The Elm-Chanted Forest

The Elm-Chanted Forest
Directed by	Milan Blažeković Doro Vlado Hreljanovic
Produced by	Doro Vlado Hreljanovic Carroll Rue Vlado Teresak
Written by	Fred P. Sharkey Suncana Skrinjaric
Starring	David Earls Edward Eyrich Charles Forrest Simon Hefter Chris Helmer Eric Needham Francesca Picchi Paul Powers Carroll Rue Lauren Shanahan David Spelvin Mark Surkin Anna Tornhill
Music by	Dennis Leogrande
Cinematography	Ernest Gregl
Production company	Croatia Film Fantasy Forest Films Inc.
Distributed by	United States: Celebrity Home Entertainment's Just for Kids
Release date	Yugoslavia: 1986 United States: July 22, 1988 4 January 1989 (VHS)
Running time	83 min.
Country	Yugoslavia (Croatia) United States
Language	Croatian

The Elm-Chanted Forest (Čudesna šuma) is a 1986 Croatian-American animated musical film; in the U.S., it is also known as Fantasy Forest. It was the first full-length film directed by Milan Blažeković, and also the first animated feature produced in Croatia and Yugoslavia.

After an artist named Peter Palette takes a nap under an enchanted elm tree, he discovers that he now has the ability to communicate with the animals of the forest, and that his paintbrush now has magical powers. To help his new friends survive, he must use his abilities to stop the evil Cactus King from turning the forest into a desert.

In the U.S., Celebrity Home Entertainment's Just for Kids label released The Elm-Chanted Forest on VHS and Beta on 4 January 1989.

There was also a 1990 sequel, The Magician's Hat (Čarobnjakov šešir), seldom seen outside its home country.

In late 2007, both this film and its sequel were released on DVD in the countries of former Yugoslavia by Happy TV.

In 1999, a poll of Croatian film fans found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.