Finished: 21.07.2003

URL: http://melnitsa.com/melnitsa_ang/index_ru.htm

Melnitza Studio was founded in 1992. In 2000 it was reorganized into an animation studio. Located on the former premises of the St. Petersburg Scientific Film Studios, Melnitsa Animation has quickly grown into St. Petersburg's premier producer of high quality animation. In 1992, Alexander Boyarsky and Valentin Vasenkov founded Midi-Cinema, a small studio for sound recording and animation. Early projects included animated advertisements, the ANNECY'98 Grand Prix winning animated short “Die Hard” directed by Konstantin Bronzit and "Global Bears Rescue" and "Technology" for the BBC. In 1999, Midi-Cinema and CTB, Russian producers of more than 30 feature and short films, formed Melnitsa Animation and produced a four-part animated series of "Adventures in the Emerald City" for Russia's NTV. In 2000, Melnitsa began production on its first full-length animated feature "Little Longnose" Design and programming for Melnitza AStudio