Russia-Kultura

"The Adventures of Luntik" or simply "Luntik" is a Russian animated series for children of preschool age. It is the story of a small fluffy creature, Luntik, who was born on the Moon and fell from it, on to the Earth. Luntik is the main character and each episode features a story about him and his friends. Luntik is new to the Earth and in each episode he learns something about this new world. He meets new friends, learns how to be polite and even gets a family. The majority of the characters in the series are small animals: insects, fish, frogs, bees, grasshoppers, ladybugs etc. The show features both adult and children characters. The series are shown from the child's perspective and the stories are very kind and warm. Even the "villains" of the series - two caterpillars - are just a couple of mischievous kids. Each episode is only 6 minutes long and has a finished story line.

One evening, the bell rings at Commissioner Maigret's house. Minister of Construction Puan asks the commissioner to come to his apartment urgently, keeping this request a secret from the police authorities. At the meeting, it turns out that a report disappeared from the minister's apartment, with which Puan was supposed to speak at a government meeting two days later.

The TV cycle" Geniuses " is dedicated to the great Russian composers Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Scriabin, and Shostakovich. This year, the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Prokofiev's death and the 60th anniversary of Rachmaninoff's death, and in 2005, the 30th anniversary of Shostakovich's death and the 90th anniversary of Scriabin's death. The importance of Russian music is difficult to exaggerate. We want to draw Parallels in this TV series between the life that surrounded each of our five characters and the music that he wrote. Each of them has a tragic fate in their own way, and their creativity has significantly influenced the world music process.

"Culture is destiny" provides an opportunity to return to the understanding of the most important topics for each person: the role of men and women in the family, children and childhood as the most important stage in a person's life, the relationship between children and parents, understanding the essence of death and religion, the meaning of work, the concept of home and cleanliness, national characteristics, attitude to money... These and many thoughts are presented in an accessible form of television format. This film is an attempt to understand the historical and cultural identification of Russia in the world, it is a reflection on the fate of man and the fate of humanity. In each episode, the author expresses his point of view on these important issues and invites cultural and religious figures, artists and scientists to talk.

The plot consists of several parallel lines with flashbacks in time. These are the fates of heroes. Almost all of them work in the circus – whether it's the Ilyin family, or a boy working as an assistant who dreams of becoming a real circus performer. These are both happy and tragic fates (an acrobat's partner dies almost through his fault, in front of his eyes). The polyphony of feelings is further enhanced against the background of animals working in the circus – bears, donkeys, monkeys (each with their own character) and often similar to humans. Or the people on them.

In 2008, the Zvezda TV channel hosted a series of programs with Andrey Konchalovsky's "Worth remembering". In short TV stories, the Director talks about people who, in his opinion, have left a bright mark on world culture with their lives and work, and they deserve the attention and memory of posterity. Each program "Worth remembering" is dedicated to the birthday of a particular historical figure.