On January 23rd to 29th, at the 12th Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival, ROSKINO, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, will present five Russian films as part of the Russian Film Days India 2026.
Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival presents fiction, animated, documentary and educational films from all over the world to wide children and teenager audiences to broaden the horizon for young viewers. This year, the festival will be held for the 12th time across eight venues throughout the city of Kolkata.
The Russian film program at the festival:
- The Big Trip 3: Race Around the World (2024, directed by Vasily Rovensky)—the family-audience franchise continued. After two big adventures, Mick-Mick the bear dreams of peace and a quiet, measured life with his family and his bees. But his dreams did not come true. The long — awaited replenishment throws up problems for him again – the wayward stork brings the wrong child… again. To fix the situation, Mick-Mick has to embark on a new journey. However, this time it won’t be so easy.
- Detective Chirp & the Golden Beehive (2022, directed by Grigory Vozhakin) is an animated story that won the next generation’s hearts both in Russia and abroad. Honey Hills dwellers are preparing for their favourite celebration – Day of the Town, when all the dwellers will have a chance to marvel at the unique artifact – The Golden Beehive. According to the local legend, it was discovered by Honey Hills founders, and Honey Hills will suffer thousands of misfortunes, should the Beehive go missing. The Beehive gets stolen on the eve of celebration. They blame it on young Squirrel Chirp, assistant to Sophie the Owl, the detective. Chirp and his friends will have to solve this case, find the true conman and get not only the Golden Beehive, but also peace back in the Hills.
- The Dino Family (2025, directed by Maxim Volkov) is yet another successful show beloved by foreign guests of Russian film festivals. Teenager Phil Dino is not having the greatest time of his life. His schoolmates tease him, his crush ignores him, and his dream of becoming a veterinarian shatters against the Dino family’s occupational tradition: he is expected to become a paleontologist. Phil’s life changes drastically when he accidentally opens a portal to the Mesozoic Era. Now he has to learn to survive in a prehistoric jungle teeming with danger, and to avoid becoming a snack for hungry dinosaurs. Most importantly, he must find common ground with his father so they can prevent a disaster from happening: a giant ancient serpent Megaloboa, who has hated the Dino family for generations, is out to get them.
- Don’t Mess with Baba Yaga (2025, directed by Alexander Voytinsky) is a kind and magical comedy starring Svetlana Khondchenkova. When ten-year-old Petya gets a new nanny—strange, grumpy, yet incredibly charming—he’s fast to grasp that she’s not like everyone else. She became a nanny to go undercover, while she is actually Baba Yaga, the legendary magician who lost her mortar and hid among people. Now, it’s up for Petya alone to help her to get her magic powers back. In return, she teaches the boy to fly. Not just in her mortal—in his everyday life, too.
- Finnick 2 (2025, directed by Denis Chernov) the continued story about the charming house boogie Finnick and his friends’ adventures. It’s been a year since Finnick and Christina successfully prevented a threat to the city. An absurd accident makes Finnick lose invisibility, which puts the whole house boogie kind’s existence in jeopardy. Besides, a dangerous hunter named Eugene is now after Finnick himself. The friends are to go on an incredible journey to find a magical staff that can help them fix everything.
It has become an annual tradition for ROSKINO, with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, to conduct two-way events—big-scale Russian Film Festivals in India and Indian Film Festivals in Russia—and organise Russian film screenings and Russia’s regular participation at Indian festivals.
For example, on December 5th to 7th, New Delhi witnessed the big-scale Russian Film Festival, dedicated to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin’s visit to India, with its full houses of viewers who came to watch outstanding modern films, Q&A sessions with filmmakers and stars, and a business program.
Moreover, in December 2025, the Indian capital hosted the screening of films that participated in the Diamond Butterfly Open Eurasian Film Award organised by the Russian Culture Fund with support from the Ministry of Culture of Russia and participation of ROSKINO.
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