The Tale of the Round and the Long Wee Folk

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their people with food since time immemorial. It is known, that the whale hunting today is controversial and subject to international criticism and regulations. But the Inuit and Chukchi hunt is permitted by international law because of the whaling is the foundation of their culture and their life. The contemporary story of elders Aleksandr and Aleksei blends seamlessly with that of “the woman who gave birth to a whale” and other ancient myths, told here in vivid animation, in this ongoing struggle for survival and preservation of a traditional lifestyle in one of the most remote places on earth.

Based on the eponymous work by Ernest Thompson Seton about the life and death of an undefeated grizzly bear.

After a story by E Thompson - Seton The film participated in the festival Suzdal-2002 Wolf Lobo, who lived in the late 19th century in northern New Mexico near Clayton Valley Kurumampa. Story writer E.Setona-Thompson for many years was a hit, and executable on the radio and the stage. The creators of the film restored the events described in this story, explore the phenomenon of the famous Wolf.

Follows the life of the people of Saratov in the 19th and 20th centuries.