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A 2007 TV interview with animation director Yuriy Norshteyn, shortly after the 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film.

Norshteyn discusses the history of animation, his views on contemporary animated films, and his work on "The Overcoat".

Here is a list of films/series that are mentioned, as well as a few other topics:
00:30 The history of animation
02:00 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film
02:29 Pilot Studio's "Mountain of Gems" series
03:29 The Snow Queen (1957)
03:29 The Golden Antelope (1954, Lev Atamanov)
03:33 The Enchanted Boy (1955, Vladimir Polkovnikov)
04:07, 05:36 My Love (2006, Aleksandr Petrov)
04:20 The Old Man and the Sea (1999, Aleksandr Petrov)
04:39 The Street (1978, Caroline Leaf)
05:13 The Cow (1989, Aleksandr Petrov)
06:16 Foolish Girl (2006, Zoya Kireyeva)
08:33 Lavatory Lovestory (2006, Konstantin Bronzit)
08:42 Zhiharka (2006, Oleg Uzhinov)
08:54, 09:06 The Nutcracker (2003, Tatyana Ilyina)
09:03, 09:38 The Nutcracker (1973, Boris Stepantsev)
09:52 the benefits of animation over live action
10:50 Boniface's Vacation (1965, Fyodor Hitruk)
10:55 Winnie the Pooh (1969, Fyodor Hitruk)
11:48 problems of animated film distribution in Russia
12:54-15:07 the benefits of the former system of artistic councils
13:37, 15:09 The Overcoat (Norshteyn's yet unfinished feature film)
20:59 Tale of Tales (1979, Yuriy Norshteyn)
22:05 Korolyov's Childhood (2006, Ilya Pankratov) - Norshteyn can't remember it
22:39 The Overcoat, again

The planned public release of the first 30 minutes of "The Overcoat" that Norshteyn talked about here never did happen, and some years after this he began refusing to talk about the film to the press at all. However, he is apparently still working on it.