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RUSSIAN ANIMATION STUDIOS
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• RUSSIAN ANIMATED FILM
• ASSOCIATION (RAFA)
• www.animator.ru

Russian Animated Film Association (RAFA),
Dolgorukovskaya str, 25, Moscow, 127006 7 (495)
545 44 03 www.animator.ru aakr_at_animator.ru Preside
nt Popov Ilya CEO Mastusova Irina imastusova_at_gm
ail.com

• THE RUSSIAN ANIMATED FILM ASSOCIATION (RAFA) is
  Russias first and only professional organization
  established to lobby, support and promote the
  work of the Russian animation industry at both
  home and abroad. RAFA strives to create
  conditions for the effective development of
  Russian animation, including building
  relationships with foreign government agencies
  and producers in order to facilitate Russias
  participation in international co-productions
  under mutually beneficial terms. 
• The association represents the interests of
  animation studios of all sizes, as well as
  individual filmmakers working in animation,
  including independent directors, production
  designers, and animators. The association also
  includes organizations which have an involvement
  in animation TV networks with an interest in
  animation distribution companies and Internet
  companies essentially, all organizations whose
  business is related to the field of animation,
  and who are interested in joining forces.
• The association is active in the following main
  areas
• - Educational and informational campaigns
• - Collaboration with the professional community
• - Cooperation with government and commercial
  agencies
• - Further development of the industrys
  production infrastructure
• - The selling and licensing of animated content
• - Developing work in all these areas in the
  provinces

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AEROPLANE PRODUCTIONSwww.aeroprods.ru
Aeroplane Productions, 20/5, Marksistskaya st.,
Moscow, 109147 7 (495) 784 77 87
www.aeroprods.com ap_at_aeroprods.ru Director
general Vasilyev Georgy glv_at_nordost.ru

• AEROPLANE PRODUCTIONS, with its headquarters in
  Moscow, Russia, specializes in the production of
  cultural and commercial projects that feature
  high-quality animation. Aeroplane's mission is to
  produce projects that are not only profitable for
  the company's investors and stockholders, but
  that also educate, entertain, and motivate people
  to solve some of the urgent problems facing us
  today.
• Aeroplane Productions latest projects involve
  building and launching multi-platform brands for
  the international market that move beyond the
  borders of animation and into the spheres of
  computer games, feature films, Internet and
  mobile phone content, educational television
  programming, books, magazines, toys, and more.
• PROJECTS
• The Fixies animated series is the launching pad
  for the multi-platform project The Fixies, an
  animated brand designed for the international
  market. It's one of the fastest-developing
  projects in Russia, airing during prime time on
  the Russia 1 federal TV channel and attracting
  more than 7 million viewers a day
  (www.thefixies.com, www.fixiki.ru). 52 x 6'
  episodes will have been produced by the end of
  2012.
• Multi-Russia is a 45 x 1' series of animated
  postcards from the diverse regions, cities, and
  nationalities of the largest country on Earth.
  The series will be broadcast nationally on
  Channel One Russia as well as on various regional
  channels throughout the country. MULTI-RUSSIA is
  produced in the signature claymation style of
  Aeroplane Productions partner, Pilot Animation.
• Gem Mountain is a series of 52 x 13' episodes, a
  collection of animated folk tales drawn from and
  celebrating the diverse nationalities and
  cultures of Northern Eurasia. The series is
  coordinated by Aeroplane's founding partner,
  Pilot Animation Studios. Gem Mountain has already
  garnered numerous film festival prizes, including
  Russia's National Prize, The Golden Eagle, in
  2005.

