
Directing
Igor Volchek
Born
1946-05-18 (80)
Place of birth
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Known for
Directing
Credits
39 titles
Known for
NRYura had a bad day on his birthday: he got a bad grade. And the adults around him were saying some strange things: “You’re driving me crazy! Stop being lazy! Get this into your head!” Yura and his friend Katya are trying to figure out where these mysterious expressions, called phraseological units, come from.
Wonders on a Birthday
2016
NRIncluding six short animated films, each directed by a separate filmmaker.
The Labyrinth-1
1990
NRThese are parables about personal freedom and the strangeness of family relationships.
Long Live Freedom!
1995
NRLittle heroes Yura and Katya, thanks to a magical gift from Yura's grandmother, find themselves in an extraordinary land of knowledge where there are no boundaries. In this land, you can travel anywhere and learn a lot. The children decide to learn about the oceans. Together with their all-knowing assistant, the heroes set off on a journey across four oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and North.
Oceans
2017
NRA man had a very trusting wife. He came home and found out that a scoundrel had deceived her. The man was upset and told his wife that if he found someone dumber than her, he would stay with her, and if not, he would go wherever his eyes led him.
The Foolish Lady and the Wise Gentleman
2015
NRIncluding three satirical and abstract mini‑plots: “Suk,” “Mozart and…,” and “The Last Hunt.”
The Labyrinth-2
1992
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
NRYura had a bad day on his birthday: he got a bad grade. And the adults around him were saying some strange things: “You’re driving me crazy! Stop being lazy! Get this into your head!” Yura and his friend Katya are trying to figure out where these mysterious expressions, called phraseological units, come from.
Wonders on a Birthday
2016
NRLittle heroes Yura and Katya, thanks to a magical gift from Yura's grandmother, find themselves in an extraordinary land of knowledge where there are no boundaries. In this land, you can travel anywhere and learn a lot. The children decide to learn about the oceans. Together with their all-knowing assistant, the heroes set off on a journey across four oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and North.
Oceans
2017
NRA man had a very trusting wife. He came home and found out that a scoundrel had deceived her. The man was upset and told his wife that if he found someone dumber than her, he would stay with her, and if not, he would go wherever his eyes led him.
The Foolish Lady and the Wise Gentleman
2015
NRLittle Wolf lived in the forest, discovering something new every day, admiring a spiderweb or a leaf, slowly swimming in the water, playing with a frog and a hare, and being frightened by a huge moose. But one day, a man found Little Wolf. The man brought the puppy to his home and began to tame him, and the cat and dog looked at him with envy. Little Wolf began a new life, different from the old, but dreams of the past still haunted him.
Little Wolf
2018
Behind the camera
NRYura had a bad day on his birthday: he got a bad grade. And the adults around him were saying some strange things: “You’re driving me crazy! Stop being lazy! Get this into your head!” Yura and his friend Katya are trying to figure out where these mysterious expressions, called phraseological units, come from.
Wonders on a Birthday
2016
NRIncluding six short animated films, each directed by a separate filmmaker.
The Labyrinth-1
1990
NRIncluding six short animated films, each directed by a separate filmmaker.
The Labyrinth-1
1990
NRThese are parables about personal freedom and the strangeness of family relationships.
Long Live Freedom!
1995
NRThese are parables about personal freedom and the strangeness of family relationships.
Long Live Freedom!
1995
NRLittle heroes Yura and Katya, thanks to a magical gift from Yura's grandmother, find themselves in an extraordinary land of knowledge where there are no boundaries. In this land, you can travel anywhere and learn a lot. The children decide to learn about the oceans. Together with their all-knowing assistant, the heroes set off on a journey across four oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and North.
Oceans
2017
NRA man had a very trusting wife. He came home and found out that a scoundrel had deceived her. The man was upset and told his wife that if he found someone dumber than her, he would stay with her, and if not, he would go wherever his eyes led him.
The Foolish Lady and the Wise Gentleman
2015
NRA man had a very trusting wife. He came home and found out that a scoundrel had deceived her. The man was upset and told his wife that if he found someone dumber than her, he would stay with her, and if not, he would go wherever his eyes led him.
The Foolish Lady and the Wise Gentleman
2015
NRIncluding three satirical and abstract mini‑plots: “Suk,” “Mozart and…,” and “The Last Hunt.”
The Labyrinth-2
1992
NRIncluding three satirical and abstract mini‑plots: “Suk,” “Mozart and…,” and “The Last Hunt.”
The Labyrinth-2
1992
NRAn eccentric named Antos lives in the remote countryside. He has a cherished dream: to make wings and soar into the sky like the legendary Icarus. Amidst the rush of days filled with caring for his large family, he finds a free moment and immerses himself in his favorite pastime: crafting wings in his workshop so he can one day fly.
Rondo – Capriccioso
2014
NRAn eccentric named Antos lives in the remote countryside. He has a cherished dream: to make wings and soar into the sky like the legendary Icarus. Amidst the rush of days filled with caring for his large family, he finds a free moment and immerses himself in his favorite pastime: crafting wings in his workshop so he can one day fly.
Rondo – Capriccioso
2014
NRLittle Wolf lived in the forest, discovering something new every day, admiring a spiderweb or a leaf, slowly swimming in the water, playing with a frog and a hare, and being frightened by a huge moose. But one day, a man found Little Wolf. The man brought the puppy to his home and began to tame him, and the cat and dog looked at him with envy. Little Wolf began a new life, different from the old, but dreams of the past still haunted him.
Little Wolf
2018
NRLittle Wolf lived in the forest, discovering something new every day, admiring a spiderweb or a leaf, slowly swimming in the water, playing with a frog and a hare, and being frightened by a huge moose. But one day, a man found Little Wolf. The man brought the puppy to his home and began to tame him, and the cat and dog looked at him with envy. Little Wolf began a new life, different from the old, but dreams of the past still haunted him.
Little Wolf
2018
NRA thunderstorm. A prison guard runs from prison in the rain, taking shelter from the storm in an antique shop. A gendarme's whistle, an explosion—an assassination attempt on the Tsar. Kibalchich's house is searched. He is obsessed with the idea of creating a jet engine, which he even sees in the tip of the Minister of Internal Affairs' cigar. The Peter and Paul Fortress brings Kibalchich and the guard together. Memories unfold to the accompaniment of a waltz—the park, the unveiling of a monument, the mint. A walk before the execution, an empty cell. The overseer tries to fly, but a whip cuts his dream short. And Kibalchich's dream bursts out of the Peter and Paul Fortress, filling the entire screen with a rocket.
Through the Grey Stone
1987
NRAn ironic cartoon about the idyllic life of rural alcoholics. Early morning. Waking up hungover, a man catches a worm and goes fishing with his dog and cat. He baits the worm and sends it underwater... There's no bite and there won't be, but there will be friends with booze, a drunken tractor, underwater horrors, and a worm who's fed up with everything...
Pastoral
1998
NRAn ironic cartoon about the idyllic life of rural alcoholics. Early morning. Waking up hungover, a man catches a worm and goes fishing with his dog and cat. He baits the worm and sends it underwater... There's no bite and there won't be, but there will be friends with booze, a drunken tractor, underwater horrors, and a worm who's fed up with everything...
Pastoral
1998
NRA tale about how Tsar Yegor lived and how he had a cattle yard, and everything would have been fine with him if not for the envious crow living in his yard...
About Yegor, About the Crow
1983
8.0A clumsy bear in a beautiful forest sought a friend, but found it challenging due to the forest’s mixed intentions.
How The Bear Was Looking For a Friend
2019
8.0A clumsy bear in a beautiful forest sought a friend, but found it challenging due to the forest’s mixed intentions.
How The Bear Was Looking For a Friend
2019
6.0Eight funny, fascinating stories in which the most popular hero of folk legends and legends, Nesterka, and his inseparable friends, the dog and the cat, find a way out of any situation. They turn ordinary clay pots into musical instruments, defeat the bloodthirsty Dragon who kidnapped Nesterka's bride, and find a solution to the Licho, who settled in their house...
Adventures of Nesterka
2013
7.5A story about a difficult childhood of two twin brothers Boris and Gleb during the first years after WWII.
Wasp Honey
1991
10.0The action of the film covers the 50 – 90s of the last century. The author refers to his childhood memories. On this basis, through the refraction of real historical events, a story grows-a reflection on the generation that lived in the USSR, on the formation of a creative personality.
Prelude and Fugue
2022
10.0The action of the film covers the 50 – 90s of the last century. The author refers to his childhood memories. On this basis, through the refraction of real historical events, a story grows-a reflection on the generation that lived in the USSR, on the formation of a creative personality.
Prelude and Fugue
2022
7.0About a wolf who gate crashes a wedding. Based on a Belorusian folk tale, although the decay of the Soviet Union at the time show through the pores of the depiction of the tale.
How the Fox Judged the Wolf
1989
7.0About a wolf who gate crashes a wedding. Based on a Belorusian folk tale, although the decay of the Soviet Union at the time show through the pores of the depiction of the tale.
How the Fox Judged the Wolf
1989
NRBased on Dino Buzzati’s short story “The Bomb.” A man’s deep sleep is interrupted by a telephone call, followed by a knock at the door. A crowd has gathered on the landing, whispering about a mysterious bomb and waiting for it to appear.
Concerto Grosso
1988
NRThe short cartoon follows a troupe of young Soviet artists who mount an experimental “capriccio” performance in a provincial town, only to find their creative freedoms at odds with local authorities and their own turbulent personal relationships.
Capriccio
1986
NRA son appeared in a rural family – a boy with a finger. The restless kid is trying to help everywhere. But this leads to the opposite results.
Tom Thumb
2006
New cartoon by Igor Volchek (Studio M.I.R.).
Евгений Глебов. Маленький Принц
2026
NRTwo half-hour almanacs of small cartoons made by famous Directors of Russia and Belarus based on the works of great composers for children. The first part is devoted to the music of Baroque and romanticism, the second-to the music of the twentieth century.
Children's Album
2020
NRTwo half-hour almanacs of small cartoons made by famous Directors of Russia and Belarus based on the works of great composers for children. The first part is devoted to the music of Baroque and romanticism, the second-to the music of the twentieth century.
Children's Album
2020
NROne day, the rooster lost his voice, and immediately the farm’s orderly routine was disrupted, since the animals didn’t want to wake up and go about their usual business.
At dawn in the courtyard
1985
NRWinter has come to the city. And it has come in the form of a cold noir lady.
Georgiy Sviridov. Winter
2024

