UGLY

Ugly

Alemania. 2017. Color. 12 min. Animación. .
  • Film Director: Nikita Diakur.
  • Music: Cédric Dekowski; Felix Reifenberg; Enrica Sciandrone.
  • Animation: Gerhard Funk; Phil Maron; Nicolas Trotignon.
  • Producer: Karsten Matern.

An ugly cat struggles to make friends in an evil neighbourhood, but finds a soulmate in a Native American chief who helps it on its journey to restore balance within the world.



Nikita Diakur

He is a Russian-born filmmaker based in Germany. He studied animation at the Royal College of Art in London. The signature technique used in his films is dynamic computer simulation, which embraces spontaneity, randomness and mistakes.

Fest (2018) / Ugly (2017) / Fly on the Window (2009)