Aleksandr Tatarskiy

Magia Russica

A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.

Zlydni

Claymation based on the Hutsul folk tale, which tells the story of how troubles settled in the house of good landlords Petro and Marichka.

A Plasticine Crow

Short animation of a Russian folk tale, made in 1981. A parody of the fable by Ivan Krylov "The Crow and the Fox".

This Quite Not About This

This film is about the cow living in an polluted enviroment.

How The Little Bear Was Fed

About what will happen to the baby bear if he is only fed and not given the opportunity to move and do sports.

Knock-Knock

A mysterious knock in an instant destroys the usual life that four lonely, calm people lead.

First Winter

The story is about a little bear who has never seen winter and wanted to know what would happen after the end of autumn. The bear cub approaches the wolf with questions, who said that winter will come after autumn and everything will be covered with snow. The mole did not hear the bear's questions about winter, because his ears were filled with earth. At the end of autumn, the bear falls into hibernation and has a fantastic dream.

Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls

The characters of the film are folk wooden and clay toys.

Musical Fairy Tales

The story of the blacksmith Vakula, which happened to him on the farm of Dikanka on Christmas night.

The Golden-Horned Deer

Screen adaptation of Dmytro Pavlychko's tale-poem of the same name. The shepherd Vasylko saves his friend, the magical golden-horned deer, from the greedy king and his army.

Hen, His Wife

Extraordinarily detailed and beautifully drawn animation of a bizarre and surreal world; the domestic life of a fat man, his wife, a sort of oversized obese chicken, and their child/pet, a slug-like creature with a human head. This expressionistic and interior vision of Soviet animator Kovalyov is like an animated Eraserhead.

Rubik's Cube

Animated TV magazine for schoolchildren, including the cartoons "A Box with Pencils", "Have You Seen a Hare?" and "Rubik's Cube - clowning".

Gone with the Wind

The true story of a former chicken seeking to return to her past life.

Tom Thumb

A son appeared in a rural family – a boy with a finger. The restless kid is trying to help everywhere. But this leads to the opposite results.

Investigation Held by Kolobki

Two crazy brothers-detectives from a weird provincial town are searching for a rare striped elephant stolen by a suspicious foreigner.

Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort

A little man nicknamed Parasolka got tired of rainy gray days. It made him get leave faster and, like thousands of his countrymen, fly away from paved roads and busy city close to the sea. He will have not only delight, but also all the charm of a resort crowded by vacationers. Will the crowds of tourists constantly surrounding Parasolka prevent him from enjoying his free time?

How Pan Was a Horse...

A fairy tale about how an evil and greedy pan suffered misadventures and reformed.

Hypnerotomahia

An eight-minute Russian animation directed by Andrey Svislotskiy of Pilot Animation Studio LOOSELY based on the novel Poliphilo's Strife of Love in a Dream or The Dream of Poliphilus.

How the Table Was Carried

The animals did not know how to properly carry the table, then they asked a little girl, to whom her parents gave colored pencils. She began to draw and explain everything perfectly to them in pictures.

The Adventures of Vakula the Smith

The blacksmith Vakula is going to propose to the beautiful but vain Oksana. Since it is the night before Christmas, the devil is free to roam around and torment people as he pleases, so he decides to find a way to get back at Vakula, because he paints religious art in the village church.

New Year's Song of Father Frost

"New Year's Song of Ded Moroz" - Soviet animated film produced by the creative association "Ekran", shot in 1982 by the director Aleksandr Tatarskiy under the script of Eduard Uspensky. It was made using the technique of Plasticine animation. Ded Moroz and the Snowman congratulate the audience on the New Year. Scenes with festive toasts follow one after another.

Pacifier

Two babies are in dire need of pacification.

Another Side of the Moon

A comic film about traditional Caucasian hospitality.

Andrey Svislotskiy

This animated short focuses on the lives of three eccentric people living on a farm in the Ukrainian countryside. Told in a non-linear, stream of consciousness style, the film depicts the deceitful relationship between a master and his two servants. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

The Fixies

"And who are the fixies - a big, big secret!" - that's what the song about the fixies sings. Until recently, people knew almost nothing about these little people who live inside cars and appliances. Fixies take care of machines from the inside, cleaning them, lubricating them, fixing minor malfunctions. They are skilled and diligent craftsmen. Fixies are used to hiding from people, but they are everywhere: in computers, refrigerators, TVs ... Everyone remembers the cases when a non-working device suddenly began to work if it is lightly tapped. It's simple: a fixer woke up inside and made everything work. And now you can watch cartoons about these mysterious hard-working people and get to know them better...

Lift

An elevator stops at five floors, each floor revealing a different animation sequence by a different director.

Mountain of Gems

Fairytales of nations of Russia

Multi-Russia

A series of cartoons about different regions, cities and nationalities of Russia.

Mike, Lu & Og

Mike, Lu, & Og features a spunky, red-haired girl named Mike, a stuck-up island princess named Lu and her cousin Og, a scientific genius.

Adventures of Captain Vrungel

An old sea captain and his student decide to take part in the international regatta. At the same time an amateur thief steals a statue of Aphrodite from Louvre and boards their yacht by mistake. A long, fun adventure is ahead.