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Set in turn of the century Baku at the dawn of the 20th century, a young man wishes to marry. Since he is a rich and successful business man, despite his young age, he feels that he should have his pick of any bride that he fancies, however, Azerbanjani tradition dictates otherwise.
Gopnik Vasya from a provincial town by chance becomes Robin Hood, fighting against parochial corruption, as is known, the main enemy of our vast homeland.
Young Masha Zvonareva makes her way into the dark thicket of the forest for a magic flower that can fulfill any desire. The girl for the first time realizes what she really wants.
Sergei’s life differs in no way from the life of other people. Work, family and days off spent before the TV set. That’s his comfort zone: in order to protect it, he is ready for any kind of compromise... or nearly any. Once, leaving his home for some family business, he returns as a completely different person.
Minsk, August 2020. Pasha and Yulia, a young married couple, leave the house at night and find themselves in the midst of peaceful protests. Everyday walk turns into a real hell, in which innocent people are victims of police brutality.
Milky Way Galaxy is based on John Updike’s novel The Centaur, which chronicles the complex relationships between a father and son.
A teenager from peripheral Russia falls under the influence of a young mob. Now he is faced with a tough decision to make.
The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is planning new actions. A group of security officers is to track and destroy him. Based on a true story.
Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin becomes distracted by a captured foreign princess and starts to dote on her, his men are displeased, feeling that he is neglecting them and their usual activities. Soon they come up with a plot, in the hopes of turning Razin against the princess.
Late 2000s. Fifteen-year-old Kira doesn’t come home after a friend’s birthday and starts saving to leave her town—away from a household where adults lay down rules they can’t follow themselves. She and her friend earn money by giving children pony rides and setting it aside for the trip. But the dream of a new life comes with consequences: Kira is reported missing, the police get involved, and her mother will do anything to regain control. A coming-of-age drama with wry humour, where fantasies of freedom help Kira withstand the pressure of reality.
By cheating, you can go on an unplanned trip... in a suitcase.
Young Oksana puts her newly born Denis in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children's home, intent on making amends for her maternal neglect, and to exploit him to earn money in a corrupt legal system.
The film is an attempt to recreate the world of Marc Chagall and his myth within the genre of a folklore ballad. We are not exploiting Chagall's images, but are attempting to create a dramatized projection of his creativity onto the movie screen, relying on both, facts and fantasy (as Chagall himself would).The story is based on real events which occurred at the time of Chagall's short-lived period in Vitebskin in 1917-18, during which time he creates the Academy of Modern Art, inspired by his dreams of a bright and beautiful future. Many pictures by Chagall and Malevich are used in the film.
Having enthroned the wife of Peter the Great and his mistress Catherine I, Menshikov receives unlimited power, thereby causing envy and indignation of his former allies in the coup. Taking advantage of his absence, they are plotting against His Serene Highness. But once again, luck accompanies the brave darling of fortune: having received a warning of mortal danger, he escapes arrest and enters the boudoir of the Empress.
A talented neurosurgeon, who lost his family in a plane crash, receives a worrying diagnosis. The time of the life-saving procedure coincides with an emergency operation, and the hero has a choice to make: rescue a patient or save his own life...
Lena has the happiest day today - she is getting married! But the mood in the limousine, in which the newlyweds rush to a banquet, is disturbed by an accident - a limo knocks a person down.
Victor and Olga have a lawsuit about custody of their son Cyril. In secret from her ex-husband, Olga is going to move abroad with her child and her new chosen one Ben. But Victor finds out about her intentions.
A female hunter shot a man who was just flying in the jamb with other men. She gave him shelter and bore him an egg. But he never stopped dreaming of the sky, and when spring came, he finally managed to take off. The woman ran out with a gun, shot, but another man fell down. Hunter took him home and the man had nothing else left but remembering what was irrevocably lost.
The basis for the plot of the film "Dnieper line" was a real historical event - the heroic defense of Mogilev. The action takes place in the Great Patriotic War, when troops of the German fascist invaders swiftly moving through the territory of the Soviet Union. Units guarding the border Dnieper abroad, ordered - to make the city impregnable fortress. intertwined fates of the heroes soundtrack unexpected encounters and tragic parting ... Zoe meets Sintsov surrounded by the Germans in the city, his first love ... The Divisional Commander, who understands all the doom situation in which the defenders were Dnipro turn, makes every effort to keep the offensive. Mogilev - the same as the Brest Fortress, only to enormous proportions. Force civilians and soldiers of the Red Army offensive the Germans were stopped here for three weeks.
One of the country's top family psychologists unexpectedly decides to run a free experimental course using psychodrama techniques. The therapist invites four women into his home, each with their own difficult life situation. As the sessions progress, it becomes clear that the doctor himself is the one in greatest need of help.
How many Yamil remembers himself, war has always been. He is very much waiting for it to end - after all, then the father will return, whom the boy knows only from photographs and letters. One day, Mom leaves for a distant city and brings the silent girl Oksana with her. Mum transmits the order of his father to take care of Oksana, as if he was a little sister ... A film adaptation of the story “The Joy of Our Home” by the classic of Soviet literature Mustay Karim.
