Elena Petkevich

The ruff and the sparrow were bragging to each other about who had the better life. The sparrow was telling how good he felt in the air, while the ruff, on the contrary, was bragging about how good he felt in the water.

A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.

The banks of the Rhine, Bonn, Germany, late 18th century. A gifted boy was born to a court tenor, a notorious drunkard. The father dreamed of making his son a child prodigy…

A very simple story about a canary bird singing its song.

The film is dedicated to the Belarusian first printer and educator Francysk Skaryn. In a mysterious and magical atmosphere, whether it is a dream or a reality, Francysk Skaryn meets an inquisitive lion at night who can talk. Skaryn answers the intelligent animal's questions, and in this way tells about his life.

A little girl is told a fairy tale about a little bug who doesn't know what she should do with her life as she explores the big, wondrous world. Based on the story by Dmitriy Mamin-Sibiryak.

A guardian angel's efforts to help people only cause greater and greater disasters.

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.

Late in the evening, a mother puts her little daughter to bed. The girl doesn't want to sleep and asks her dog, Asha, to tell her a scary story. Asha tells a story about a girl named Gretel and her brother, Hansel.

A cartoon about a funny clown who drove away an evil old woman named Boredom from the city by putting on a funny show for children. In one town lived Boredom, an evil old woman who did not allow children to play and have fun. But one day a funny, amusing clown came to visit the kids. At the funny circus show put on by the clown for the children, joy and laughter reigned. And Boredom had to run away from the city.

Two half-hour almanacs of small cartoons made by famous Directors of Russia and Belarus based on the works of great composers for children. The first part is devoted to the music of Baroque and romanticism, the second-to the music of the twentieth century.

This is a magical story about a prince whom a gnome turned into a bear, but Snow White's love restored him to human form.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a hereditary musician and devoted his whole life to his favorite work – his brilliant music inspired more than one generation of composers and is still alive today...

One New Year's Eve, Pasha and Dasha had a fight over the gifts their parents had brought them. For the all-seeing Baba Yaga, this quarrel became a good excuse to punish the naughty children. She kidnapped Dasha and turned her into a Christmas tree. Pasha sets off into the fairytale forest to search for his sister...

Full of fantasy and humor, an extraordinary story that happened on the eve of the New Year. Going to the city for shopping at the New Year's table, the Kid and Daddy find themselves in a mysterious magic shop, where the play of imagination comes true, changing the real world and making you believe in a fairy tale.

From the story of a gnome lost in a spruce tree, the boy Mart learns of the kingdom of the gnomes. Their Prince suffers from terrible dreams. But there is a good side to these dreams for him - in them he meets the love of his life - the princess of the little forest elves, Brambleclaw, who reciprocates his feelings. Everything would be fine and cloudless, but their shared happiness is hindered by the King of Dreamland, who guards the princess in a magical anemone garden and will not let her go easily. Will the lovers be able to be together?

The film is based on Marc Chagall's memories of his childhood, of Vitebsk, where he spent many years, and of his parents, whom he loved very much.

The film tells the story of Robert Schuman, his life and creative work. He could have been a talented pianist. But he invented the device to prop up his fingers while practicing. The idea was to strengthen them and develop independence, but instead, two fingers on his right hand were permanently injured. As a result Schuman became a great composer and publisher of a music magazine. He fell in love with a talented pianist Clara Wiek - the daughter of his professor - and married her against his will. The film is a romantic story based on the composer's personal notes and his drawings on the margins of sheet music.

The cartoon tells about a girl who was sent by an evil stepmother to get tortillas and the secret of making them to her grandmother, who lives in the Lafertovo part of Moscow.

Surreal philosophical animation from Russia