Cutout
A form of stop-motion animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut out from various materials. Each frame of film is formed by moving these around on a flat surface (or on multiple flat surfaces on several layers), rather than by drawing an entirely new image. The earliest Soviet animated films from the 1920s used this technique, it lost popularity in the 1930s with the advent of cel animation, and again began to be used from the early 1960s onwards.
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The Titmouse Community Calendar 4. Autumn
Синичкин календарь. Осень
Sinichkin kalendar. Osen
1984 – 00:07:58 – Russian – Ekran – Kalisher Yulian
Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – cutout, mixed, puppet
9.45 ws – Subtitles: English (ok⭳ – by Eus, Niffiwan, Lemicnor₂), Russian (good⭳ – by Lemicnor)
For young children. A journey through 4 seasons of a little community that formed around a Titmouse and a Sock-puppet, based on a tale by Vitaliy Bianki.2020-03-042021-01-14 -
Tourist
Турист
Turist
1972 – 00:03:51 – Russian – Ekran – Reznikov Anatoliy
Comedy, Domestic life – cutout
2.13 ws – Subtitles: English (ok⭳ – by Eus)
A comic anti-alcohol mini animation from the early years of Ekran studio.2019-08-012021-10-11 -
Transformation
Превращение
Prevrashcheniye
1969 – 00:10:19 – Russian – Kazakhfilm – Chugunov Viktor
Comedy, Folklore & myth (Rus./USSR minorities), Literature (Rus./USSR minorities), NSFW / 18+, Serious, Surrealism/dream-logic, War & battles – cutout, drawn (cel), mixed
2.53 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by Niffiwan), Vietnamese (unknown⭳ – by Cynir)
When a wise man fails to deal with a flea, it starts a chain of events that leads to the destruction of his city.2024-02-112023-12-07 -
Treasure Island (part 1). Captain Flint's Map ❤
Остров сокровищ. Фильм 1. Карта капитана Флинта
Ostrov sokrovishch. Film 1. Karta kapitana Flinta
1986 – 00:47:34 – Russian – Kievnauchfilm – Cherkasskiy David
Comedy, Literature (non-Rus./USSR), Musical/Opera – cutout, drawn (cel), live-action, mixed
6.15 ws – Subtitles: Bulgarian (unknown⭳ – by Жукороп), German (unknown⭳ – by ?, DeafNet.ru₃), English (good⭳ – by Mr. Icon), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by DeafNet.ru), Serbian (unknown⭳ – by tplc)
A group of unlikely adventurers search for pirate treasure. Adapted from the 1883 novel.2024-12-052021-04-21 -
Treasure Island (part 2). Captain Flint's Treasures ❤
Остров сокровищ. Фильм 2. Сокровища капитана Флинта
Ostrov sokrovishch. Film 2. Sokrovishcha kapitana Flinta
1988 – 00:59:17 – Russian – Kievnauchfilm – Cherkasskiy David
Comedy, Literature (non-Rus./USSR), Musical/Opera – cutout, drawn (cel), live-action, mixed
5.50 ws – Subtitles: Bulgarian (unknown⭳ – by Жукороп), German (unknown⭳ – by ?, DeafNet.ru₂), English (good⭳ – by Mr. Icon), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by DeafNet.ru)
A group of unlikely adventurers search for pirate treasure. Adapted from the 1883 novel. Part 2.2024-12-052021-04-21 -
The Tree of Childhood ❤
Дерево детства
Derevo detstva
2009 – 00:10:30 – Russian – Peterburg – Mirzoyan Natalya
Surrealism/dream-logic – cutout, digital 2D
1.34 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella)
2023-09-252020-12-24 -
A True Pomor Story
Поморская быль
Pomorskaya byl
1987 – 00:10:21 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Nosyrev Leonid
History, Literature (Rus./East Slavic), Musical/Opera, Serious – cutout, drawn (cel)
4.98 ws – Subtitles: Czech (unknown⭳ – by wero1000), English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan, wero1000₂), Russian (unknown⭳ – by konst1)
Two fishermen lose their boat and are left stranded on a small, rocky island in the Arctic Ocean north of the White Sea. Based on a historical event that happened in autumn 1857, recorded by ethnographer Boris Shergin.2022-11-252022-11-25 -
