Our animated shorts are
produced according to Ethic Cinema concept
Created with free software
We use only free/open-source software - Synfig Studio, OpenToonz, Krita, Blender, and others.
Licensed under Creative Commons
The result of our work is free to watch and distribute for everyone. Released under the terms of Creative Commons license.
Available for remix
All animation sources are available for free download, so you can use them for learning or create remixes.
In production
Check the latest news about our next animated short – Morevna Episode 4!
Free software development
As part of production process we are developing and improving free software animation tools and technologies. Our team is actively contributing to development of Synfig and OpenToonz animation software, developing RenderChan automated rendering system, maintaining Papagayo-NG lipsync software and writing a lot of supplementary scripts to help with animation production.
Synfig Studio
Animation
OpenToonz
(Morevna Edition)
Animation
RenderChan
Rendering management and automation
Papagayo-NG
Lipsync
Education and Training
We are documenting our animation production process and developed technologies by creating learning videos, tutorials and other educational content to help others learn from our practices.
Library of reusable content
We are sharing reusable content (3D models, templates, images) that you can use in your own animations for free.
Our team
We are a team of individuals who passionate about free software and animation.
Project Leader
2D/3D Artist
2D Artist
Developer
Sound Designer
Partners
Follow our progress
We believe that the process of creating animation is no less interesting than the result itself. This is why we put a lot of efforts into documenting our production process. Check out the latest news below!
Morevna Episode 4: Release date defined
Okay, everyone, we have worked hard for the past months and I guess you all waiting for my next production report. But today I have
Ink artwork – Morevna
Since it is not Inktober, that probably can be called SeptINKber. Artwork by Anastasia Mayzhegisheva.
Production Report #22: Storyboard for Episode 2
In parallel with production of Morevna episode 4, we also working on storyboard of episode 2. For storyboarding process we are testing a cool open-source
OpenToonz (Morevna Edition) 1.2.0.3 released
We are happy to announce a new release of OpenToonz Morevna Edition! This version is an update to 1.2.0.x branch, which delivers following fixes from
Sources of “The Deadline” now available for download
Sources of “The Deadline” animated short now available at GitLab – https://gitlab.com/OpenSourceAnimation/deadline How to download You can get sources by cloning from GitLab repository. Before
“The Deadline” animated short is available on YouTube now
Check it out: Also, now we have a nice landing page with more detailed information about the short – https://morevnaproject.org/school/deadline/. The sources for this work
“The Deadline” animated short released!
A week ago we announced a new animated short by Tamara Khudyakova – a student of Morevna School workshops. And today it is publicly available
Public talks at SuzdalFest and SoyuzMultFilm: Video
You possibly remember that this spring I took initiative to give a public talk about OpenToonz and other free animation software at SuzdalFest. If you’ve