

Nina Matviienko

Narrator of the story at the beginning of the movie (voice)

Kateryna Osadcha

Kateryna Osadcha

Ukrainian women (voice)

Andrii Mostrenko

Andrii Mostrenko

Eric and Derek (voice)

Khrystyna Soloviy

Mavka’s songs (voice)

Kateryna Kukhar

Mavka’s plastics and gestures

Olena Tsybulska

Village Musician (voice)

Nina Garenetska

Village Musician (voice)

Marko Galanevych

Village Musician (voice)

Iryna Kovalenko

Village Musician (voice)

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