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• ANIMACCORD
• ANIMATION STUDIO
• www.animaccord.com

Masha and the bear Ltd, 9/3, Godovikova Str.,
Moscow, 129085 7 (495) 775 13 31
www.animaccord.com info_at_animaccord.ru Executive
Director Loveiko Dmitry 7 [phone]

• ANIMACCORD ANIMATION STUDIO was founded in 2008
  to produce animation projects and digitally
  process visual data.
• The Animaccord Studio team have created and
  launched one of the most popular animation
  entertainment brands for kids, families, and
  adults Masha and the Bear.
• The principal activities of the studio involve
  the preparation and production of animation
  projects of any level of complexity using the
  studios technological capabilities.
• We work in the fields of classic animation, 3D
  animation, computer animation, and Motion Capture
  technology, which allows us to produce animated
  films, television animation, and computer game
  animation, in which there is a demand for vivid
  visual images.
• Our studio has its own powerful and highly
  efficient equipment and software, which allows it
  to produce computer graphics and special effects
  completely independently.

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• ARGUS FILM
• STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL
• www.argusinternational.ru

Argus Film Studios International, 6/4 Radio
Street, Moscow, 1105005 7 (499) 261 88 97
www.argusinternational.ru CEO Repin Vladimir
repin_at_argusinternational.ru

• ARGUS FILM STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL was established
  in 1991 as a production and distribution company.
  Currently Argus is a group of companies that
  includes Argus International and Argus
  Entertainment in Russia, and Argus Film Funds and
  Argus Management in Germany. For the last twenty
  years, Argus has produced dozens of animated,
  documentary, and feature films, and over a
  hundred advertising films and spots. These works
  have received many international and national
  awards, including the 2004 Golden Eagle from the
  National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
  Sciences (The Nutcracker, an animated film), the
  Silver Boat at the 2005 Window to Europe film
  festival (Petrel, an animated film), The Worlds
  Best Work prize at the 2010 New York Festivals
  Awards (The Pharmacist, a TV film), and many
  others. Currently Argus is engaged in the
  production of two full-length animated films
  (SHARA IVAN-the-Prince) and several motion
  picture projects. Argus has full-cycle capacities
  for creating animation and VFX effects, as well
  as its own editing and audio engineering
  equipment.

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• D3 MEDIA
• www.d3media.ru

D3 Media, 11/4, bld 4, Maroseyka Street, Moscow,
101000 7 [phone] www.d3media.ru
info_at_d3.media.ru General Director Morev
Alexander 7 (915) 096 76 88 am_at_d3media.ru

• D3 MEDIA is a young, rapidly evolving production
  company which is capable of carrying out projects
  of any level of complexity and which specializes
  in animation. Having the advantage of our own
  manufacturing base, of both experienced craftsmen
  and young professionals working together, we are
  creating our own talent pool, the use of which
  enables us to successfully meet creative,
  production, and commercial objectives in a highly
  competitive modern market. By offering partners
  the best economic conditions for cooperation, we
  are able to perform high-quality work at a fast
  pace.
• D3 Media is interested in finding business
  partners for joint productions of animated films,
  investors for new projects, and customers
  interested in placing orders for the creation of
  animation and CGI.
• D3 Media offers a range of various animation
  series for distribution and broadcasting.

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• FUND GUBERNYA 
• www.masterfilm.ru

Fund Gubernya, 15-708, Drouzhinnikovskaya Str.,
Moscow, 123242 7 (495) 232 54 71
www.masterfilm.ru mail_at_masterfilm.ru General
Producer Gerasimov Alexander agerassimov_at_mail.ru

• FUND GUBERNYA is a part of the Master-Film
  holding company, which was established in 1996.
  Its one of the biggest and oldest companies in
  post-Soviet Russia. The holding consists of
  Master-Film Studio Movie Company, Master-Film
  Studio, and Fund Province. The Master-Film studio
  holdings main activity is animation production.
  Many of Master-Film Studios works have won
  prestigious awards at international and Russian
  festivals. The holding also organizes the Russian
  Open Animation Festival, www.suzdalfest.ru.
  Master-Film cooperates with many state, public,
  and noncommercial organizations in Russia with
  the aim of developing cultural relations in
  Russia and abroad.

