Anatoly Prokhorov, ‘Kikoriki’ Creator And Pioneer Of Russian Independent Animation, Dies At 72
Prokhorov co-founded the Soviet Union’s first private animation studio and created the hugely successful series “Kikoriki.”
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The ‘Hello Neighbor’ Game Has Spawned A Hit Animated Series Pilot
The six-minute video, which was produced at Malaysia’s Animasia Studio, has racked up 12 million views and counting.
Oscar Shortlist For Animated Shorts Emphasizes Foreign Animation
Seven of the ten shorts on the shortlist for the 2020 Academy Awards were made outside of the United States.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Wild’ by Petrick
A video is dedicated to the lives of endangered bird species.
The Russian Animated Series ‘Jinglekids’ Aims For Ambitious Visuals With A Small Team
Showrunner Anton Vereschagin shares the pipeline and tech challenges that come with producing a high-quality cg series in Russia.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Sketches’ by Vladimir Tomin
Today’s Short Pick is “Sketches,” a funny piece of experimental cg from Russia.
Animation Around The World: Latvia, Ecuador, Finland, Russia
Watch the third episode of our new limited series about animation production around the world.
Trailer: ‘The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands’ Set For New Year’s Launch In Russia
“The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands,” the fourth installment in the popular Russian animation franchise, is due to open in Russian theaters on January 1, 2019.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Optics’ by Maxim Zhestkov
An experimental film that explores the behavior of artificial light and color in digital environments.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘9 Ways To Draw A Person’ by Sasha Svirsky
By mixing abstraction, collage, drawing, and animation the author invites us into a spontaneous and unsystematic research of potential of the animation and leads us into the world of irrepressible imagination.
