The Tale of the Snow Maiden

Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion

2023

A documentary about an old animation technique and the film studio that tries to carry on the legacy. The worlds oldest animation studio still making film with stop motion technique is Nukufilm located in Tallinn, Estland. Here we can follow the work in the studio which was founded in the Soviet era and has survived heavy censorship and global competition.

Miraculous Well

1956

Once upon a time there were two stepsisters. One girl dropped a bucket into a deep wonderful well, and she had to go down into the well for the bucket, to the kingdom of Santa Claus.

Yula is Capricious

1955

Children play in the park together. Only little girl Yula is bored. She starts to cry and threatens to flood all around.

The Flying Proletarian

1962

Animated poetic ode to the bright Soviet Future, based on the poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky.

The Greedy Spider

1990

A crafty spider becomes so good at spinning his web that he can no longer control his appetites.

Be Well, Green Forest!

1976

Tale About The Apple Tree

1974

A great apple tree bloomed and gave its fruits to everyone. Its branches bent by liquid ripe fruits, which were thankfully thwarted by passers-by. But once a greedy man fenced the tree off from outsiders, boldly making it its own. The built stone fence reached the very top of the apple tree blocking the light, birds, and people...

Colored Milk

1979

A grandson came to the village to visit his grandmother, who rarely rests in nature, which makes him look pale and sick. The boy likes the geese, the cow, and the local nature here. He gets involved in local life, starts making friends with animals, walks with them in meadows and lawns, and doesn't even notice how his grandmother's health turns into joy. And the reason for the transformation was the mysterious colored milk.