Vladimir Petkevich
Directing
Known For

A demon, sick of sin's monotony, asks a priest for instructions on how to become good. Based on the motives of L. Andreev's story The Rules of Kindness.
How to Become a Human Being

The cartoon tells about a girl who was sent by an evil stepmother to get tortillas and the secret of making them to her grandmother, who lives in the Lafertovo part of Moscow.
Lafertovskaya Makovnitsa

Based on a Belarussian folk song, movie tells a story of a poor peasant who goes to serve the landlord and is not successful in it.
Once When I Served My Dear Landlord

A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.
Forest Tales

A little girl is told a fairy tale about a little bug who doesn't know what she should do with her life as she explores the big, wondrous world. Based on the story by Dmitriy Mamin-Sibiryak.
A Fairy Tale About A Little Thing

The dreams of the protagonist, inspired by the tragic reality of the Russian revolutions.
Dreams

A guardian angel's efforts to help people only cause greater and greater disasters.
The Guardian Angel

Surreal philosophical animation from Russia
Motherland Tree
Based on Chukchi fairy-tales. A gosling is born without wings after spending too much time sleeping in his egg.
The Wingless Gosling

An owl must help an ungrateful old man take back his livelihood from an army of greedy mice.
Owl

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Munchausen in Russia

A philosophical parable about the lives of a girl, her parents, and a tree.
There Was A Tree

Based on A. Platonov's tale.
Night
A parable about meaning of life, starring a recently-hatched chick who can transform into different creatures.