Ivan Franko. Lys Mykyta. Animation. (5 DVD, box set). (Mykyta Fox) // www.UMKA.com.ua

Maybe, we will not make a mistake by saying that you see now in front of you an unprecedented – for Ukraine – release. A premium box set consisting of 5 DVD discs – this is for us still, to put it mildly, not a too popular format. Thus, five discs with five almost one-hour series of the new (maybe, it would be better to say – the first?) animation mini-series based on the fairy-tale space created by Ivan Franko. We have already mentioned once that Ivan Franko, in spite of the whole seriousness of his figure, was an extraordinarily apt tale-teller, attentive and merry. And talented fairy-tales, as known, live extremely long – they sound, inspire for creation, induce to reconsideration, experience new implementations. Such new implementation has finally happened to "Mykyta Fox" as well – one of the brightest literary fairy-tales based on Ukrainian folklore. We will not retell the plot – it is known – we will better highlight a couple of other aspects. First, disregarding some assistance on the part of foreign specialists, this is a perfectly Ukrainian product of good quality. Pleasant. Secondly, this is – even though created with the help of computer technologies – drawn animation, colorful, warm, and joyous. Also pleasant – especially, if you are already a bit tired from 3D animation. And the third aspect is music, which sounds all through the series. The basic music accompaniment consists of pieces by Myroslav Skoryk, and additional sparkles are known, favorite songs performed by Sokoly, Mad Heads XL, Pikkardiyska Tertsiya, Braty Gadyukiny, Okean Elzy, VV, Ruslana, Ani Lorak, Oksana Bilozir, Taras Petrynenko, Ivan Popovych (who, by the way, also recorded characters' sound tracks) and others. Thus, this is unique – and we hope that the project will have a due continuation.

Scenario and staging: Volodymyr Kmetyk

Main artist: Edward Kyrych

Composer: Myroslav Skoryk

Animation supervisor: Myhaylo Yaremko

Sound producer: Igor Dobryansky

The movie is in Ukrainian. No subtitles.

Video format - PAL.

DVD Region: ALL.