Mavka: The Forest Song

Mavka: The Forest Song
Ukrainian theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Oleh Malamuzh
  • Oleksandra Ruban
Screenplay byYaroslav Voitseshek
Based onThe Forest Song
by Lesya Ukrainka
Produced by
  • Iryna Kostiuk
  • Egor Olesov
  • Anna Yelisieieva
Starring
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Film.UA Distribution
  • Kinomania
Release date
  • March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02) (Ukraine)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUkraine
LanguageEnglish
Budget187.2 million
Box office$17.8 million

Mavka: The Forest Song (Ukrainian: Мавка. Лісова пісня, romanized: Mavka. Lisova pisnia) is an independently-made Ukrainian 3D-animated fantasy film. It was created in 2023 by the Animagrad film studio (which is a part of The Film.UA Group). Based on Lesya Ukrainka's play, The Forest Song, it portrays characters from Slavic and Ukrainian folk mythology. Oleksandra Ruban and Oleh Malamuzh directed the film.

The animated film is set in two worlds: one enchanted and one human. The main theme of the film is a love story between an enchanted forest dweller (Mavka) and a human (Lukas), and their battle with the villain Kylina, who desires to own a magical forest wellspring.

Mavka: The Forest Song was released in Ukraine on March 2, 2023. This animated film has set several national records during its release in the cinemas. In particular, it became the highest-grossing Ukrainian film project for the whole history of the independent Ukrainian cinematography and entered the list of the twenty best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema.

Dubbed into the English language and also into 32 local languages, Mavka: the Forest Song was shown on theater screens in approximately 140 countries worldwide. During the national release period, the original Ukrainian language version also ran in other countries.