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Locked in a bunker and faced with an impossible commission a young artist has to look beyond reality and logic, and face himself.

This city is no longer on the map. In the 30-40s of the twentieth century, during the construction of the Rybinsk reservoir, seven hundred villages, one hundred and forty churches and monasteries, the ancient Russian city of Mologa went under water. An area of 4,600 kilometers was flooded. The deceased city carried away a secret that has not been solved so far.

"Free Floating" is a melodrama with elements of comedy about a young lad from an ordinary provincial town like many in Russia, with just one kindergarten, one school, one factory. As a result, one grows up here never facing the alternative as to what to choose, for everything is preordained. Leonid is an ordinary lad who, like his peers, goes to discos, dances with girls and picks fights with the local riff-raff later. Everything is going well for him, as his life is totally predictable. But one day the factory closes down and he becomes disoriented. For the first time ever, he is to make a choice on his own and think seriously about what he would like to do...

On the last day of humanity, Zhenya is torn between her parents, her ex, sex, and alcohol. Everyone has their own agenda. Zhenya desperately tries not to feel lonely.

Ksyusha's graduation is coming soon, and it's terrible. She doesn't know what to do with her life. Songs for a self-made band are not written, parents cannot file for divorce in any way. And handsome Pogulyaev, whom Ksyusha is in love with, does not pay attention to her, because Ksyusha is fat — well, that's what everyone around thinks. After another round of ridicule, Ksyusha starts a blog. From now on, she is a Fat woman, the queen of kringe, who banters herself, and at the same time the whole world. Fame comes quickly: at first it's fun, then it's even funnier, and then it won't be funny anymore.

A story of a successful businessman who falls in love with a silent movies actress and starts to look everywhere for a woman who looks exactly like her.

An aged actor, after canceling his last performance, decides to die by applying Stanislavsky’s system and providing catharsis for a random fellow traveler.

In 1944, a Russian agent was infiltrated into the command of the Nazi army in the north of Ukraine. Its mission: to discover enemy plans so that the Russian army can destroy the Germans and put an end to the war.

Sonya, a young actress who does not get roles in the theater, is forced to work in cold sales by phone. There she meets Skull, a brutal gangster who is in love with his boss's girlfriend. Thanks to the Skull, Sonya gains knowledge in the specific prison vocabulary and tries to save her theater artistic director during a robbery.

A widowed aeronautics engineer, who has lost his job, travels with his son hopping freight trains from Moscow to Koktebel, a town by the Black Sea, to start a new life with the father's sister.

They were young, their life was in bloom and their hearts were longing to love.

Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

This war drama is dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). It revolves around Pavel Zubov, a school teacher whose village was occupied by the fascists. Being a teacher is his calling in life. He believes in such basic human values as love and family. However, a certain chain of events changes the way he perceives life and leads him to a darker view of reality. In this time of war, as the enemy shows its true face, he must make an uneasy choice to either survive and adapt to the new regime or fight for his family, love, homeland, ideals, and beliefs.

The story became legend school killed the most beautiful girl in school, yesterday elected a beauty queen. Who is to blame for her death: lover, friends, school teacher? Is pouring find the killer will not be easy.

7 years later Romani leader Alan opens Romani Cultural Space in the city center. However local mafia godfather wants the premises for his business. To blackmail Alan, he kidnaps his daughter.

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.

The final part of Mikhalkov's trilogy about Divisional Commander Kotov finds him returning home during World War II having been betrayed, narrowly escaped execution for treason and nearly reduced to dust in a prison camp. Only to discover that everything has changed and he will have to fight again for his name, for his honor, and for his love.

A girl named Mary runs away from all contact with her beloved, avoiding his constant efforts to reach her. It pains Mary to remember the good times they shared because she can’t understand what went wrong. Submerging herself deeper and deeper into her memories, she soon has a hard time distinguishing them from reality. It eventually becomes clear that Mary’s beloved is having such a hard time reaching her because he is no longer among the living. Despite this, he is the only one who can help Mary pulls through the difficulties she is facing, and he accompanies her on her journey every step of the way. Parting is only temporary, and all one needs to do is blink to realize that everything is in fact alright.

