Big Cartoon Festival

Большой фестиваль мультфильмов

Also known as: БФМ, BCF

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Winners of the 17th Big Cartoon Festival Announced
The 17th Big Cartoon Festival, the largest animation festival in Russia, has revealed the winners of its international and national competitions. The festival featured animated films from various coun…
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Discover the films of the XVII Big Cartoon Festival on Vurchel.com
Vurchel.com, a website that aggregates festival films and film festivals from all over the world, just added information on all the films that were selected for participating in the XVII Big Cartoon F…
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Jury Members for the 17th Big Cartoon Festival Announced
The 17th Big Cartoon Festival, which is hosting its competition program for the fourth time, has announced its jury members. The festival, taking place in Moscow from October 27 to November 7, will ha…
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Big Cartoon Festival revealed it's competition program
The Big Cartoon Festival, Russia's largest international animation festival, will run in Moscow from October 27 to November 7, with online access from November 20 to 27, 2023. It received 816 film sub…
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A Tale of Aquatic Affairs

Stef Johnstone

A Tale of Aquatic Affairs In a mysterious turn of events, small children have begun to vanish from the underwater…

Boomerang

Pavel Pogudin

Boomerang Based on an Australian Aboriginal tale, this animated short tells how the first boomerang…

Chair

Konstantin Shchekin

Chair An old chair falls in love with a young woman but cannot find a way to be united with the…

Dog-Walking Ground

Leonid Shmelkov

Dog-Walking Ground A little story about the peculiar inhabitants of the dog walking area.

Gifts of the Black Raven

Mountain of gems

Stepan Biryukov

Gifts of the Black Raven A poor peasant named Gocha overcomes a greedy prince with the help of magical birds from…

Giraffe

Anastasia Sokolova

Giraffe A little donkey working at a zoo falls in love with a giraffe. When a storm arrives, he…

Harvest

Sasha Svirsky

Harvest An animated music video sets Dmitry Prigov’s poem “Harvest” to music by Pál Zsertvoly &…

Kupava

Oksana Cherkasova, Oksana Timofeyeva

Kupava A shy young girl meets a village witch on a forest path. Through a series of magical…

Madam and Deva

Natalia Mirzoyan

Madam and Deva The consequences of a love triangle fall on innocent bystanders.

Ships of Years Past

Yura Boguslavsky

Ships of Years Past An old sea captain sets out on a mysterious final voyage. His journey brings old age…

Stamp

Mikhail Medvedev

Stamp In an imaginary world of office workers, paper aeroplanes are turned into stamped forms.…

The Boffin Bear

Mountain of gems · Season 1, Episode 67

Andrey Kuznetsov

The Boffin Bear Two poor brothers earn a living by passing one of them off as a clever performing bear.…

The Brave Mother

Alexandra Lukina

The Brave Mother A young mother is afraid of nothing except rats. When a large rat terrifies her, she must…

The Cry of Urutau Bird

Daria Osipova

The Cry of Urutau Bird In a retelling of an Amazonian myth, a young Indigenous woman falls in love with a star…

The Hatchway

Natalia Mirzoyan, Igor Melnikov

The Hatchway A story about curiosity, small details and whether a closed hatch is best left alone.

The Hotan Carpet Tale

Mountain of gems

Natalia Berezovaya

The Hotan Carpet Tale The patterns of a Khotan carpet come to life in a Uyghur tale about a tiger, a wolf and a…

The House

Philip Yarin

The House An artist creates herself from emptiness, then makes a world and a home for her family.…

The Little Bug Who Hasn't Got a Name

Green Apple · Issue 3

Dmitry Vysotsky, Andrey Sikorsky

The Little Bug Who Hasn't Got a Name An unnamed little bug sets out on a journey to discover what it is called.

The Tale About the Poor Fisherman, His Daughter Mashenka, the Ugly Beast, Major Sidorchuk and the Eaten Princess

Marina Verik

The Tale About the Poor Fisherman, His Daughter Mashenka, the Ugly Beast, Major Sidorchuk and the Eaten Princess A poor fisherman catches a foul sea monster, setting off an ironic fairy tale involving…

Warm Snow

Ira Elshansky

Warm Snow A father and his grown-up daughter sit at the kitchen table while she waits for her food…

Welcome, Lenin

Mikhail Soloshenko

Welcome, Lenin Grigory brings a miniature Lenin home, much to his mother’s displeasure. When a runaway…