Aliona Baranova's student animation film 'Leaf' talks about nostalgia and sea sailing. Here's the full film to watch.

Natalia Mirzoyan signs a seemingly carefree but still poignant animation short Five Minutes to Sea. She talks to Zippy Frames.

Mikhail Gurevich talks to the Russian director, animator and designer Kirill Khachaturov about his short film, Naked.

A feature animation film, The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks by  Russian veteran director Andrey Khrzhanovsky.

Following the sun is a personal journey, but what happens if you have a kid to accompany you? Dina Velikovskaya beautifully explores contrasting desires in the puppet animation short Kukuschka.

Konstantin Bronzit has finished his second short on loneliness and the universe, his Oscar-qualifying short, He Can't Live Without Cosmos. Our review.

Imagination should take a poetic leap forwards. Watch 9 Ways To Draw A Person by Sasha Svirsky.

Charming and gravity-free: watch My Mum is an Airplane.

When loneliness becomes inventive. Watch House Wanders, Bird Water Full by Russian animator Veronika Samartseva.

An unusual friendship between the Russian Misha and a strange animal won a Special Prize at the Generation KPlus section of the 2014 Berlin Film Festival.

Growing up or being a child underneath? Watch Le retour (The Return) by Natalia Chernysheva.

An animated Russian feature and a satire of the modern world in Ku! Kin-Dza-Dza. Read the film review.

 The world of high heels and how not to leave your child unattended. Watch the charmingly deviant The Red Heels.