
Elbert Tuganov
Directing
Biography
Elbert Tuganov (February 22, 1922 – March 22, 2007) was an Azerbaijani-Estonian animator and film director. He is known as "the father of Estonian animation". Tuganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to an Estonian mother and an Ossetian father. In 1946 he joined with Tallinnfilm. In 1958 he created the first Estonian animated film Peetrikese unenägu.
Known For

Estonian/Soviet animation short. Monkey boy Fips is trapped and brought to town. Among humans, Fips experiences both good and bad. But he never forgets his real home - the jungle - and one day he escapes back there.
Fips the Monkey

A newly established and impressively designed park turns out to be highly inconvenient and troublesome for people. However, it takes quite some time before the designers come to realize that the park is, first and foremost, meant for people and needs to be redesigned accordingly.
Park

A modern fairy tale tells the story of an inseparable character living in a children's fantasy world, the mischievous animal Nippet.
Nippet

The first story is based on an Indian fairy-tale. It is a story about a donkey who wants to win favour with its master and starts to mock the master’s favourite – his dog. The second story is based on a humorous Estonian song and tells the story of a land herring that became a sea creature and made the seawater salty. The third story is based on a Czech fairy-tale, which tells of two boys, who find a witch's broom and start to fly with it.
Donkey, Herring and Broom

The naughty boy Ott, who spends his school hours lazing and fighting, gets into a launching spaceship and flies into space. This is how exciting and even dangerous adventures begin, during which Ott experiences a long-known truth: you can't go through life without school wisdom. Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1961.
Ott in Space

After the war, young yachtsmen from the coastal town deal with daily work, training and competitions without knowing about the downside. Suddenly, mysterious events start to happen, testing the vigilance, ideological and moral beliefs of the local people.
Yachts at Sea

This film is an humorous view on the conflict of pedestrians with all growing car traffic.
Pedestrians

A band of mice steals grains from cats.
Mouse Hunt

One morning little Peter finds that he's all alone in the world
Little Peter’s Dream

An animated satire about a boss who thinks only he knows what is what and what is best.
Just Like That!

A film based on Spiridon Vangeli's "The Adventures of Gugutse". It is about a boy Gugutse and his magic hat, which everyone could hide under in the frost.
Guguta

If we are not careful, one day the cars will take over all existence on Earth. The conflict between drivers and pedestrians is seen from the driver's point of view. The film depicts a humorous opposition to Tuganov's earlier film "Pedestrians".
Drivers

The film summarizes the origin and development of animated film at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
The Birth of the Genre

The story of a foal who, through inevitability, ends up in an unfamiliar environment—the city—but ultimately discovers his calling and profession.
Apple Pie

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Captain of Koppeniki

A documentary with elements of animation about 85-year-old Elbert Tuganov and 80-year-old Heino Pars - two animators and artists who despite changing times have become masters of their domain. The exact time of the real events in the documentary is not actually essential. It may be yesterday, today, tomorrow... And it may happen to you... and to me... However, in the film, it all took place in the 1950s, the time when the first Sputnik was launched to space, rivers were reversed and hydraulic power plants built.
Kings of the Time

Two sisters squabble and fight with each other over the course of their lives.
Sisters

The cat was protecting the chickens from a bully puppy, fell from a woodpile and broke his paw. The cockerel went alone into the forest to call the squirrel doctor for help.
Animal Acupuncturists

The famous chief of the corsairs Bloody John brings the lovely Isabella back as war booty from yet another foray. The avaricious Isabella shortly seizes power in the gang. Bloody John is reduced to a weak-willed, henpecked subordinate of the female robber. The desperate John escapes and seeks shelter in his dear childhood home in Saaremaa, where he starts earning a living again by honest means.
Bloody John

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