By miracle he avoided death and returns to the house where he was born. In the house now lives the love of his life. But the hope for happiness turns sour with a terrible discovery: his beloved is the daughter of his enemy.
Renata and Eduard are a happily married couple. They are expecting a baby. Their idyllic life is shattered by sudden, inexplicable changes in Renata's personality. The changes become final when she displays no feelings and maternal instincts for their newborn son.
On a country road, Irina hits a dog and brings it to its owner Mikhail. His eight-year-old son Dima, who has been silent for a year due to psychological trauma, mistakes Irina for his dead mother. It’s time for Irina to leave, but Dima begins to become hysterical, and Mikhail, fearing that he will shut up again, forcibly holds Irina back. She becomes a prisoner in their house.
200 years ago, the Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov was born. The young man with huge eyes: his portrait is known to everyone since school. Lermontov wrote poetry, fought, fell in love, and was killed in a duel. Short life of 27 years. But what do we know about the real Lermontov? Biographical documentary-feature film tells in detail about the life of an outstanding person and a great poet.
Having gone through the chaos of war, Alexey finds himself at home. In a world where it was as if he had never existed: his children had managed to grow up, his wife had managed to alter their father's clothes for them, and the once familiar corners of his home hut seemed too sharp. It would seem that one could get used to everything, but what if the frontline realities had distorted the proportions of peaceful life? And it was now practically impossible to fit into them. The film was based on the story of the same name by Andrei Platonov.
Agree, it is unpleasant when you are not noticed: pushed on the street, ignored in the theater, looked through. As if on purpose! And the pretty girl Elizaveta lives like this for as long as she can remember. Until one day she gets a magic yellow cloak from an unusual studio. Now Liza is finally visible to everyone, but is this really what she wanted?
A film about the incredible story of Karina Chikitova. In August 2014, a three-year-old girl disappeared, but she was not immediately missed: people assumed she had left with her dad, who lived in a neighboring village. Only on the third day was it revealed that her dad had not picked her up. The village searched for her for 12 days and found her alive, thanks to a faithful friend — a puppy. In honor of Karina and her dog Naida, a monument was erected at the Yakutsk airport, and a book published called "Karina. 12 Days in the Taiga." This story dramatically changed the life of a little girl from a tiny village and her family. Today she is already 12 years old and studying at a ballet school.
On the same day that Stalin was buried, Sergei Prokofiev's funeral took place completely unnoticed. And if the farewell to the composer quietly went against the backdrop of the farewell to the dictator that swept the whole country, then in the play everything is the opposite - Prokofiev's music is in the center, and it is interrupted by the stories of those people who would probably ignore Stalin's funeral and went to say goodbye to the great composer.
The story that tells about a loving couple of police officers of the patrol service. Once on duty, she learns that he cheated on her. This discovery becomes fatal, because she has a weapon in her hands.
Fifteen-year-old Sashka, a combat fencer, is about to join the Olympic team. Unexpectedly, the girl realizes that besides sports there is another life, alluring and exciting, where the laurels of a champion are no longer so significant. But outside the path, her saber and well-aimed blow are powerless.
This short film tells the story of a childhood, of a friendship and of growing up. A young man returns to the village where he grew up and discovers that both he and the place have changed. Yet, he soon finds himself immersed in his memories.
The 1990s. Empty shelves in the shops, an economic abyss and criminal dramas that unfold literally at every corner. The young leader of a criminal gang Anton Bykov, with the nickname “Bull”, must make money in whatever way to provide for his family. After a local shootout, Anton ends up in the police station, from where he is released at the intervention of Moscow’s crime lords. In exchange, the latter asks Anton for a small, but dangerous service
A story of a simple, naive Russian man Konek and the people around him: his love and her sister and a mysterious man. The film is set in 1957, time of changes, time of waiting for something big to happen.
Petersburg. A Selfie comprises seven novellas about the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, shot by female directors. The film tells a story of a real, living and breathing city, rather than a mythical phantasm. Each novella tells its own story about love and loneliness, luck and hope.
Morozov is picked up on the road by Zvezda and his comrades. A new acquaintance is carefully interrogated whether he belongs to a criminal group that has seized power in the city. Soon, the bus is stopped by modern robbers led by the Chieftain. Everyone could have been killed if it hadn't been for the Star. In the past, he led corporate events in Tyumen and offers bandits to organize a performance. The chieftain agrees. Morozov gets the role of Santa Claus.
Based on the eponymous short story by A.S. Pushkin, performed by the "Monplaisir" Theatre (St. Petersburg).
In the center of the painting is the story of the artist Troshcheikin, his wife Lyuba, her mother and sister. They live abroad, in a provincial small town populated by compatriots. The unexpected return to the city of a certain Barbashin turns the life of the family upside down. Five years ago, in a fit of jealousy, this man shot at Troshcheikin and his wife, wounded them and, after going to prison for six years, promised to return and finish what he started…
A gifted 12-year-old pianist from a backwater village gets a chance to audition for a talent show and go to Moscow, but the prospect brings nothing but pain to his father, the boy's only relative.
