Melnitsa Animation, Russia's premier producer of feature animation, is proud two present two great animated family films at the Marché du Film May 11-21 - the epic comedy ALOSHA and the magical and suspenseful fairy tale LITTLE LONGNOSE!

Both films are available in English or in Russian.

Market screening of ALOSHA with clips from LITTLE LONGNOSE on May 19 at 12:00pm at Riviera 8.

Call or write to arrange a meeting in Cannes or come visit us at Booth H6 in the Riviera. (tel: 04 92 99 32 25)

Melnitsa Animation International Sales: Michael Mennies Melnichnaya Ulitsa 4 St. Petersburg, Russia 192019 Tel: +7 (812) 322 4153 Cell: +7 (911) 250 2100 Fax: +7 (812) 567 8506 sales@melnitsa.com www.melnitsa.com

ABOUT MELNITSA ANIMATION With a full-time staff of over one hundred and fifty artists, designers, editors, and engineers, Melnitsa Animation is Russia's premier producer and full service provider of high quality animation for feature films, short films, television and advertising.

Melnitsa produces every aspect of animation production in-house: storyboards, character design, background design and production, 2-D animation, 3-D animation, line tests, clean-up, ink and paint, compositing, editing, and titles.

Melnitsa's sound division, Midi-Cinema, handles all aspects of sound production from recording, design and editing to Dolby Digital surround sound mixing, Russian language dubbing, and music composition.

With our strategic partner 1C Games in Moscow, Melnitsa also produces computer games based on our animated features and the feature films of our partner, the CTB Film Company of St. Petersburg, one of Russia's most successful live-action film producers.

MELNITSA'S FEATURE FILMS AT CANNES

ALOSHA 2004, 76', 35 mm, animation, Dolby Digital Versions: Russian and English

Russia's #1 animated feature of all time! Total Box Office $1,700,000 Total Admissions 650,000

Festivals and Awards: THE RUSSIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS, Nomination for Best Animated Film, 2005 "SKAZKA" INT'L CHILDREN'S FF, Moscow, Russia 2005, Grand Prize ANNECY INT'L ANIMATED FF, France, June 2005, Feature Film Selection KRISTIANSAND CHILDREN'S FF, Norway, 2005 STOCKHOLM'S FF JUNIOR, Sweden 2005 SPROCKETS, Toronto, Canada, May 2005 TAIPEI FF, Taiwan, June 2005 ISTANBUL INT'L CHILDREN'S FF, Turkey, May 2005

SYNOPSIS One day, long ago, in the ancient city of Rostov, the fearsome army of Tugarin demanded that the city surrender its gold or else suffer the consequences. Now in Rostov, the priest had an enormous young son named Alosha who had a plan: Rostov would put its gold into the cave above the city, lure Tugarin inside, and close off the entrance with a huge boulder.

Everything went perfectly, except that the boulder rolled down the mountain, demolished Rostov and Tugarin ran away with the gold.

Alosha is ashamed and vows to get back the gold and his good name. Joined by his devoted uncle, his beautiful fiancée, her nagging grandmother, their stoic donkey, and an extremely talkative horse, Alosha sets off on the journey that made him a legend.

Territories sold: Russia

LITTLE LONGNOSE 2003, 79', 35 mm, animation, Dolby Digital Versions: Russian and English

Based on the classic fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff, Little Longnose was Russia’s first theatrically animated feature in nearly forty years.

Festivals and Awards: LITTLE LONGNOSE has appeared in more than 30 IFF's KRISTIANSAND CHILDREN'S FF, Kristiansand, Norway, 2004, Ludi Audience Award KINDERFILMFEST, Hamburg, Germany, 2003, Children’s Jury Special Mention IFF FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Buenos-Aires, Argentina, 2003, Audience Award ANIMAEVKA’2003, Mogilev, Belorussia, 2003 Grand Prix NADEZHDA IFF, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003, Children’s Jury Grand Prix

SYNOPSIS An evil witch needs Jacob, the kind-hearted shoemaker's son, in order to carry out her sinister plans. When Jacob refuses, the witch takes away seven years of his life and turns him into an ugly dwarf.

With seven years gone, Jacob returns to his home as a dwarf but nothing is the same. His father has died from grief and even his own mother can't recognize him. And then one day Jacob saves the life of a goose. But this is no ordinary goose. It's Princess Greta, who was kidnapped and put under a spell when she discovered the witch in the royal library stealing the secret she needs to rule the kingdom. Jacob and the Princess join together to break the witch's spells and stop her wicked plan.

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