Animation: discovering a world in which everything is possible - course RUB 3,520. from Level One, training 5 lectures for 2 hours, Date: November 28, 2023.

Art critic, film critic, researcher at the library named after. Turgenev

1. Disney: magical universes and big money

December 19 19:30, Tuesday
Walt Disney is a great cartoon creator and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. He made millions from fairy tales and received 26 Oscars - no one else has.

Let's find out why the whole planet is still discussing any premiere of the studio named after him, be it "The Little Mermaid", "Toy Story" or "Frozen".
Let's see how the grandiose entertainment empire Disney changed the world of animation and made a technical revolution.

2. From Tom and Jerry to The Simpsons: American Studio Animation

December 26 19:30, Tuesday
Great things were happening outside of Disney too. American studios created the sexy Betty Boop, Tom and Jerry, the spinach-eating Popeye the Sailor Man - in 1935, judging by polls, Popeye was even more popular than Mickey Mouse.

Let's learn the fascinating history of American cartoons.
Let's meet the wizards of the screen, without whom it is impossible to imagine the history of animation today: Max and Dave Fleischer, Paul Terry, Walter Lance and Tex Avery.
Let's study the grandiose revolution associated with animated series - "The Simpsons", "South Park", "Futurama".
Let's look at one of the main new releases in recent years - "Soul" from Pixar.

3. Author's animation: fantasies of Europe and Canada

9 January 19:30, Tuesday
At the lecture we will learn about the main figures of author animation from all over the world. Using the example of different masters and schools, we will see how many techniques exist, how dramaturgy is built in different ways, and cartoons come from everything in the world, be it children's drawings, glass or meat.

Let's dive into the worlds of Canadian experimenter Norman McLaren, who drew cartoons directly on film.
Let's study the works of the Frenchman Paul Grimaud, who worked on his main masterpiece for three decades.
Let's appreciate Lotte Reiniger's unique silhouette technique.
Let's get acquainted with Jiri Trnka and his puppet animation.

4. Norshtein, Khitruk, Khrzhanovsky: legends of animation of the USSR and Russia

January 16 19:30, Tuesday
At the webinar we will go from the patriarchs of animation - Fyodor Khitruk and Andrei Khrzhanovsky - to modern “Smeshariki”.

We'll see behind the scenes of our favorite childhood cartoons about the lion Boniface, Carlson and Winnie the Pooh.
Let's get acquainted with the puppet films of Nikolai Serebryakov and the experimental works of Harry Bardin.
Let's look at the mysterious, poetic and philosophical world of Yuri Norshtein and his “Hedgehog in the Fog”.

5. The worlds of Hayao Miyazaki: the main thing about Japanese animation

January 23 19:30, Tuesday
Hayao Miyazaki is a cult animator. His retrospectives attract full houses, children from different countries sleep cuddling with Totoro, and Studio Ghibli is on the list of must-sees in Japan. His fairy-tale worlds are filled with strange creatures: monsters, deities, werewolves, spirits, youkai from Japanese mythology.

Let's penetrate into the universes of Miyazaki, which are about cleanliness, ecology, nature, beautiful mechanisms and brave girls.
We will pay special attention to his older colleague, the outstanding director Isao Takahata, and other cult anime in order to fully understand why Japanese animation is now of particular interest.