''Welcome'' (russian: Добро пожаловать) is a 1986 Soviet paint-on-glass-animated 10-minute film adapted from the 1948

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
'' Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose ''Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose'' is a 1948 children's book by Dr. Seuss. Summary Thidwick, a moose in a herd numbering approximately sixty who subsist mainly on moose-moss and live on the northern shore of Lake Winna-Bango, grants a small bug ...

''. It is a coproduction of Sverdlovsk television studio and Gosteleradio. Released in 1986, the film went on to win the Grand Prix at the

Ottawa International Animation Festival The Ottawa International Animation Festival is an annual animated film and media festival that takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OIAF was founded in 1975, with the first festival held from August 10 to 15 in 1976. Initially organized by ...

in 1988 and in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

. Although the visual style is quite different, the story is mostly the same with the exception of some subtle changes — for example, the moose isn't shown rejoining his herd at the end and the squatter animals aren't stuffed and mounted. Also, none of the animals are ever named and there is no narrator. The film was directed by Alexei Karayev. The art director was Aleksandr Petrov, who would later win an Oscar for his 1999 film ''

The Old Man and the Sea ''The Old Man and the Sea'' is a novella written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cayo Blanco (Cuba), and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. ...

''. The screenplay was written by

Yury Iosifovich Koval Yury Iosifovich Koval (russian: link=no, Юрий Иосифович Коваль, February 9, 1938 in Moscow – August 2, 1995 in Moscow) was a Russian author, artist, and screenplay writer. Biography Yury Koval was born in Moscow in 1938. ...

, a renowned author.

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''Welcome'' at animator.ru
* 1986 films Soviet animated short films 1980s animated short films Paint-on-glass animated films Films based on works by Dr. Seuss Animated films based on children's books {{1980s-USSR-film-stub