Yulian Kalisher

The Holiday of Disobedience

About that, how parents abandoned the disobedient children and returned only then, when they reformed.

Novogodnee priklyuchenie

The story of the acquaintance of two dads - a boy and a teddy bear. One dad did not have time to buy a Christmas tree and went to the forest to get it, and dad-bear went to the city to look for toys for the forest Christmas tree. That's how they met.

Blue Tit's Calendar

An animated film about forest dwellers based on the stories of Vitaliy Bianki.

School of Helpers. Film Two

The second film in the series is about helping your parents.

Helpers School. Film One

The puppet director and Microphone teach children how to do their homework.

The Chest

A chest is locked. Song, dance, and at least nine different animation techniques ensue.

Big Secret For A Small Company

How a dog, a horse and a cat became friends.

What Are Birds, Anyway?

One day, a chick hatches from a chicken egg that has rolled away from the others. Without its mother nearby, it cannot understand who it is. The little one sets off on a journey in search of its identity.

Little Bear Rim-Tsim-Tsy

The Famous Duckling Tim

Song of the Bats

How Semyon got rid of mice by giving them wings.

Little Orphan Annie

Nanny Annie, looking after the kids, tells them scary bedtime stories about goblins who drag away naughty, mischievous children. When they began to fall asleep, the girl told them what well-mannered children should do. And at this time, in his dwelling on the moon, the elder goblin, blowing out the lamp, frightens his offspring before going to bed.

An Obedient Pupil

Made after several Indian folk & wisdom tales. It tells about the absurdity to follow philosophical truths to the letter. One needs to follow ones inner truth and weigh it with ones common senses and ones circumstances. He also plays with his audience by in the end having the wise man in the tale plead for the opposite. So what does one think oneself..?. In the art-direction new and various ways of using paper are being explored in Kalishers last 3 animations. You could also say that this particular animation reflects the Russian situation at the time, with all kinds of Western countries advising & influencing the russian govenment how to proceed dismantling the USSR and stepping over to a capitalistic economy ( with "shock"therapy), which resulted in a 10 years Rulership of all kinds of criminals and the Ultra-capitalistic Putin kleptocracy that's ruling now.

Friendship Apart

The Package

About what Minka and Lelya saw during their walk, trying to sell the galoshes that belonged to the guests of their parents to the rag picker.

Like Cat and Dog

The Wizard of the Emerald City

The Wizard of the Emerald City (Russian: Волшебник Изумрудного города) is a ten-part stop-motion adaptation of the first book in Alexander Volkov's Magic Land series. Produced by Ekran, it is believed to have aired monthly from around December 1973 to September 1974. Because of the wicked Gingema, a young girl named Ellie and her little dog Totoshka are swept away to the Magic Country, where incredible adventures await.