Also known as "Mastera Russkoy Animatzii - Sbornik No. 1"

Bravo & IFC Collection. An extraordinary collection of award-winning, highly personal animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists. Digitally restored from 35mm materials newly printed by the National Film Archive of Russia, these are the highly personal animated short films from the Soyuzmultfilm Studio. Produced from 1962 through 1968, this volume of films, many of which received highest honors at international film festivals, are each unique, crafted artistically and intellectually like an exquisite piece of Faberge. Winners of the top prizes at Annecy, Cannes, Colombo, Delhi, Espinho, Grijon, Hiroshima, Huesca, Kiev, Krakow, Lille, London, Mamaia, Melbourne, Moscow, New York, Oberhausen, Odense, Ottawa, Stuttgart, Sydney, Tampere, Tours, Venice, and Zagreb. Presented in anthology format for the first time. Includes: Ballerina on a Boat, Seasons, Armoire, Battle of Kerjenets, Butterfly, Island, Fox and Rabbit, Heron and Crane, Hedgehog in the Fog, Crane's Feathers, Firing Range, Contact.

Features

• 1. Story of One Crime. (1962) Director: Fyodor Khitruk
• 2. Man in the Frame. (1966) Director: Fyodor Khitruk
• 3. My Green Crocodile. (1966) Director: Vadim Kurchevsky
• 4. There Lived Kozyavin. (1966) Director: Andrei Khrjanovsky
• 5. Mountain of Dinosaurs. (1967) Director: Rasa Strautmane
• 6. Passion of Spies. (1967) Director: Yefim Gamburg
• 7. Glass Harmonica. (1968) Director: Andrei Khrjanovsky
• 8. Ball of Wool. (1968) Director: Nikolai Serebryakov
• 10. Film Film Film (1968) Director: Fyodor Khitruk

Specifications

	Genre:	Animation, Short Films, Fairy Tale
	Studio:	JOVE in association with Soyuzmultfilm Studios
	Format:	Color, Animated, NTSC
	Subtitles:	English
	Language:	Russian with English Subtitles
	Date Released:	April, 2000
	Running Time:	133 min.
	Encoding:	Region 1

See Also

• Masters of Russian Animation -Vol. 2.(1969-1978)
• Masters of Russian Animation -Vol. 3.(1979-1985)
• Masters of Russian Animation -Vol. 4.(1986-1990)