The Fern Flower: Ukrainian Animation (Church of Film)

From witchy Gogol adaptations, sinisterly psychedelic Alice in Wonderland serials and cigarette ads, to surrealist parables, antifascist poems, and even Stephen King (!), Ukrainian animators rebuilt their industry after the second world war and made Kievnauchfilm one of the most distinguished animation studios in the world.

THE FERN FLOWER: A Collection of Ukrainian Animation showcases some of the most spellbinding projects they created, from the Soviet era into the studio’s post-Soviet reformation as Ukranimafilm. Included will be Efrem Pruzhanskiy’s Alice in Wonderland (1981), Evgeniy Sivokon’s Laziness (1979), Alla Gracheva’s The Fern Flower (1979) & Viy (1996), and many more!