TV version of the performance by the Maly Theatre. Based on the eponymous play by M. Gorky.

Upon meeting Masha, Sanya felt something other than anger and apathy for the first time in a long time. But his attempt to keep her turned into an outburst of the very aggression he was trying to escape. Now he must face the consequences, realizing that he had destroyed the most precious thing he had with his own hands.

80th years of the 20th century. The country is embraced by the "struggle" for "perestroika" and "glasnost", in Afghanistan - the height of the war, where hundreds die eighteen-year-old boys. Their peers, Denis, have little impact on the social problems of an agitated country. A newly-made student at the Institute of Cinematography - in euphoria and wine hops ... One night he encounters a strange, mysterious stranger and falls in love with her until unconscious ... Soon Denis learns that the lover is married and older than he. Elizaveta Tenetska - a famous director, almost a legend, she is talented and bold with authority. On Denis's passion, she answers with the icy cold...

Boris is desperately trying to recollect the events of the last three days while he is charged with manslaughter.

Do you know what goes on in the head of someone who walks past you?

A long time ago, as a twenty-year-old young man, Grigory committed a terrible act, because of which his conscience torments him up to the present time. Today he lives far from big cities with his old mother, who wants to help her only son with all her might, but does not know how – and suffers a lot because of this.

Ten years ago, Andrey Mityaev, a talented law school graduate, decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a police officer. During his very first shift, the young officer attempts to arrest an armed criminal. A fight breaks out, and a shot is fired... Shaken by the man’s death, Andrey leaves the police force, becomes a lawyer, and takes responsibility for the murdered man’s daughter, Nadezhda. He places the girl in an elite boarding school and provides her with a good education. Ten years later, Andrey meets the grown-up Nadya and falls in love with her. But the young woman considers the former police officer to be her father’s killer and seeks revenge against him. Soon, however, she realizes that her hatred has gradually turned into love...

A lonely, defenseless, unsettled man meets a beautiful gypsy woman and falls in love with her. Having left the service, having left home, he sticks to the camp, but even here he finds neither home nor love — only pity. So he remains a "gadjo" for everyone, a stranger.

The film is devoted to our mothers. The fantastic story about the power of simple people, capable of living and surviving in the most complex circumstances, about love, loyalty and beauty

The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved community has been set up here. Despite the modern technologies and a spaceport nearby the people of the village live the way they would in the Neolithic Era. There is neither government nor social services or jobs. The postman's beloved woman escapes the village life and moves to the city. Postman's outboard engine gets stolen and he can no longer deliver mail. His normal pattern of life is disrupted. The postman makes a decision to leave for the city too but returns before long with no certain reason. The script is based on real characters' stories. People from the village play their own parts in the film. The search for the protagonist lasted for over a year.

Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.

St. Petersburg, early 20th century. The handsome and secretive Johann specializes in shooting erotic pictures depicting the floggings of bare-bottomed women. With the help of his assistants, the photographic creations gradually penetrate the peaceful households of two upper-class Russian families.

After spending seven years in jail for an art heist, Frenchman Victor Lambert returns to Moscow to uncover the circumstances behind his son Jeremy's brutal murder. He is backed by his lover Alexandra, and by his ex-partner-in-crime, choreographer Souliman.

An eccentric comedy. Love and money have always inspired people to feats, long wanderings and even crimes. It has always been almost impossible to stop such madmen. And what will happen this time — no one knows yet. Only one thing is known — it will happen in Lopukhi, in an ordinary Russian village with ordinary Russian citizens.

A biopic about a Soviet general V. Gorbatov.

December 1936. The elite First House of Soviets, the House of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (now "House on the Embankment"). The Soviet elite is not yet aware of the massive repressions that will take place next year. The nighttime disappearances of neighbors are regarded as transfers thereof to important tasks of the Communist party. Yakov Natanovich Brandenburgsky, a famous lawyer and employee of the Supreme Court, is included in the "album" lists of the NKVD of the USSR and, being a creative person, finds a way to save his family and himself from "night arrest".

