START
Four minutes to the Moon. «СТАРТ»
Iva is waiting on the Moon with a birthday cake. The rocket leaves in four minutes, the vital part is locked behind a door, and the launch button hides among 304,022 others. Grisha draws a paper robot, builds a very tall one, and finally spells out the word that starts everything: START.
On a sunny launch site, VOLLI, a small yellow robot for whom a single word is hard work, manages one, and points at the Moon. Grisha realises they are late, and worse, the part the rocket needs is in his backpack, and the backpack is behind a locked door. A crayon drawing slides under the gap and comes back with it.
A truck ride, a robot tall enough to reach the hatch, a navigator droid who cannot read, and a countdown later, it all comes down to one button among three hundred thousand. Grisha sounds out the letters and presses. They make it in time for the cake, and he still has school tomorrow.
- Runtime4 min 44 s
- GenreAnimated short, family
- AudienceChildren about 4 to 8, and the people who read to them
- LanguageRussian, with Russian and English subtitles
- Picture16:9, 24 fps
- SoundStereo, −16 LUFS
- Year2026
- Made byIlya Fomin and Zhan Petrov
- Produced byFast-Forward Post-Partum
- Made withGoogle Flow; score performed with Flow Music; edited by hand
«СТАРТ»
У Гриши и робота Волли четыре минуты, чтобы успеть на ракету к Иве на Луну, на день рождения, — а читать из них двоих умеет только один, и то почти.
Ива ждёт на Луне с тортом. До старта четыре минуты, нужная деталь заперта за дверью, а кнопка пуска прячется среди 304 022 других. Гриша рисует бумажного робота, собирает очень высокого — и по буквам читает слово, с которого всё начинается: СТАРТ.
Мультфильм, 4 минуты 44 секунды, на русском языке, с русскими и английскими субтитрами. Производство: студия Fast-Forward Post-Partum, 2026.
START is four minutes and forty-four seconds long, and it ends on a word a child can sound out. If you would like to show it in a reading lesson, write to us and we will send a link and the subtitle files.