Soft-hearted Vadik wants to avoid an engagement with sumo wrestler Larisa, who is passionately in love with him, on her birthday. But the girl's stubborn relatives are pressuring him, because a proposal is the best gift.
As a child, Shura had to endure a terrible shock: the death of her father. It took a long time before she recovered from the shock and got used to a measured life together with her mother. And here in their house appears a man - the future husband of the mother.With childish maximalism the girl in every possible way shows her protest and does not notice that her parent is seriously ill. After her death, Shura has to build a new relationship with her stepfather. From hate to love, as they say....
An innocuous trip out into nature could end in tragedy. While the parents argue about approaches to raising children, their child is left unattended and gets into unexpected and even dangerous situations.
По мотивам романа Александра Звягинцева "Русский Рэмбо". Афганистан 1986 г. Офицер-десантник Игорь Скворцов по прозвищу Скиф сразу после свадьбы уезжает служить в Афганистан. При первой возможности жена Ольга едет к мужу. Во время одной из военных операций в горах Скиф находит захоронение старинных золотых украшений. Вернувшись в часть и узнав о том, что моджахеды похитили его молодую жену напав на автобус и убив двух сопровождающих. Несмотря на грозящий трибунал, Скворцов угоняет боевой вертолет и устремляется на поиски любимой...
The professor gives his student a lesson, during which the relationship between them gradually changes.
Lili has left everything behind to travel to the edge of the earth and accomplish her dream, fishing the Northern seas. She persuades Ian, the captain of a trawler by the name of Rebel, to give her a chance and let her join the crew. The only woman on board, they call her Sparrow. Hidden behind a frail appearance is a will of steel, and her courage and determination ultimately win over their respect. Adopted into this world of often unfortunate individuals, Lili will conquer her right to live differently, free.
When she was five, Liza Volkova found her father, pistol in hands, standing next to her mother's dead body. That very day the father took the girl to the orphanage and left there. For 13 years the girl was planning her revenge, being bullied by peers. Having left the orphanage, Liza finds the shooting club, with the aim to hunt down and kill her father. However, she doesn't even suspect that she herself is someone else's target.
The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of Cossacks, fugitive serfs, and many spirited people. In these troubled times in the God-forsaken Belogorsk young officer Pyotr Grinyov meets his first love - Masha, the daughter of Captain Mironov. Recklessly passionate love with each other did not want to notice the signs of impending trouble. They did not know that soon they will be an ordeal. They could not imagine how bizarre way their fates intertwined with the fate of the self-proclaimed king, and what an incredible effort will be worth it to save their lives and feelings in the bloody chaos of Russian riot.
Vlad, a Russian businessman, who is going to participate in the elections for deputies, has got some problems with the articulation and he hires a speech therapist, Dasha - the poor girl of 25 years old who has moved to Moscow from a small town and now is searching for women's happiness in the capital of Russia. Dasha falls in love with Vlad almost at first sight finding him to be so polite, generous and educated and now she is making plans to win his heart, but the things are changed when Dasha finds out that Vlad is married for 15 years to a beautiful woman.
Young Alisa is fed up with her life in Moscow, and moves to St. Petersburg. Her roommates in the collective flat are two junkies, Vel and her boyfriend Valera the Dead Man. First they fight, but soon the two women form a friendship. Together they even go after the Petersburg underworld when Dead Man is abducted because he can't pay his debts.
A Moscow family is trying to hide from the chaos that's dragging the whole world into the black whirlpool of the apocalypse. But barricades in the corridor and hazmat suits won't help. Absurd and nightmares penetrate their haven through disturbing dreams full of lust, death and blood. Very soon they realize that strange mystical rituals with animals in the apartment won't save them. They haven't noticed how they crossed the line of normality. Thay have long been inside the deadliest spider on earth. The Devil, Stalin, Bill Gates, Madonna, the Russian Soldier and the Coffin Man are already on the threshold of their gloomy home.
Based on Aleksey Tolstoy's piece of the same name.
Weary of Moscow, a young photographer sets out for the Kola Peninsula in order to document the life of the local fishing communities whose inhabitants have lived in close proximity to the sea for centuries. The director portrays the wild beauty of this gradually disappearing world through a series of poetic images.
In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.
A beauty in the clutches of a monster. When there are only weaklings and scumbags around, there is nothing to hope for. But there must be a normal person somewhere! A savior who will help your dreams come true.
Today is Masha's birthday. She finally decides to meet her father, whom she has never seen. It is separated from him by only one door. She hears a childish voice for her and does not dare to call. She can't take the last step.
Albania in the 1960s, the city of Gjirokastra. Katya, a graduate of the Philology Department of Moscow State University, marries an Albanian, a young historian whom she met in Moscow. Soon after Katya enters into a dialogue with the dictator Enver Hoxha at an art exhibition, her husband is arrested on trumped-up charges.
Sometimes you are told that the thing you believe in and that which really is does not exist or has never existed. Unemployed Roma (25 years old) is preparing for his first world championship in playing an imaginary guitar in the city of Oulu (Finland). Will the close Roma support his path to success?