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ISLAND
Successive images of modern civilization by-pass a lonely little man marooned on an island.
Director: Fyodor Khitruk
Footage: 9min30sec
Year: 1974
HERON AND CRANE
A turn of the century Russian folk tale about the unlucky marriage-minded Crane who continues to woo and lose the Heron.
Director: Yuri Norstein
Footage: 11min6sec
Year: 1974
HEDGEHOG IN FOG
A lyric narrative about the little hedgehog who goes to visit his friend the bear cub so that they can count the stars together.But he has seen the white horse among fog, wonders whether it has fallen asleep.
Director: Yuri Norstein
Footage: 10min40sec
Year: 1975
TALE OF TALES
Norstein's masterpiece. The film weaves threads of realism and nostalgia with consummate artistry. It is very complicated. At its core are a popular Russian lullaby, Pablo Picasso's minotaur, and images of the lost glories of Alexander Pushkin and the golden age of Russian literature.
Director: Yuri Norstein
Footage: 29min30sec
Year: 1978
Old Stair
A young boy who lives an ordinary life, has unusual fantasies and the world becomes better.
Director: Alexander Gorlenko
Footage: 7min
Year: 1995
Door
A fable about people who have "closed doors" inside their mind.
Director: Nina Shorina
Footage: 10min45sec
Year: 1986
Kele
Modern telling of an old folk tale from the Chukotka tribe of Indians who inhabit the Russian side of Alaska. Images are based on 19th century Chukotka drawings.
Director: Mikhail Aldashin Peep Pedmanson
Footage: 10min50sec
Year: 1988
Girlfriend
Surrealistic exploration of the relationship between a fisherman and his fish. The fish is later on drowned.
Director: Yelna Gavrilko
Footage: 10min25sec
Year: 1989