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• KINOATIS
• www.kinoatis.com

LLC Kinoatis, 16/1, Valdayskiy proezd, Moscow,
125445 7 (499) 767 13 14 www. kinoatis.com
info_at_kinoatis.com Director General Sotskov
Vadim s_flagman_at_yahoo.com

• KINOATIS is one of the leading companies in the
  sphere of animated film production in Russia. The
  companys first full-length 3D movie, Space Dogs
  (2010), was widely and successfully released in
  cinemas in Russia, Europe, North and Latin
  America, Japan, Korea, and Israel. The company
  has recently started production of Space Dogs 2,
  the sequel to the first full-length film, which
  will be out in cinemas in 2013.
• KinoAtis is also releasing the TV series Space
  Dogs. Funny Family (season 1, 52 episodes) in
  co-operation with the All-Russia State Television
  and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), and is
  starting production of season two. Space Dogs.
  Funny Family, which is broadcast on national TV
  channels in Russia and other countries, is
  garnering high popularity ratings. The production
  of the TV series is accompanied by large-scale
  production of merchandising.
• Space Dogs is far from being KinoAtiss only
  project. The studios catalog includes such
  series as Micropolis, The Extraordinary
  Adventures of Karik and Valya, and short animated
  films. The companys short-term development plans
  include the creation and wide-ranging promotion
  of new animation brands oriented toward the
  international market.

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• MASTER-FILM STUDIO
• www.masterfilm.ru

Master-film Studio Ltd., 15-708,
Drouzhinnikovskaya Str., Moscow, 123242 7
(495) 232 54 71 www.masterfilm.ru mail_at_masterfilm
.ru General Producer Gerasimov Alexander
agerassimov_at_mail.ru

• MASTER-FILM is a holding company, which was
  established in 1996. Its one of the biggest and
  oldest companies in post-Soviet Russia. The
  holding consists of Master-Film Studio Movie
  Company, Master-Film Studio, and Fund Province.
• The Master-Film studio holdings main activity is
  animation production. Many of Master-Film
  Studios works have won prestigious awards at
  international and Russian festivals. The holding
  also organizes the Russian Open Animation
  Festival, www.suzdalfest.ru.
• An international congress is held as part of the
  Festival. The congress includes a new
  technologies and co-production forum, training
  sessions for animation industry specialists, an
  exchange of experience with foreign colleagues,
  and more. Master-Film cooperates with many state,
  public, and noncommercial organizations in Russia
  with the aim of developing cultural relations in
  Russia and abroad.

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• METRONOMEFILMS

Metronomefilms, 8, Selskohozyaistvennaya, Moscow,
129226 7 (499) 181 05 84 metronomefilms_at_gmail.c
om Producer Arsen Gottlieb Director general
Alexander Sharapanovsky Project coordinator
Liliya Galieva distribution.km_at_gmail.com

• METRONOMEFILMS is a Russian company engaged in
  the production of fiction and animated films.
• In 2005 Metronomefilms opened an animation
  branch, and has since been successfully engaged
  in the production of animated series like Lucky!
  (Vezuha.tv), World Lullabies (lull.ru), and All
  Year Long (god-kot.ru).
• Metronomefilms also produces art-house films,
  such as Life in a Few Words, As the New Year Was
  Born, and To See the Music. Films by
  Metronomefilms are shown at major film festivals
  worldwide and have won a lot of awards.
  Currently, Metronomefilms is working on the
  production of a new season of the animated series
  Lucky! and the full-length animated film
  Khottabych based on the book Starik Khottabych,
  by Lazar Lagin, one of the most popular
  childrens books in Russia. Our company works in
  the 2D technique, and we are beginning to develop
  3D technology. This year we will open a branch
  office in Ukraine.

