Moonzy: Homecoming

Did You Know?

• The original script for the film was written in 2013 and finalized in early 2023.
• The film was officially announced in March 2023.
• On 17 March 2023, Konstantin Bronzit stated the film would be a 'road movie' and would be finished by the end of 2023.
• The film has an 80 score based on two critic reviews on Kritikanstvo.

Plot

An old moth scientist notices a piece of moonshell fall into a pond and goes to investigate. A lunar bee named Moonzy hatches from the shell. A year later, Moonzy visits the moth with his friends Flip the grasshopper and the twin caterpillars Woopsie and Poopsie, and finds his shell there. The moth hypnotizes Moonzy, who then has a vision showing where he was born on the moon and his mother, but a meteorite struck his home and sent him falling to Earth. The moth refuses to let Moonzy reunite with his mother, which starts a fight begun by Woopsie and Poopsie, and the group flees the lab. The moth chases and sedates them.

The next day, Moonzy and his friends wake up on a leaf and spot a mountain. On the way there, the moth corners them, but they escape on a dragonfly. Flip accidentally knocks Moonzy’s shell into a hole, and Woopsie and Poopsie pull Moonzy down to retrieve it. Near the mountain, a purple centipede chases them. They subdue it and reach the mountain. Just as Moonzy is about to return to the moon, the centipede attacks again. The moth arrives and tosses a bag of sleeping pellets onto Moonzy’s shell, which Moonzy uses to defeat the centipede. Moonzy then goes to the moon, reunites with his mother, and later returns to Earth to reconcile with his friends. Meanwhile, the centipede climbs back up the cliff, still alive.

Sequel

A sequel, Moonzy: The Other Side of the Moon (Лунтик. Обратная сторона Луны) is scheduled to be released on 27 August 2026. The project was officially presented by CTB Film Company at the in-person defense of the animated national projects of the Film Foundation on September 24, 2025. According to industry publications, the film will be a direct sequel to Moonzy: Homecoming (2024) and will take place on the Moon. During the project's presentation, it was announced that the main action of the film would take place on the Moon, where Moonzy and his friends would go. According to producer Sergey Selyanov, the new story would be related to the search for Moonzy's father and would continue the storyline from the first film. It was also reported that the characters would use a constructed vehicle or a rocket, and that the film would feature elements of the lunar world that were not previously shown in the series. The concept art for the project was presented at the same event. The cast includes Anna Slynko as Moonzy, Mariya Tsvetkova as Moonzy's Mom, Maksim Sergeev as Moonzy's Dad, Yuliya Zorkina as Flip / Granny Annie, Oleg Kulikovich as Woopsie and Poopsie, Konstantin Bronzit as a raven, Anatoly Petrov as General Stringer / Mr. Webber the Spider / Mr. Diggins, Valerii Smekalov as an old moth scientist, Anton Savenkov as a swammer, and Anatoly Dubanov as stickers.