RUSSIAN ANIMATION STUDIOS

RUSSIAN ANIMATED FILM ASSOCIATION (RAFA) THE RUSSIAN ANIMATED FILM ASSOCIATION (RAFA) is Russia’s 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 Russia’s 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 industry’s production infrastructure - The selling and licensing of animated content - Developing work in all these areas in the provinces Russian Animated Film Association (RAFA), Dolgorukovskaya str, 25, Moscow, (495) President: Popov Ilya CEO: Mastusova Irina

AEROPLANE PRODUCTIONS 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 ( x 6' episodes will have been produced by the end of 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 Aeroplane Productions, 20/5, Marksistskaya st., Moscow, (495) Director general: Vasilyev Georgy

ANIMACCORD ANIMATION STUDIO 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 studio’s 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. м Masha and the bear Ltd, 9/3, Godovikova Str., Moscow, (495) Executive Director: Loveiko Dmitry +7 (916)

FUND GUBERNYA FUND GUBERNYA is a part of the Master-Film holding company, which was established in It’s 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 holding’s main activity is animation production. Many of Master-Film Studio’s works have won prestigious awards at international and Russian festivals. The holding also organizes the Russian Open Animation Festival, Master-Film cooperates with many state, public, and noncommercial organizations in Russia with the aim of developing cultural relations in Russia and abroad. Fund Gubernya, , Drouzhinnikovskaya Str., Moscow, (495) General Producer: Gerasimov Alexander

MASTER-FILM STUDIO MASTER-FILM is a holding company, which was established in It’s 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 holding’s main activity is animation production. Many of Master-Film Studio’s works have won prestigious awards at international and Russian festivals. The holding also organizes the Russian Open Animation Festival, 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. Master-film Studio Ltd., , Drouzhinnikovskaya Str., Moscow, (495) General Producer: Gerasimov Alexander

METRONOMEFILMS 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).lull.rugod-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 children’s 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. Metronomefilms, 8, Selskohozyaistvennaya, Moscow, (499) Producer: Arsen Gottlieb Director general: Alexander Sharapanovsky Project coordinator: Liliya Galieva

THE RIKI GROUP 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 Russia’s 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. The Riki group, 34A, Petrogradskay emb., St-Petersburg, (812) CEO: Popov Ilya

THE ST. PETERSBURG COMPUTER ANIMATION STUDIO 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. The Petersburg computer animation studio, 34A, Petrogradskay emb., St-Petersburg, (495) Director: Nadezhda Kuznetsova

TOONBOX 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 company’s 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 world’s 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, Shaman’s 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). Toonbox, LLC., off. 4A, Bld. 10-7, Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya str., Moscow, (495) CEO: Muntyan Pavel +7 (963)

WIZART ANIMATION WIZART ANIMATION is one of the fastest-growing computer animation studios in Russia. Wizart’s 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 company’s 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 Sheep’n’Wolves, 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). Wizart animation, office 31, bld. 5, Altuf’evskoe avenue, Moscow, (499) Director general: Nikolaev Vladimir