Voronezh Animation Studio

The studio specializes in the production of animated feature films, television shows and their distribution and promotion in the domestic and international markets.

[4] The newly independent Wizart Animation studio was led by Vladimir Nikolaev (ru) as general producer and Yuri Moskvin as CEO.

Vladimir Nikolaev introduced the company's films to events such as the 17th Open Russian Comedy Movie Festival held in Tula Oblast.

The venture created an infusion of game knowledge that ultimately changed the trajectory of the studio into an animation house.

Distribution-wise, its film have been distributed to South Korea, Brazil, Turkey, Middle East and Czech Republic for a total of 140 different countries around the world.

Wizart Animation's first project The Snow Queen, a 3D computer-animated fantasy adventure film co-produced with Bazelevs and InlayFilm was ready for release in 2012.

[15] Wizart Animation explored the concept of presenting The Snow Queen for the upcoming AFM (American Film Market).

[15][16] The studio's initial concept of domestic and international package came to fruition when the film received positive feedback from buyers from over twenty countries at the AFM.

[23] At the top ten highest-grossing production centers and film companies in Russia in the first half of 2013, Wizart Animation came in tenth place.

[24] Kommersant believed The Snow Queen film was part of a creative industry movement that inaugurated a new era in Russian animation.

[25] The sequel officially made the studio's first animated series be seen in over 130 countries with a total international box office of $30 million.

The development institute's objective is to support and channel the export of Russian audio-visual products to domestic and international markets.

[34] Wizart Animation revived a Soviet classic by presenting a short film, Kitten from Lizyukov Street 2 in 2018.

[20] Today The Snow Queen animated tetralogy has managed to be released to over hundred fifty countries and has been translated into thirty languages.

[40] Financial analysis has approximated an overall $100 million worldwide gross that include the generation of secondary revenues from the two franchises The Snow Queen and Sheep and Wolves before the budget.

[46] The animation studio decided to adapt the classic 1812 fairy tale Hansel and Gretel to the theater screens.

The animated fairy tale retelling Secret Magic Control Agency was released on 18 March 2021 in Russia.

It became the first Russian project to top global viewership charts of an international VOD platform; the most watched film in Netflix for consecutive two days in the beginning of April 2021 and second in Nielsen streaming rankings for the week of March 29-April 4, 2021.

[54] A meeting was held between the Voronezh State University (VSU) administration with representatives of the Wizart Animation studio as early as December 2012 when The Snow Queen was ready to debut in Russia.

With the support of Voronezh region and the governor Alexey Gordeev, the first stepping stone to the "Wizart Animation School" was established.

[62] Aleksey Tsitsilin, one of the leading directors in Voronezh noted employment in the city has its own advantages such as more adequate prices in the labor market and a general level of ease and simplicity.

[63] Wizart Animation innovated their software by creating a cloud system for fourth part of The Snow Queen series.

[64] In 2019, Wizart unveiled a unique animation technology - an operating special effects system built for facial and skeleton setup.

Former logo as Wizart Animation