Prostokvashino

Prostokvashino (2026)

Простоквашино

A boy nicknamed Uncle Fyodor loved animals very much, but his parents didn't want to hear anything about having a pet in their apartment. So Uncle Fyodor had to move to the village of Prostokvashino with his new friends — the cat Matroskin and the faithful dog Sharik.

Date of release
2026-01-01
TMDB
3.1 / 10 (7)
Genres
Adventure, Family
Director
Sarik Andreasyan
Collection
Prostokvashino (K.B.A.) Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Uncle Fyodor, His Dog, and His Cat

Prostokvashino, also in American territories titled as Fredonia: The Movie is a 2026 Russian live-action/animated family comedy film produced and directed by Sarik Andreasyan, it is a live-action adaptation of Soyuzmultfilm's 1978 Soviet animated short film Three from Prostokvashino, and its 1980 sequel Summer in Prostokvashino, and its 1984 sequel Winter in Prostokvashino, itself based on the 1974 Soviet children's novel Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat by Eduard Uspensky. It stars Roman Pankov, Liza Moryak, Pavel Priluchny and Ivan Okhlobystin, with the voices of Anton Tabakov, Pavel Derevyanko and Darya Blokhina.

Production

Director Sarik Andreasyan acquired the rights to adapt the book Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat for the screen in February 2023. Producers announced the start of filming in June 2024. Sarik Andreasyan and Gevond Andreasyan's company K.B.A. (Russian: Кинокомпания братьев Андреасян, romanized: Kinokompaniya brat'yev Andreasyan, lit. 'Andreasyan Brothers Film Company'), decided to take on the film adaptation.

The film was produced by the Andreasyan Brothers Film Company with the participation of the TNT television channel and the Soyuzmultfilm animation studio. During the project's development phase, producers requested approximately 500 million rubles from the Cinema Fund, 300 million of which was non-repayable funding.

The film was the first project in a collaboration between the TNT television channel and the Soyuzmultfilm studio, officially announced as part of the business program of the 2024 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The script is based on a fairy tale by Eduard Uspensky, well known to children in the post-Soviet space. The book was first published in 1974, and the first animated films appeared some time later. The film became the first part of a trilogy about a city boy nicknamed Uncle Fyodor and his life in the village of Prostokvashino with his new friends.

Principal photography began in June 2024. A real village was built for filming in the Moscow region, complete with a post office, Uncle Fyodor's house, Professor Semin's home, and other buildings. Several scenes were shot in August 2025 at the Vitebsk Station and Moskino Cinema Park.

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