The action takes place in a fictional fantasy world, which is a stylistic fusion of Kyivan Rus' with Scandinavian, Celtic and Eastern traditions.

The plot is about Princess Miroslava (Poezzhaeva) being abducted by a dragon and carried away to its lair on a remote island, where she encounters a mysterious young man named Arman (Lykov).

[4] The film was theatrically released in Russia by Bazelevs Distribution on December 3, 2015, in RealD 3D,[5][2] followed by streaming on Netflix.

Many years later, the young Princess Miroslava (Maria Poezzhaeva), Mira for short, is betrothed to Igor, the Dragon Slayer's grandson.

Wishing to become a human, Arman shows Mira the island and gives her a place to create a home while she waits for Igor to rescue her.

He abducted Mira because of the ritual song sung at her wedding by the villagers who believe that the dragons are extinct.

She realizes that Yaroslava secretly loves Igor's honorable helmsman, and her father encourages her to follow her heart's desire.

Mira flies on her dragon-husband, who is no longer dangerous to her, and during the flight, Arman changes into his human form and the two share a kiss.

To the post of director he was invited by Timur Bekmambetov, who acted as the main producer of the film.

[10][11] According to the creators of the film, they have preserved much of the literary original, but at the same time brought new elements to the story.

Principal photography took place at the beginning that August 2014 in Bulgaria is the main scenes were shot on the Black Sea coast and in the picturesque Prohodna cave.

The Bulgarian stage of filming will end on September 26, 2014, in December 2014 the remaining scenes will be shot in Moscow, Russia.

Singer-songwriter Jenia Lubich contributed to the soundtrack with her song Колыбельная тишины (Lullaby of Silence), which plays over the end credits.

Boris Ivanov, film critic of Film.ru, stated: "From whatever angle you look at it, the Hollywood movie "Twilight" seems like an amateur performance in comparison to "I am Dragon".

"[22] Dmitry Ostashevsky, Russian film critic of The Hollywood Reporter, stated: "The computer animation and 3D graphics are so good that you begin to regret that such a cool dragon (that is, by the way, recognised as the most technologically complex virtual character in the whole history of Russian cinema) was chosen for the genre of melodrama and not blockbuster.

Russian Gazette critically panned the film, calling it "unimaginably boring", and the script "delusional".