Two Pictures
Kaks lugu
Kaks lugu
1962 – 00:08:35 – Estonian, Russian – Tallinnfilm – Tuganov Elbert
Comedy, Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – cutout
4.83 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Eus, Niffiwan, alex.n42₂), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Niffiwan, Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by progulkin, alex.n42₂)
Two cartoons based on children's poems: "Cry-Baby Marie" (by Agnia & Pavel Barto) and "Riding a Train" (original text).2022-12-022022-11-23 -
Vanka Zhukov
Ванька Жуков
Vanka Zhukov
1981 – 00:09:54 – Russian – Kievnauchfilm – Zarubin Leonid
Christmas/New Year, Literature (Rus./East Slavic), Serious – cutout, live-action, mixed, puppet
2.80 ws – Subtitles: Czech (unknown⭳ – by wero1000), English (good⭳ – by Ivy Litvinov, Eus₂, Niffiwan₂), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by Eus, Niffiwan₂), Vietnamese (unknown⭳ – by Cynir)
An orphan apprentice shoemaker boy stays up on Christmas Eve to write a letter to his grandfather about his terrible life in the city. Based on Chekhov's 1886 short story.2023-12-242023-11-06 -
Vanya and the Crocodile
Ваня и крокодил
Vanya i krokodil
1984 – 00:09:34 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Dabizha Nataliya
Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – cutout, mixed, puppet
4.03 ws – Subtitles: English (ok⭳ – by Dennis Keen), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella)
A crocodile appears in the city, and everyone is afraid of him except for one boy. Based on the story by Chukovskiy.2023-10-192021-03-02 -
Vardavar - Festival of Roses
Вардевар - праздник роз
Vardevar - prazdnik roz
1989 – 00:08:37 – (wordless) – Armenfilm – Muradyan Yuriy
Folklore & myth (Rus./USSR minorities) – cutout, mixed
0.00 ws
Vardevar is an ancient holiday still celebrated in Armenia. On this day, residents merrily pour water over each other, release doves and scatter rose petals. It stands for the coming of peace and forgetting of mutual grievances.2021-02-14 -
The War of the Elephants and Rhinos
Война слонов и носорогов
Voyna slonov i nosorogov
1993 – 00:06:58 – Russian – Ekran – Kalisher Yulian
Comedy, Literature (non-Rus./USSR), Romance, War & battles – cutout
6.38 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan)
A diplomatic incident leads to the Rhinos declaring war on the Elephant Kingdom. Based on one of the Babar stories by Jean de Brunhoff (1931).2020-03-032021-07-10 -
We Are Men!
Мы — мужчины!, Ми — чоловіки!
My - muzhchiny!, My - choloviky!
1992 – 00:09:29 – Ukrainian – Ukranimafilm – Marchenkova Natalya, Titov Mihail
Comedy, Domestic life, Literature (non-Rus./USSR), NSFW / 18+, Romance – cutout, drawn (cel)
4.96 ws – Subtitles: Czech (unknown⭳ – by wero1000), English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan, wero1000₂), Russian (good⭳ – by ?, Niffiwan₂, wero1000₂)
A collection of short films on the topic of men: "Glasses", "Othello" (based on Shakespeare's play), "Big and Small".2022-03-092022-03-09 -
Weightless Life. 1. Dialogue with Disney
Невесомая жизнь. 1. Диалог с Диснеем
Nevesomaya zhizn. 1. Dialog s Disneyem
2006 – 00:26:14 – Russian – Studio CBC – Hobotova Lyubov
Documentary – cutout, digital 2D, digital 3D, drawn (cel)
10.15 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan)
A look Soviet animation's relationship with Disney.2011-08-142020-12-18 -
What an Absent-Minded Person
Вот какой рассеянный
Vot kakoy rasseyannyy
1975 – 00:10:02 – Russian – Ekran – Novogrudskaya Marianna
Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – cutout
3.66 ws – Subtitles: English (ok⭳ – by NatBrown, Eus₂, Niffiwan₂), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella)
Based on a poem by Samuil Marshak about an incredibly absent-minded man from Leningrad.2021-01-202021-01-18 -
What's the Stake Here? ❤
Какого рожна хочется?