A weary traveler, exhausted by spiritual doubts, makes his way to a mystical hill known for its healing powers. However, the path to this sacred place is far from easy. Fortunately, he meets Ivan, a man brimming with life's energy, who offers to guide him. The exhausting JOURNEY of two opposites will open a new view of the world for them.

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

An inspiring biopic about the legendary skier Elena Vyalbe. Born in a small town in the north of Russia, she had the courage and dedication to overcome a slew of obstacles on her way to becoming the very best in her sport. The film captures a historic skiing event at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, where Elena Vyalbe made skiing history by winning five out of five gold medals, which to this day remains a record achievement.

Fifteen years old Nikita Dzhukov (The Bug)- handsome and clever - he is a leader of the class. There is a newcomer in the class - Senya Ivanov. He's got oncology, but only the principal knows about it. Both Nikita and Senya like Lisa, a girl from their class. The Bug trip on Senya, showing his supremacy. Senya stops appearing in school. He is in hospital, doing chemical therapy. The Bug finds it out. Time passes and Senya comes back to school. He is bold because of the therapy, and he worries about how the classmates will receive him - wan, thin, and, most of all, bold. Senya comes to school, he's wearing a cap. The classmates with The Bug in charge meets him in front of the school. They all are wearing caps. They are standing in front of Senya. Senya is frightened. But the Bug and the rest put off their caps, they are all bold. They are smiling. Senya puts off his cap, smiling in response. They hug each other, laughing joyfully.

An experimental drama about a boy and his illness, a wife looking for a site for her husband’s construction company and a beautiful girl who works on a phone sex-line.

Three men are united around the coffin of a woman they have never seen before. They have been summoned to the morgue by their old school-friend, now a factory boss, who promised the old, lonely lady a decent funeral.

A father takes care of his only teenage son with unusual intensity and passion, which results in the son feeling suffocated. Trying to free himself from home, Andrej finds escape among his teenage friends and, above all, with a new girl.

Fyodor is a failed actor, he is trying to help his younger brother Nikita learn to walk again. Dressed as Santa Claus, Fyodor goes out on orders, hoping to raise money for an operation during the holidays. He is the saddest Santa Claus in the world, because, on top of all the other troubles, just before the New Year, his beloved girlfriend left him. And so, on December 31, he rings the doorbell of another apartment to give gifts from his parents to another pair of children, and then... the real New Year's magic begins. The girl Masha, seeing Father Frost, immediately decides that this particular Father Frost should fall in love with her mother and become a father for her and her brother Tolya. But that is not all. Each hero of this story, even those who do not believe in Miracles at all, receives their long-awaited gift, finds happiness, love and faith that the New Year is truly a holiday that can completely change life.

Russia, 1736. The sixth year of Anna Ioannovna's reign. To strengthen the family of her female ancestors, the Miloslavskys, the Empress bequeaths the throne to the future son of her niece Anna Leopoldovna. There has never been such a thing in history that a non-existent child has become the heir. Meanwhile, for the sake of a worthy military alliance with Austria, the Empress trains Anna Leopoldovna and Anton Ulrich, Duke of Brauschweig. The mother of the future heir does not like the groom, and this is used by Peter, the offspring of Biron, and the Saxon envoy Moritz. The hunt for the princess begins between these two knights.

Kira and her child were abandoned by her husband – a banal story in General, tragic for our heroine in particular. But, as they say, time heals everything: years pass, the bitterness of betrayal ceases to disturb the soul, life is gradually filled with small joys. A new admirer Vadim, an intelligent and decent man, offers a woman a hand and heart. Even Kira's former mother-in-law favors the man and blesses the ex-daughter-in-law for a new marriage. Suddenly, the prodigal husband Alexey appears on the threshold of Kira's apartment after a six-year separation. Literally on his knees, he begs his wife to take him back. The daughter, who has not stopped loving her father, also asks her mother to forgive him. Kira's heart is torn apart, she can't make a decision. A friend advises you to live with your husband and lover, but for our heroine this is an unacceptable option. Meanwhile, it turns out that Alexey has a new family and a child in the North...