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• RENOVATIO ENTERTAINMENT
• www.renovatio.ru

Renovation Entertainment, 9, Podyemaya str.,
Moscow, 109052 7 (495) 361 26 90
www.renovatio.ru renovatio.animation_at_gmail.com
Producer Zadorin Igor izadorin_at_mail.ru

• The principle business function of RENOVATIO
  ENTERTAINMENT is the development and production
  of feature and animated films. The company is
  also involved in the creation of video
  advertisements and music videos.
• Recently founded, Renovatio Entertainment has
  become one of the largest studios specializing in
  2D and 3D animation, visual effects, and Motion
  Capture technology.
• At Renovatio Entertainment, our team is composed
  of top-level professionals. Our creative staff
  works hand in hand with a highly professional
  technical support team that offers full technical
  assistance.

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• THE RIKI GROUP
• www.riki-group.com

The Riki group, 34A, Petrogradskay emb.,
St-Petersburg, 197101 7 (812) 777 77 88
www.riki-group.ru info_at_rikimedia.ru CEO Popov
Ilya

• Built upon the phenomenal success of their
  original animated brand Smeshariki (sold
  internationally as Kikoriki), The Riki Group is a
  vertically integrated media holding that has
  become Russias leader in the development,
  production, distribution, licensing, and 360º
  brand management of multi-platform animation
  brands.
• Headquartered in St. Petersburg, The Riki Group
  employs a staff of over four hundred
  professionals working in animation and sound
  production, graphic and industrial design, print
  and internet publishing, interactive media
  production, game design, live event production,
  licensing and merchandising, and brand
  management.

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• SHAR SCHOOLSTUDIO
• www.sharstudio.com

School-Studio SHAR, Dolgorukovskaya str, 25,
Moscow, 127006 7 (499) 978 47 78
www.sharstudio.com sharstudia_at_gmail.com Director
general Gaydukova Lyubov gaidukova.lyubov_at_gmail.c
om

• SHAR SCHOOLSTUDIO was founded in 1993 by leading
  filmmakers and animators Fedor Khitruk, Eduard
  Nazarov, Yuriy Norshtein, and Andrey
  Khrzhanovskiy.
• The principal directions of the School-Studios
  activity are
• Two years of vocational training by the animation
  cinemas directors and animators
• Production of animated films. Advice from
  professionals on all aspects of animation
  production.
• The Studio focuses on the production of
  childrens films as well as auteur and debut
  cinema. Since its founding, SHAR has trained
  directors of animation who have created films
  which have been widely recognized not only in
  Russia but also abroad.
• More than 50 short animated films, debut films,
  as well as films by acknowledged filmmakers, have
  been produced at the Studio.
• Films made by the Studio take part in Russian and
  international festivals, and are nominated for
  prestigious awards. At the 13th International
  Film festival in Zagreb in 1998, the
  SchoolStudio was awarded a special prize for
  best animation studio in 2006 at the
  International Animated Film Festival KROK, it
  received the prize for the best film school
  program (Mysterious Lantern 3).
• In 2009, SHAR SchoolStudio produced the
  full-length animation film A Room and a Half
  (director Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, 130 min), that
  has received many awards and reviews at
  international festivals.

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• THE ST. PETERSBURG
• COMPUTER ANIMATION STUDIO
• www.skapetersburg.ru

The Petersburg computer animation studio, 34A,
Petrogradskay emb., St-Petersburg, 197101 7
(495) 232 54 71 www.skapetersburg.ru info_at_smeshar
iki.ru Director Nadezhda Kuznetsova

• THE ST. PETERSBURG COMPUTER ANIMATION STUDIO
  in-house production facility employs directors,
  producers, screenwriters, artists, animators, 3D
  specialists, sound engineers, actors, and
  composers. Its productions for The Riki Group
  include high-quality animation for features,
  series, advertisements, and computer and video
  games. The studio has a cutting edge workflow
  using industry standard production tools.
• In addition to production, The St. Petersburg
  Computer Animation Studio also supports its own
  school, which trains animators, storyboard
  artists, directors, and screenwriters in the art
  of animation.
• The studio also offers full Russian dubbing
  services.

