films, and keeps producing approximately 10–15 short films a year. The shorts produced by the studio regularly participate in prestigious international festivals. Among the recent award-winning shorts are: Vivat Musketeers! (2019) by Anton Diakov, Good Heart (2018) by Evgenia Zhirkova, I Want to Live in the Zoo (2017) by Evgenia Golubeva, Coco's Day (2017) by Tatyana Moshkova, Trunky (2017) by Ekaterina Filippova, About Our Astronauts (2018) by Galina Golubeva, The Sled (2016) by Olesya Shchukina, Two Trams (2016) by Svetlana Andrianova, Moroshka (2015) by Polina Minchenok, Pik Pik Pik (2015) by , Mama Heron (2015) by and others. Among the studio's production are new programmes of the legendary compilation of animated shorts for children Happy Merry-Go-Round, first released in 1969. The collection includes unique works in gouache and sand techniques. The production of animated shorts at the studio is supervised by the masters of animation – artistic directors and creative producers and Igor Kovalyov. Both of them, in 2019, became the members of the Oscars, selected nominees and chose winners at the ceremony. In 2017, Soyuzmultfilm released the new Bicycle almanac, which was created by students of animation colleges and up-and-coming directors. New start of the Golden collection Soyuzmultfilm is in the process of restoring classic tapes – the cartoons are digitized, color-corrected and given a modern surround sound. The first to be digitized and shown at cinemas are the most popular cartoons among viewers: The Twelve months (1956), The Snow Queen (1957), The Adventures of Buratino (1959), The Nutcracker (1973), The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981), The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1984). According to surveys of kids, the heroes of the "Golden collection" are among the most popular and favorite children's characters. The studio decided to create a continuation of these cartoons. "We selected the ten most popular characters from the old collection and are ready to give a new lease of life to them. Our task is to pack the new product with respect to the continuity of the animation traditions, using a modern language and a visual range that is understandable to modern children", Yuliana Slashcheva says. In 2018, Soyuzmultfilm announced about a release of the continuation of the cult cartoons: Well, Just You Wait!, Adventures of Mowgli, Umka, The Bremen Town Musicians, Cheburashka and some others. In 2020, the second re-release of the Golden Collection commenced on 19 December 2020. The High Definition film restoration