A teacher from Buryatia reached the final of the all-Russian competition. Vyacheslav Botukhanov, a teacher at the animation and 3D graphics studio at the Baikal-Art School of Creative Industries, became the leader of the qualifying round of the all-Russian competition of the best pedagogical practices (16+). The teacher scored 87 points out of 100 possible and took first place in the country. Now he will present his technique in the final of the prestigious competition. The competition was established by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and its organizer is the Roskult project. The author's method by Vyacheslav Botukhanov is called "Professionals under 18: Teenagers as co-authors." Its essence lies in involving school students in the production of real adult films. Teenagers aged 13-18 worked on the full-length animated film "My Friend the Seal" (12+). They created the animated scenes themselves, traveled to Lake Baikal to record the live sound of the lake, and even composed songs for the soundtrack.