Kakogo rozhna hochetsya?
1975 – 00:09:27 – Russian – Kievnauchfilm – Cherkasskiy David
Comedy, Domestic life, Folklore & myth (Rus./East Slavic) – cutout
8.97 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Niffiwan), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (good⭳ – by Niffiwan, Rozovsky₃)
A married city couple try hard to stay on the bleeding edge of cultural fashion and keep up with their rivals.2025-07-272025-07-26 -
Why Does the Camel Need an Orange? ❤
Зачем верблюду апельсин?
Zachem verblyudu apelsin?
1986 – 00:09:18 – Russian – Ekran – Kalisher Yulian
Comedy, Musical/Opera, Surrealism/dream-logic – cutout, 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.2024-01-072024-01-07 -
Window into the Soviet Union
Окно в Советский Союз
Okno v Sovetskiy Soyuz
1968 – 00:04:15 – English – Soyuzmultfilm – Shorina Nina
Misc. – cutout, live-action, mixed
4.00 ws – Subtitles: Russian (unknown⭳ – by alex.n42)
An advertisement for the English-language "Moscow News" periodical.2026-06-202026-06-20 -
The Window
Окно, Вікно
Okno, Vikno
1987 – 00:10:06 – (wordless) – Kievnauchfilm – Sivokon Yevgeniy
Domestic life, Misc., Romance, Surrealism/dream-logic – cutout, 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...2022-02-10 -
Wings
Крылья, Крила
Krylya, Kryla
1983 – 00:10:22 – Russian, Ukrainian – Kievnauchfilm – Cherkasskiy David
Christmas/New Year, Comedy, Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – cutout, 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.2024-01-112021-11-13 -
Winter Days ❤
冬の日
Fuyu no Hi
2003 – 00:39:04 – Japanese – (no studio) – Kawamoto Kihachiro, Norshteyn Yuriy, Petrov Aleksandr
Literature (non-Rus./USSR) – cutout, 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.2012-12-112021-05-11 -
The Wise Gudgeon ❤
Премудрый пескарь
Premudryy peskar
1979 – 00:09:44 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Karavayev Valentin
Literature (Rus./East Slavic) – cutout, 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.2021-05-042021-05-02 -
Wolf the Gray Tail
Волчище - серый хвостище
Volchishchye - seryy khvostishchye
1983 – 00:09:23 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Barinova Galina
Folklore & myth (Rus./East Slavic), Musical/Opera – cutout
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.2019-01-282021-03-01 -
The Young Friedrich Engels ❤
Ein junger Mann namens Engels - Ein Porträt in Briefen, Юноша Фридрих Энгельс
Yunosha Fridrikh Engels
1970 – 00:20:54 – German, Russian – DEFA Trickfilm Studio, Soyuzmultfilm – Georgi Katja, Hitruk Fyodor, Klaus Georgi, Kurchevskiy Vadim
Biography, History, Politics – cutout, 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.2024-07-132022-04-07 -
Yuletide Stories
Святочные рассказы
Svyatochnyye rasskazy
1994 – 00:09:55 – Russian – Belarusfilm – Kodyukova Irina
Christmas/New Year, Literature (Rus./East Slavic), Religion, Surrealism/dream-logic – cutout
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.2023-12-282023-12-28























