The 15th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film took place a month ago. This is the main yearly event for Russian animation, a place where (in theory) ALL animated production from the country is gathered into one place for professional critique ( Read more... )

Here's another excellent film that is newly-translated into English.

"About Crayfish" was directed by Valentin Olshvang in A-Film Studio in 2003. It is his third film (second if we don't count the short segment for "Optimus Mundus"). Previously, Olshvang had worked as art director for Yuriy Norshteyn in 2000, on the "Goodnight Children" film. He ( Read more... )