Where do childhood dreams lead? And is it worth it to be dependent on illusions. 8-year-old Oksana falls in love with her father's employee, 25-year-old handsome Boris. He jokingly promises to wait until the girl grows up and marry her. Boris does not keep his word, and marries his peer Vika. Oksana childishly dramatizes this. She promises herself that by all means, she will get Boris. On the advice of her grandmother, the girl molds her dream out of plasticine. After almost 10 years, she bitterly regrets her desire. To recognize the true feelings, the girl will have to survive the collapse of the family business, the loss of the closest and most loving person. Only by getting rid of the obsession of childhood, Oksana will find happiness.

Anya is brought up in an orphanage, she has been in the school of ballroom dancing. She falls in love with the head of school, who is much older than her. After a quarrel with him Anya throws the newly born child in the hospital and goes to the village where settles in an abandoned house. Her peer Sanya, who secretly and hopelessly in love with Anya, leaves the children's home together with her. At first, he seems to be a child, unable to take a serious and responsible decisions, but gradually Anya sees that he grows up and falls in love with him.

His mother's son returns to her home for her birthday after a long absence. The delighted mother doesn't yet suspect that her son has come to avenge past wrongs.

A young artist Ivan is preparing a work for an exhibition on the preservation of values. His work causes a public outcry: it attracts the attention of religious activists of the "God's punishment" organization, officials and journalists. As a result, the painting is removed from the exhibition, and the activists first attack, and then set fire to the artist's studio. The painting is saved, but Ivan faces a criminal case, so together with the curator of the exhibition, he goes to the Pen & Paper Bar Association to find protection and get advice on what to do next in this situation. Lawyers are preparing a defense strategy, and a bewildered artist, who by chance found himself in the epicenter of an absurd religious and cultural conflict, confronts musician Sergei Shnurov at the door of the college. Who seems to need help too.

A mother is informed that her only son, who is serving in a military combat zone, has gone missing in action. A soldier who served alongside her son soon arrives to confirm that he has probably been killed. Nothing interrupts the everyday course of events. After a short while, the mother notices a homeless boy - an immigrant worker with an injured hand. She takes him in, but doesn’t realize that in some way she has decided the fate of her son, who is actually about to return home.

About spiritual sensitivity and human solidarity. A graduate of a medical school is assigned to a fishing collective farm in Glubokoe town.

Vasya is an elderly cloakroom attendant who has worked at the Moscow Art Theatre for many years. Posing as an actor, he tries to help two teenagers who love the theatre as much as he does get into the Moscow Art Theatre School. However, everything changes when a new female ticket collector learns of his secret.

When gold is discovered in a remote location, a variety of different groups descend on the spot to stake their claims, resulting in a spate of brutal violence.

A police major accidentally gets into the world of strange young people.

What is to be a child to whom parents ask the same question every day: whom does he love more? Mom or dad? What should mom do if she madly loves her son, but circumstances force him to take the child away from his father? What should be done to dad if his son is taken to America forever, and he cannot imagine his life without him? This is a story of choice. When deciding for a child, a parent often does as he is comfortable with. The child agrees, afraid to hurt the parent, but time will pass, he will mature and at some point he will decide for himself. Only the parent from this will be much more painful.

They play tough, masculine games, when the passion of hunting turns into a thirst for profit, paint into blood, fidelity into betrayal, when betting is friendship, and winning is life. One of the three old institute shareholding partners "orders" the fourth - the head of the Bank of Daniel. But even the hired killer did not know about the explosives in the house. And so, after the explosion in the basement, there are three - the killer, the victim and his daughter. When there is almost no air left, and the search engines have already stopped working, Daniel’s mind starts a dangerous game: which of the worlds is fictional, and which one is the real one, the one in which you save your friends, or the one in which friends kill you ... Daniel solves the problem with three unknown ...