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• STUDIO M.I.R.
• www.studio-mir.ru

Studo M.I.R., app.63, bld. 3/1, Bolshaya Sadovaya
str., Moscow, 123001 7 (499) 250 90 88
www.studio-mir.ru studio-mir_at_rambler.ru General
producer Margolina Irina margoirina_at_yahoo.com

• STUDIO M.I.R. was founded in 1991 by film
  director Mark Lyakhovetski and scriptwriter Irina
  Margolina.
• The founder of the studio, Mark Lyakhovetski, has
  created over 50 documentaries and science fiction
  films. His works have been awarded about 20
  prizes at international and national festivals.
  The film Group of Comrades was the first
  documentary banned on political grounds during
  perestroika.The studio initially focused on
  producing documentaries, including Crime without
  Punishment (about Fyodor Raskolnikov), Save
  Russia (about anti-Semitism in Russia), Leonid
  Kogan (about the world-renowned Russian
  violinist), From New Babylon to King Lear (about
  the cinema of Dmitri Shostakovich),
  Spiritualistic Session (based on an interview
  with Lazar Koganovich), and the experimental film
  Poem of Ecstasy. Since 2005, Studio M.I.R. has
  been producing animated films and series,
  including The Animated Century, a history of
  animation in cooperation with Rembrandt Films,
  the Bravo TV channel (USA), and Avrora-Media
  (Germany).
•  Studio M.I.R. is currently in production with
  the animated series Tales of the Old Piano (a
  history of classical music for children),
  Contemporary Tales of the World (in cooperation
  with the US publishing house Scholastic Media and
  Rembrandt Films), and SIMON (based on the radio
  broadcasts of Mailen Konstantinovski, about the
  unique and amazing abilities of animals). The
  documentaries and animated films produced by
  Studio M.I.R. have received numerous
  international awards a full list is available on
  the studio website.
• The motto of the studio is, Do what you like,
  which means we carefully select a project and
  nurse it until its release. We are proud of every
  single film we produce, and we really like and
  enjoy them.

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• TATARMULTFILM
• www.tatarmultfilm.ru

Tatarmultfilm Ltd., 50, Peterburgskaya str.,
Kazan, 420107 7 (843) 520 58 58
www.tatarmultfilm.ru tatarmultfilm_at_mail.ru
Director Ganiev Marat 003003_at_mail.ru

• TATARMULTFILM is a leader in the animation
  industry in the Republic of Tatarstan. We
  specialize in the classic form of 2D animation.
  Our customers are Russian public institutions, TV
  channels, and non-commercial structures.
• Tatarmultfilm presents a unique project ANTENNAE
  (Ant Tales).
• ANTENNAE is an encyclopedia of folk wisdom
  presented in animated form. The story takes place
  in the world of hard-working, optimistic, smart,
  socialized ants. Due to their innocence and
  simplicity, they find themselves in unexpected
  situations. TV series, 104 x up to one minute,
  humor, adventure, educational, 8, DVD, cut-outs,
  2D computer, in production, due date 12/2012,
  available in HD

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• STUDIO TEMA
• www.temafilm.ru

TEMA comics and animation studio, 39-5,
Entuziastov 2-nd, Moscow, 111024 7 (495) 549 52
33 www.temafilm.ru temafilm_at_mail.ru Producer
Sakov Vladimir foma21_at_mail.ru

• STUDIO TEMA, founded in 1989, is a major producer
  of animated television series, advertisements,
  and comics.
• We provide 2D and 3D cartoon animation, Ink
  Paint, 2D-3D skeleton character modeling and
  animation, VFX, SFX, and composing. We can
  provide complete animated film production, as
  well as any individual part thereof (scenario,
  character elaboration, layouts, animation, or
  transfer to any digital carrier). Our studio
  currently produces an average of 2030 minutes of
  animated film per month.
• Temas technical facilities allow us to provide a
  complete series production cycle. We have
  experience on the European animation production
  market (a series of 14 twenty-minute programs for
  Catalan Television in Barcelona, Spain). Tema is
  looking for animation production contacts, and we
  create our own projects as well.
• If you are interested in the information stated
  above, we would be happy to provide a detailed
  consultation on opportunities for promoting our
  projects on the European market. We will be glad
  to consider any form of cooperation.

