Anatoliy Barantsev

Miss New Year

On New Year's Eve, in the forest palace of culture, the animals staged a beauty contest, in which the winner was determined by a computer. Meanwhile, the computer-savvy mother crow wants to make sure her daughter wins. She succeeds, and the beautiful Fox leaves the palace upset. The kind-hearted winner gives her the crown, realizing that she received it undeservedly. When Foxy won the competition and became Miss New Year, little Crow became Miss Honesty.

Dereza

At the Beginning of Glorious Days

Mister Pronka

A rich American comes to Russia with a task from the government to convert some Russians to the "American faith". The American finds a ragged man named Pronka in the marketplace and makes a bet with him: he gives Pronka money and the opportunity to trade, and if he does not wash for 15 years, Pronka can take all the income for himself.

The Magic Ring

Vanya has no money at all, and he gave away his last piece of clothing to save some poor animals. Now he has a cat, a dog, and a snake living in his house. But it turns out that the snake is the king's daughter, so she gave him a magic ring as a gift for saving her. Now Vanya can wish for anything he wants, and his wish will come true!

Arkhangelsk Stories

Fuse

Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

A celebration of the culture of the Pomors who live around the White Sea.

The Elusive Foontic

A little piglet named Foontic ran away from his owner, Mrs. Belladonna, because he didn't want to deceive children. Mrs. Belladonna is determined to find him.

White Bim Black Ear

A touching story about a white Gordon Setter with black ear, who became homeless because of his master's illness. His master, Ivan Ivanovich, a man far from being young, fond of hunting and nature, took a puppy to live with him, despite the dog's black ear being a "shame of nature" to his breed. The man always took his dog, whom he called Bim or Bimka, to hunting in country. Later, however Ivan Ivanovich began to have problems with heart and when the disease became worse was taken to a hospital. His dog couldn't bear waiting for the only person that ever cared for him and set out to find his master. Thus began the story of a homeless dog and his many breathtaking and exciting adventures, encounters of many people, kind and evil, and leads to an unexpected and heart-rending end.