Ivan Maximov

Bestiary is an animated collection of poems-pies by the poet Igor Melnikov. The main idea runs through all the poems: people are a bit of animals in both good and bad senses. The leitmotif of this can serve as a pie: I walk with a monster in my arms and my monsters are waiting for me at home and look out the window and breathe on the glass

Sometimes something seems annoyingly unacceptable and the circumstances do not develop in the best way.

Sometimes something seems annoyingly unacceptable and the circumstances do not develop in the best way.

Sometimes something seems annoyingly unacceptable and the circumstances do not develop in the best way.

Everyone pindyuryat somewhere at different speeds, someone on their own, someone - for authority.

Everyone pindyuryat somewhere at different speeds, someone on their own, someone - for authority.

Everyone pindyuryat somewhere at different speeds, someone on their own, someone - for authority.

Everyone pindyuryat somewhere at different speeds, someone on their own, someone - for authority.

Everyone pindyuryat somewhere at different speeds, someone on their own, someone - for authority.

Everyone pindyuryat somewhere at different speeds, someone on their own, someone - for authority.

Short animations from renouned authors dedicated to man-woman relationships.

Short animations from renouned authors dedicated to man-woman relationships.

A Monster suffers from boredom and loneliness, by chance he gets out of his cave and after walking through the maze arrives somewhere. There are only silly white bunnies. He is frustrated and comes back down. Finds another way, and sees some mad chickens with trunks.

A Monster suffers from boredom and loneliness, by chance he gets out of his cave and after walking through the maze arrives somewhere. There are only silly white bunnies. He is frustrated and comes back down. Finds another way, and sees some mad chickens with trunks.

A Monster suffers from boredom and loneliness, by chance he gets out of his cave and after walking through the maze arrives somewhere. There are only silly white bunnies. He is frustrated and comes back down. Finds another way, and sees some mad chickens with trunks.

A Monster suffers from boredom and loneliness, by chance he gets out of his cave and after walking through the maze arrives somewhere. There are only silly white bunnies. He is frustrated and comes back down. Finds another way, and sees some mad chickens with trunks.

short animation

A lonely man lives with his pet on a small island and longed to get to 'other people.'

A lonely man lives with his pet on a small island and longed to get to 'other people.'

A story of a lonely fisherman

A story of a lonely fisherman

Morning outflow and evening inflow of the sea change a tide of life of the coastal small town.

Morning outflow and evening inflow of the sea change a tide of life of the coastal small town.

The whole universe of characters Maximov, showing in this case the skills and talents they possess in their snouts.

The whole universe of characters Maximov, showing in this case the skills and talents they possess in their snouts.

The whole universe of characters Maximov, showing in this case the skills and talents they possess in their snouts.

An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather's stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he meets this man's two grandsons, two good-natured brothers who are nevertheless small-time criminals and experts in demolition. Cane soon clicks with these men, and also falls in love with a schoolgirl (Jasna), who he wants to marry as part of his testament with his grandfather. He gets involved in this girl's family affairs, rescuing both her and her mother from prostitution and gangsters headed by a man called Bajo, and the new group of people return to the small village in time to celebrate Zivojin's wedding to his neighbor, despite the gangsters' best efforts to stop the celebration, which results in a double wedding.

A film about an act of nature in the mountains, caused by a strong downpour.

A film about an act of nature in the mountains, caused by a strong downpour.

A prisoner gets a new cellmate, one who is very eager to escape.

A prisoner gets a new cellmate, one who is very eager to escape.

A lyrical and funny story about the hard life of a village on the coast suffering from the high winds.

A lyrical and funny story about the hard life of a village on the coast suffering from the high winds.

A lyrical and funny story about the hard life of a village on the coast suffering from the high winds.

According to their author, these were two pilot shorts for a possible series that never aired.

According to their author, these were two pilot shorts for a possible series that never aired.

Benjamin is distracted by women around him thanks to his libido.

“Bolero” by Ravell is expressed in the mouvements of surrealistic paintings and in the rhythm of the film. This short animation won Golden Berlin Bear for Best Short Film.

“Bolero” by Ravell is expressed in the mouvements of surrealistic paintings and in the rhythm of the film. This short animation won Golden Berlin Bear for Best Short Film.

“Bolero” by Ravell is expressed in the mouvements of surrealistic paintings and in the rhythm of the film. This short animation won Golden Berlin Bear for Best Short Film.

School shenanigans and terrors

“Bolero” by Ravell is expressed in the mouvements of surrealistic paintings and in the rhythm of the film. This short animation won Golden Berlin Bear for Best Short Film.

A small being transported water to the sound of the very famous song 'Take Five' by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

What is the philosophical meaning of the film "Right to Left"? The moon falls into a meat grinder, whimsical, but typically Maximovian creatures, entering or not entering into some kind of relationship, are formed from moon stuffing, and eventually, after many transformations, the dog turns out to be patiently waiting for this on the "other edge" of the screen, gets a bone.