Why Does the Camel Need an Orange? Why Does the Camel Need an Orange?  ❤
Зачем верблюду апельсин?
Zachem verblyudu apelsin?
1986 – 00:09:18 – ruRussian – Ekran11Ekran – Kalisher YulianKalisher Yulian90
2, 13, 20Comedy, Musical/Opera, Surrealism/dream-logic – 3, 12, 7, 4cutout, mixed, powder, puppet
8.71 ws – Subtitles: English (ok⭳ – by Niffiwan, Chapaev₂, Eus₂), Russian (unknown⭳ – by Chapaev, Eus₂, Niffiwan₂)

A musically playful, absurd animation in which each Russian word in the title (Why, Camel, Orange) stands for a plot and tale of its own.

Window, The The Window 0
Окно, Вікно
Okno, Vikno
1987 – 00:10:06 – wl(wordless) – Kievnauchfilm7Kievnauchfilm – Sivokon YevgeniySivokon Yevgeniy47
4, 12, 17, 20Domestic life, Misc., Romance, Surrealism/dream-logic – 3, 8cutout, paint
0.00 ws

On an autumn evening, an artist draws a summer landscape on a window pane, and then a young man. Gradually, his whole life begins to go by in the painting...

Wings Wings 0
Крылья, Крила
Krylya, Kryla
1983 – 00:10:22 – ru, ukRussian, Ukrainian – Kievnauchfilm7Kievnauchfilm – Cherkasskiy DavidCherkasskiy David61
23, 2, 9Christmas/New Year, Comedy, Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – 3, 12, 8cutout, mixed, paint
2.51 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan, Жукороп), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by Жукороп₂), Ukrainian (unknown⭳ – by Cynir, Жукороп₂)

Uncle Kirill gets wings as a New Year's gift and becomes so proud of them, that he starts to teach birds how to fly. But as it turns out, he knows very little about it himself.

Winter Days Winter Days  ❤
冬の日
Fuyu no Hi
2003 – 00:39:04 – jaJapanese – (no studio)14(no studio) – Kawamoto Kihachiro, Norshteyn Yuriy, Petrov AleksandrKawamoto Kihachiro, Norshteyn Yuriy, Petrov Aleksandr232, 60, 44
11Literature (non-Rus./USSR) – 3, 10, 11, 2, 1, 12, 8, 4cutout, digital 2D, digital 3D, drawn (cel), drawn (not cel), mixed, paint, puppet
1.87 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Haruo Shirane), Spanish (unknown⭳ – by Yefren), Russian (good⭳ – by Тайши и Ладо ФилоДикэ, Igor Piter₂, lil-kodomo₃, Yule₃)

A collaborative animated film based on a 17th-century Japanese collaborative poem. Each subsequent line was animated by a different director; 36 in total.

Wise Gudgeon, The The Wise Gudgeon  ❤
Премудрый пескарь
Premudryy peskar
1979 – 00:09:44 – ruRussian – Soyuzmultfilm1Soyuzmultfilm – Karavayev ValentinKaravayev Valentin31
9Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – 3, 2, 12cutout, drawn (cel), mixed
5.15 ws – Subtitles: Czech (unknown⭳ – by wero1000), German (ok⭳ – by Eus), English (good⭳ – by IDBoris, Kurosuke₂, Niffiwan₂), Spanish (unknown⭳ – by Yefren), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), French (unknown⭳ – by Eus), Japanese (needs_work⭳ – by Eus), Dutch (unknown⭳ – by Eus), Chinese (needs_work⭳ – by ?)

A parable about what happens if you live your whole life in fear and hiding. Based on a tale by Saltykov-Shchedrin.

Wolf the Gray Tail Wolf the Gray Tail 0
Волчище - серый хвостище
Volchishchye - seryy khvostishchye
1983 – 00:09:23 – ruRussian – Soyuzmultfilm1Soyuzmultfilm – Barinova GalinaBarinova Galina54
5, 13Folklore & myth (Rus./East Slavic), Musical/Opera – 3cutout
5.36 ws – Subtitles: English (ok⭳ – by Dennis Keen), Spanish (unknown⭳ – by Don Medina), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella)

Based on the Russian folk tale about the silly Wolf whom the sly Fox convinced to fish with his tail in an ice-hole.

Young Friedrich Engels, The The Young Friedrich Engels  ❤
Ein junger Mann namens Engels - Ein Porträt in Briefen, Юноша Фридрих Энгельс
Yunosha Fridrikh Engels
1970 – 00:20:54 – de, ruGerman, Russian – DEFA Trickfilm Studio, Soyuzmultfilm82, 1DEFA Trickfilm Studio, Soyuzmultfilm – Georgi Katja, Hitruk Fyodor, Klaus Georgi, Kurchevskiy VadimGeorgi Katja, Hitruk Fyodor, Klaus Georgi, Kurchevskiy Vadim397, 1, 396, 325
1, 8, 15Biography, History, Politics – 3, 1cutout, drawn (not cel)
9.02 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by ?, Eus, Niffiwan, Dust Angel₂), English (unknown⭳ – by Dust Angel, Eus), Vietnamese (unknown⭳ – by Cynir)

An animated biography of the early life of Friedrich Engels, who would later co-develop the theory of Marxism together with Karl Marx, told through his own letters and drawings.

Yuletide Stories Yuletide Stories 0
Святочные рассказы
Svyatochnyye rasskazy
1994 – 00:09:55 – ruRussian – Belarusfilm21Belarusfilm – Kodyukova IrinaKodyukova Irina510
23, 9, 16, 20Christmas/New Year, Literature (Rus./East Slavic), Religion, Surrealism/dream-logic – 3cutout
4.58 ws – Subtitles: English (ok⭳ – by Niffiwan, ?₂, Baofu₃), Russian (unknown⭳ – by Niffiwan, Baofu₂), Vietnamese (unknown⭳ – by Cynir)

Two Christmas-themed stories: about the night of Christ's birth, and about a good deed that is remembered many decades later. Adapted from texts by Sasha Chyornyy and Archpriest Dimitriy Gavrilovich Bulgakovskiy.

Yulia's Birthday Yulia's Birthday 0
День народження Юлії
Den narozhdennya Yulii
1994 – 00:14:49 – ukUkrainian – Ukranimafilm7Ukranimafilm – Marchenkova NatalyaMarchenkova Natalya173
2, 24, 17Comedy, Horror, Romance – 3, 7cutout, powder
4.52 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan)

A modern fairy tale about a girl looking for her lost soul; a morbid horror-romance with a happy ending.