Three friends lived in a Ukrainian village. They were not rich, so they were happy to take up the proposed small job. They had to go to another village at a dark night. On the way, they saw a small farmhouse and a cottage, where they decided to spend the night. Thus very strange mystical events began.
A mock-heroic 1798 poem Eneida is magnum opus of the first modern Ukrainian writer Ivan Kotliarevsky. It's a parody of Virgil's Aeneid, where Kotliarevsky transformed the Trojan heroes into Ukrainian Cossacks.
Three short animated "horror" miniatures. The first is about a piece of meat, which in ordinary Soviet cuisine is chased by hands, wanting to make minced meat out of it. The second is about a guest from unknown worlds who came to Earth at night. The third is about Kolobok trying to devour starving animals on its way.
Worm, trying to save himself from death, accidentally ends up in a cinema watching a frank film for adults. Since then, he is obsessed with the idea of finding a lover. First, he chooses a ladybug, who actually turns out to be a man, reacting aggressively to the worm's courtship. But this is only the beginning of the search...
In old forgotten place an evil and insidious Koshchiy the Immortal lived. He lived his days among gray mists and vicious howls of unknown animals. There was no longer a magical cat who sang songs and recited poetry, a mermaid died, like many other fairytale characters. There was only him, a miserable old man.
A beautiful and hard-working girl lived in a Ukrainian village. She fell in love with a guy, but he was destined to die, and the girl has to hide from courtship and matchmaking of bothersome suitors. Her heart did not lie to any of them, and she decided to turn to a healer for help. What will be the fate of a young Ukrainian woman? The film is based on the poem by Taras Shevchenko.
The prince and his courtiers, dwelling in a castle near Lviv, suffer from an infestation of evil spirits who try to survive them. The last hope turns out to be the lazy grandson of the old economy. Lezhen does nothing but read books and eat dumplings. Then the prince promises to give him a daughter who can cook the hero's favorite dish as his wife if the man will kick the evil out of the castle.
A Rooster and a Cat lived in a cabin in the forest. The smart and resourceful Cat was an earner, going away in the morning and leaving the hardworking Rooster to do household chores. And everything would be well with them, if a Fox had not got into the habit to visit them dreaming to steal the rustic and unsophisticated Rooster.
In a strange alien landscape, its denizens receive a visit from an alien visitor who isnt what he seems
On the eve of Christmas, the tears of the poor girl Marusia melted the cold and indifferent heart of the wealthy landlord. Based on the fairy tale “Tear” by the Ukrainian writer Marko Cheremshyna.
A morning tram over-occupied with passengers, but more and more people are trying to get in there. Inside, the life fountains. Someone talks about their troubles with children, somebody experiences a personal trauma, others can not stand up to quarrel, neighbors discuss a TV-series... All the events where usually, at least in the days this cartoon was created, common Ukrainians are involved in on their way to job-places is shown in this curious, vivid and witty claymation.
A schoolboy is able to see real miracles in everyday routine. He is never separated from his faithful cat and shares with the red purr all the little adventures that happen to him, and sometimes even troubles. What awaits these faithful friends?
Puppet animation about a city of light bulbs. The existence of this remarkable city depends on one big lantern. Every day, a lamplighter switches it on and off. One day someone steals the light bulb from the lantern.
In the forest an alarm went off by accident and a commotion arose among the animals. It turned out that no one knows how to behave in emergency situations.
A pig lived in a village, who made it to the Royal Palace and then became the leader of the pirates, and then the French Navy admiral. His wife was a princess, who, of course, had to try to qualify for the honor to link her fate with the pig. She even had to learn his native language and learn how to cook his favorite dish.
The final episode, released after the fall of the Soviet Union, features the Cossacks as the parents of an entire children’s hockey team. While hosting the Canadian hockey team, they have to thwart their former pirate enemies once again.
A humorous story-musical about a pumpkin, the host of a vegetable garden, his wife and many relatives and friends. They all live nearby and often solve some of their living problems. Cucumbers want to play, and the carrot-girls are waiting for worthy suitors. Here there are festivals and folk rituals and the work around which life revolves of vegetable villagers.
A Cossack once stood on the shore and looked at the water, trying to catch a mermaid. But she took his reflection and went away with the man’s the soul. The mermaid fell in love with the reflection and did not want to let him go back to the land. What should the Cossack do? And how will mermaid fight the evil and harmful monster that inhabits the sea bottom and tries to lure her?
The life story of a potato, which was born in one of the fields and then was taken to the city along with her other counterparts. Once in the apartment, she oversees the life and atmosphere of the new place. The potatoes meets a knife and falls in love with him at first sight...
Continuation of the adventures of strange heroes.
