Prostokvashino, also in American territories titled as Fredonia: The Movie () is a 2026 Russian live-action/animated family comedy film produced and directed by Sarik Andreasyan, it is a live-action adaptation of Soyuzmultfilm's 1978 Soviet animated short film Three from Prostokvashino, and its 1980 sequel School Holidays in Prostokvashino, and its 1984 sequel Winter in Prostokvashino, itself based on the 1974 Soviet children's novel Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat by Eduard Uspensky. It stars Roman Pankov, Liza Moryak, Pavel Priluchny and Ivan Okhlobystin, with the voices of Anton Tabakov, Pavel Derevyanko and Darya Blokhina.
It was released on January 1, 2026, by "Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution.
It's the 1970s, the Soviet Union. A serious boy nicknamed Fyodor meets a talking cat in the entryway of his apartment building and invites him to live with him. Fyodor's parents (especially his mother) are categorically against this, leading the boy to decide to run away from home just before a family trip to Sochi. The next morning, he and the cat travel to the village of Prostokvashino, where the professor who taught the cat human speech lived.
Upon arrival, Uncle Fyodor and the cat, now named Matroskin, meet a talking dog named Sharik and move into a vacant house. Uncle Fyodor's parents only learn of their child's disappearance upon arriving in Sochi. On the advice of local police officers, they place an ad in the newspaper. When the newspaper reaches Prostokvashino, Uncle Fyodor decides to write a letter to the parents, but it arrives in Sochi only after they return to Moscow. From the police officers who read the letter, the mother and father learn the name of the village where their son is, but the search is complicated by the fact that there are 22 villages named Prostokvashino in the Soviet Union. They decide to send telegrams to each of these villages in the hopes of finding out exactly where their child is.
Pechkin, a postman living in Prostokvashino, receives a telegram and learns that the finder of the boy will receive a rewardâÂÂa bicycle. He decides to measure Uncle Fyodor's height, which, according to the description, is 120 cm. The following night, Murka the Cow, whom a neighbor has asked Uncle Fyodor, Matroskin the Cat, and Sharik the Dog to look after, gives birth to a calf. Pechkin sneaks into the house while everyone is asleep to measure the boy's height. The calf, named Gavryusha, chases the postman away, but runs off into the street and gets lost. While searching for Gavryusha, Uncle Fyodor understands how his parents felt when he ran away. The calf is found, but Uncle Fyodor falls ill.
The parents finally receive a reply from the village they were looking for, located in the Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast, and they travel there. Mother apologizes to Uncle Fyodor for not allowing Matroskin the Cat to stay, and they make peace. Uncle Fyodor leaves for the city with his parents, Pechkin the Postmaster gets his bicycle, and Matroskin the Cat and Sharik the Dog stay in Prostokvashino.
The script is based on a fairy tale by Eduard Uspensky, well-known to children in the post-Soviet space. The book was first published in 1974, and the first animated films appeared some time later. The film became the first part of a trilogy about a city boy nicknamed Uncle Fyodor and his life in the village of Prostokvashino with his new friends. The story of Uncle Fyodor's coming-of-age remains relevant, but the creators of the new film promise to tell it in a contemporary cinematic language.
Sarik Andreasyan and Gevond Andreasyan's company K.B.A. (), decided to take on the film adaptation.
Director Sarik Andreasyan acquired the rights to adapt the book Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat for the screen in February 2023. Producers announced the start of filming in June 2024.
Principal photography began in June 2024. A real village was built for filming in the Moscow region, complete with a post office, Uncle Fyodor's house, Professor Semin's home, and other buildings. Several scenes were shot in August 2025 at the Vitebsk Station and Moskino Cinema Park. The set featured scenes of Uncle Fyodor and the dog Sharik rushing to catch the train, as well as the boy's parents' departure for vacation and their arrival at the train station in Sochi.
Prostokvashino premiered on December 14, 2025 at the âÂÂâ cinema center in Moscow on New Arbat Avenue. The film will theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2026, by "Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution.
At the end of the first film, before the end credits, a trailer for the sequel, titled Winter in Prostokvashino (2027 film), was shown in theaters. Tina Kandelaki stated that the second part will be released in January 2027.