Yuriy Butyrin

The Humpbacked Horse

Remake of the 1947 Soviet film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.

One, Two, Altogether!

Elk, who ran through the forest during a thunderstorm, was crushed by a fallen tree. A brazen and treacherous magpie told the wolves about it all through the forest. Good forest animals decided to help to free the elk. The first was a hedgehog, then a hare and his mom, a family of squirrels, a mouse, a frog. Decisive in saving the elk from the wolves was the contribution of the smallest character - an ant.

Treasure

Big Ear

An alien falls down from the sky in front of a wolf cub. His big ear allows him to listen to everything that happens in the universe. Yet somehow he fails to hear forest creatures calling for help.

The Winter's Tale

As winter comes, little Bear decides to eat all the snow around him, but soon falls ill.

Junior and Karlson

A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups.

Tails

It's a story about how the animals decided to swap their tails, but soon realized how important each animal's own tail was.

A gift for the Elephant

The Humpbacked Horse

Remake of the 1947 Soviet film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.

One, Two, Altogether!

Elk, who ran through the forest during a thunderstorm, was crushed by a fallen tree. A brazen and treacherous magpie told the wolves about it all through the forest. Good forest animals decided to help to free the elk. The first was a hedgehog, then a hare and his mom, a family of squirrels, a mouse, a frog. Decisive in saving the elk from the wolves was the contribution of the smallest character - an ant.

Treasure

Big Ear

An alien falls down from the sky in front of a wolf cub. His big ear allows him to listen to everything that happens in the universe. Yet somehow he fails to hear forest creatures calling for help.

The Winter's Tale

As winter comes, little Bear decides to eat all the snow around him, but soon falls ill.

Junior and Karlson

A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups.

Tails

It's a story about how the animals decided to swap their tails, but soon realized how important each animal's own tail was.

A gift for the Elephant

Tryam! Hello!

Today is the Hare’s birthday, and the Hedgehog is picking daisies as a gift for him. Meanwhile, the Bear Cub is telling the Hedgehog about a magical land called Tilimilitryamdiya, which he spent the whole night imagining.

Magician Bakhram's Heritage

The ordinary schoolgirl Masha, who forgot to change into a school uniform and dressed as a boy, mistakenly kidnaps Zilzilya, the servant of the wizard and the custodian of Bakhram's underground treasures.

Pif-paf, oy-oy-oy!

A parody of the theatre world. The same piece is played out in a few different theatre styles: opera, avant garde, children's theatre, vaudeville etc.

On the Road with Clouds

Little Tiger is unhappy with the cloudy day: the sky is covered with clouds and the sun is not visible. Cheerful Monkey invites him to go for a walk.

Blue Puppy

A puppy, born with a strangely light-blue coat, finds himself shunned by all. No one wants to play with him or call him a friend — even the Grey Dogs keep their distance. But when a fearsome Pirate suddenly attacks the island, he enlists the Black Cat’s help to kidnap the Blue Puppy.

Rooster and Paint

The painted rooster gets acquainted with the inhabitants of the barnyard and learns about the world.

Uncle Stepa is a Policeman

Cartoon about Uncle Stepa-a policeman — a valiant, friendly and very high defender of law and order. The film adaptation of the poem of the same name by Sergei Mikhalkov.

Tari the Bird

One day, the crocodile's scary teeth started to hurt. And no one could help him except for a little bird named Tari…

Neznaika at School

The sassy shorty thinks studying is a waste of time.

Filya the Kitten and...

One day, a kitten named Filya gets a new friend - a funny, good-natured wizard. Unfortunately, he had never seen mice, and when, at Fily's request, he tried to create them, things in the apartment came to life and caused a real mess. The brave kitten, not afraid of the rebellious things, pacifies them and rejoices in his victory together with his friend.

The Boundary

An animated film based on a folk tale about a clever soldier who saved his fellow countrymen from a foolish tsar and a robber named Zmey.

Firefly and Dewdrop

The firefly had a very important thing to do: every evening he hung lights all over the forest and lit stars in the sky so that no one would get lost, and then one day he saw a special light in a drop of dew... That's where the real friendship began.

Tracks on the Asphalt

Once the boy Vova went off to ride a bicycle and disappeared for the whole day. His puppy was waiting for his master at the door, but he did not come. An adult dog, Barbos, passed by, who decided to ask the puppy why he was so sad. Since there was still nothing to do, he decided to help his little friend to find the boy. Soon they came on his trail and, thanks to their scent, were able to recreate all the events that occurred this day.

Milovitsa

What Is Good and What Is Bad

Cartoon characters discuss the basics of ethics using funny examples from real life.

Autumn Ships

Autumn. Little Hedgehog dreams of his own sea with ships. Alas, there's only a small forest lake.

Dunno on the Moon

They are neither adults nor kids - somewhere in between, living in their separate boys and girls cozy dorms and doing whatever they love to do - inventors, artists, poets, mechanists, scientists and....just dreamers! These enthusiastic and creative folks enjoy their half-adult, half-childish lifestyles and entertain each other with the different tricks and practical jokes. The main hero stands out of the crowd - while the others try to live the normal life socializing as they can, he can never be rested, always coming up with the different unpredictable and unexpected moves, which always make viewers burst with laugh....

Tryam! Hello!

The amazing adventures of the Little Bear, The Hedgehog and The Hare