Best Belarusian animation movies
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch animation films from Belarus, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Tender Owls 2015
A music video made collaboratively for the strange 1994 song by French band Les Pirez, which had become a hit at one of the main Russian domestic animation festivals.
60Children of Future Sleep 2016
This is a story about the mysterious world of anti-utopian future where each human-being's fallen asleep and replaced himself by robots. Unusual robot is destined to find output - he is seeking answers to his disturbing dreams...
50Long Live Belarus 2021
Over 50 animators from 19 countries collaborated to support Belarusians in their peaceful protests for fair elections and freedom. The animators offered their interpretation of the recent events in Belarus, creating the animated chronicles of these dramatic events. The white-red-white flag is a historical symbol of Belarus and has become a symbol of peace, protest, and hope for the people of Belarus. The youngest animator who participated in the project is only 12 years old.
50Forest Tales 1997
A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.
45Please, Call Back Later 2010
Escaping from her daily routine, a girl gets into an imaginary city of her dreams - Seoul.
40Little Match Girl 1996
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
20There Was A Tree 1996
A philosophical parable about the lives of a girl, her parents, and a tree.
20263 Nights 2021
This Belorusian animated documentary is narrated by the People’s Artist of Russia Aristarkh Livanov. It is an actual story of the 26 prisoners of the Minsk ghetto who have voluntarily confined themselves in the basement, short on food and water — and waited for the Red Army to arrive. They have spent the terrible 263 days and nights there. The youngest son of the stove maker Pinchus Dobin, who built that heaven-sent and hell-bent basement, is still alive.
10The Maugly 2022
10COOL (News from Belarus) 2023
In this cinematic zine, directors scattered all over the world adapt to screen hilarious and poignant Belarusian news stories. Featuring phone thieves, TikTok storks, the tiniest castle in the world, and victims of the depression epidemic.
10Dreams 1992
The dreams of the protagonist, inspired by the tragic reality of the Russian revolutions.
10The Tale of a Silly Chick 1994
A parable about meaning of life, starring a recently-hatched chick who can transform into different creatures.
10Christmas Stories 1994
Two Christmas-themed stories: about the night of Christ's birth, and about a good deed that is remembered many decades later. Adapted from texts by Sasha Chyornyy and Archpriest Dimitriy Gavrilovich Bulgakovskiy.
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