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• TOONBOX
• www.toonbox.ru

Toonbox, LLC., off. 4A, Bld. 10-7, Nizhnyaya
Syromyatnicheskaya str., Moscow, 105120 7 (495)
782 27 23 www.toonbox.ru p_at_toonbox.ru CEO
Muntyan Pavel 7 (963) 750 27 23

• TOONBOX was established by a company which is
  well known in the animation sphere, Multikov.net,
  as a separate department for the creation of
  animated films.
• Currently, Toonbox is one of the largest
  animation studios in Moscow. It constantly has
  three to six animated films in the pipeline,
  including government work and commercial series.
  The studio is also working on a number of content
  projects.
• The companys distinguishing feature is its work
  with the target audience and clear positioning of
  its products on the multimedia market, proper and
  structured video placement on the Internet, and
  its research of tendencies and world trends both
  online and offline.
• Within the last three years, Toonbox has earned
  popularity and trust among the worlds major
  brands, including Microsoft, Kaspersky Lab,
  Adobe, Ahmad, Nokia, and Danone. Over the three
  years of its existence, the studio has created
  more than 120 animated films with an overall
  timing of more than three hours of frame-by-frame
  and stop motion.
• Animation series the studio has worked on
  include The Real Adventures of Belka and
  Strelka, Shamans Quest, Three Acrobat Brothers,
  Qumi-Qumi, The Orange Cow, Fairy Tales,
  Shiska.TVF, ixies (2D animation only)
• Toonbox has won a great number of national and
  international awards, including the Grand Prix of
  the Multimatograph Festival, first place at the
  Suzdal Festival for the best work in the field of
  applied animation in 2010, first place at the
  Russian Flash Awards 2009, and the Grand Prix of
  the Vinnitsa Festival in 2008 in Ukraine.
• In 2010, Toonbox opened a school which trains
  animators under the direction of Alexander
  Dorogov (Walt Disney Studios). The school
  produces fifteen graduates each year, all of whom
  are qualified animators some of them are hired
  by the studio itself.
• The General Producer and founder of the studio is
  Pavel Muntyan. Pavel is CEO of Multikov.net (both
  the portal and the animation content aggregator),
  author of KOMS.ru (a conceptual animation
  project), and the official representative of the
  Masyanya project in Russia, the CIS, the Baltics,
  and Europe.
• The Art Director and co-founder of the studio is
  Vladimir Ponomaryov, a Disney-standard
  professional (according to several animation
  critics and directors). Vladimir is a student of
  Alexander Dorogov (Walt Disney Studios).

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• WIZART ANIMATION
• www.wizartanimation.com

Wizart animation, office 31, bld. 5, Altufevskoe
avenue, Moscow, 127106 7 (499) 201 21 62
www.wizartanimation.com hello_at_wizartanimation.com
Director general Nikolaev Vladimir
vn_at_wizartanimation.com

• WIZART ANIMATION is one of the fastest-growing
  computer animation studios in Russia.
• Wizarts main objective is to develop, produce,
  and distribute high-quality family animated
  feature films and animated series with a great
  combination of innovative computer technologies
  and brilliant, touching stories for children and
  adults who believe in miracles.
• The companys portfolio contains animation
  projects at various stages of production. Its
  main project for 2012 is the magic 3D
  stereoscopic story The Snow Queen (co-produced
  with Inlay Film). Also in production is the 3D
  stereoscopic animated feature film
  SheepnWolves, the 2D animated feature How to
  Catch a Feather of the Firebird (co-produced with
  Inlay Film and CTB Film Company, produced by
  RUSSOBIT-M), and several animated TV series
  currently in development that will be co-produced
  with international partners (Fairies and Wizards,
  Lost, Lucky Snails).

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