...And Plays Tricks

A minute of silence

1989

Doug Gives a Talk on: Electronics

1998

Doug - a couch-based, self taught 'electrical engineer' - passes on some of his painfully won knowledge regarding the mystery of electricity. This is the filmmaker's Royal College of Art first-year film.

About Everyone in the World

1984

The puppy wished that all the cats would disappear, which was fulfilled, but they turned out to be very useful.

About the Mouse Who Wanted to Become Strong

1983

Based on the Moldovan folk tale about the Little Mouse, who dreamed of becoming the strongest, so as not to be afraid of anyone in the world.

Savushkin, Who Didn't Believe in Miracles

1983

How many times did a miracle come to the pragmatic clerk Savushkin - and each time he brushed it off, and then powerlessly watched how the miracle and happiness go to another.

The Most Important Sparrow

1977

About a tiny bird that lived at the airport and understood very well everything that was connected with the territory and the work of the place. One day this sparrow met a dog that broke away from his masters. Together, they walk around and watch the planes, visit buffet and fully immerse themselves in the hectic life of arrivals and departures.

Hunting Season

1981

The animation is about a dog, which has her inherent hunting instincts awaken, even though she lives in an ordinary apartment high-rise building. One day, her dreams come true and she plays the role of a hunter. Here it turns out that it was not what she had imagined. Now there is only the joy of returning to the family home.

Family Marathon

1981

The husband prepares for the marathon, rests, and meanwhile the wife prepares food, feeds the children and husband, cleans and so on. During the competition, it is she who produces amazing results of speed and ingenuity, accompanying and saving her husband at all stages. It turned out that despite his stocky height, he is a helpless child who cannot run a marathon without help, but as a result, fame and recognition go to him. Volodymyr Dakhno worked on this film with the master of graphic grotesque artist Radna Sakhaltuyev. The social pro-feminist content is wrapped in an ironic, somewhat psychedelic form.

Tale About Greed

1976

Once there lived the greed. She looked for kids, with which she could become bigger and more powerful. Greed could not even come close to those who have shared something with friends and fed animals and birds. But when she saw a little boy who does not want to let a girl from the yard play ball, she immediately went to him and began to cleverly feed his unwillingness to part with things. Soon she had moved to live in a separate room...

The Tale of the Tsarevich and the Three Healers

1965

The royal son fell ill. Visiting doctors could not cure the royal heir. A passing lumberjack pledged to help in trouble.

Tales About The Cars

1975

Three stories of lives of vehicles. First is about the bus, who considered himself a humorist but in fact only upset and offended people with his clumsy mischief. As a result, the passengers were able to explain him that it was necessary to respect others and not to cause them harm. The second tractor was about a young tractor with no experience, and the third is about a small motor scooter.

Soldier's Tale

1983

When Peter went to the war with the Nazis to the front, his son gave him a rhinoceros beetle he captured near his home, which the soldier took with him. Now they have to plunge into battle and fighting to see how the sky becomes black because of the gunpowder and the enemy siege, and hundreds of bullets are circling around them. But they will go back to where someone waits for them.

Sun Loaf

1981

A fabulous story about how the dough ran away from the grandmother early in the morning. And it turned, toasted in the sun, into a sweet solar korovai, which was enough for animals and birds to eat.

The Quarrel

1978

Topa and Tutti are best friends. They have always supported each other and were used to spending time together. But one day something happened that had never happened before – they had a quarrel. Now Topa and Tutti will have to reconcile and to realize that conflicts only bring negative emotions and experiences.

Old Cobbler

1987

A story about a good boy and a shoemaker who wants to do his job, but faces many challenges because of his advanced age. This thoughtful old man takes care of birds, and his good deeds come back to him in caring neighborhood kids who are trying to help the man, making new orders. But will they perform a cobbler’s work well?