sentences:  Deutsche Welle called the studio the Walt Disney of Saint Petersburg.Alongside its animation projects, Melnitsa has an effort devoted to creating digital special effects for both animation projects and live-action films.The studio traces its roots to several animated projects in the late 1990s, including television commercials, the short film "Die Hard" by Konstantin Bronzit (Grand Prix of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 1998), and the animated series "Global Bears Rescue" and "Technology", created for Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd.