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20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, young directors come to the borders of a previously united country. Their personal stories are dedicated to people overcoming erected boundaries to be together.

Many men in the world in order to support their families have to leave families. Our characters go J the North as shift w3ockers and produce gas. Dimity is ambitious engineer in the middle of his career. Alex is a plumber. He does not pump gas, he pinups feces, but he's old polar wolf. Andrew3, young guy, comes to the North for the first time. Each of our protagonists has his challenges and problems and family story lines. Each of them makes his mean's choice and pay for it. Their stories develop in front of our eyes.

As he did with his critically-acclaimed "Blockade," a documentary re-creation of the WWII siege of Leningrad, which received its NY theatrical premiere in March 2007, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa has once again scoured the Russian film archives for "Revue," selecting excerpts from newsreels, propaganda films, TV shows and feature films that present an evocative portrait of Soviet life during the 1950s and 1960s. With scenes taken from the length and breadth of the “Soviet Motherland,” "Revue" illustrates industry and agriculture, political life, popular culture, and technology. The film’s fascinating flow of disparate scenes representing typical Soviet life of the period is, seen from today’s perspective, alternately poignant, funny, and tragic

In November 2001, Chechen schoolchildren came to Moscow for a vacation. For them, this is the first peaceful city in their life. A war without a single frame of war.

Portrait of director Andrey Zvyagintsev against the background of the filming of his film "Loveless".

A large documentary film, the center of which will be a candid interview with the group's lead singer Gleb Viktorov - the first after treatment in a rehabilitation center.

A story about fathers with many children who leave a peaceful life and volunteer for their homeland. A surgeon, a builder, a videographer and an entrepreneur become defenders of the motherland and mentors for their children.

Yuriy Norshteyn, Russia’s most renowned animator, has crafted many brilliant works, including his award-winning Tale of Tales and Hedgehog in the Fog. He is revered by animation creators across the globe, most notably Japanese masters Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Forty years ago, Norshteyn began work on an ambitious adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s The Overcoat, but after completing 25 minutes of the film, the project stalled and has been shelved for many years. A crew visits Norshteyn’s studio and finds there mountains of sketches, character studies and a shooting table covered with dust. Norshteyn himself talks about its current status and the anguish and passion that has gone into its creation.

"If the end is the salvation of the soul, then the end justifies the means." Following the will of his spiritual father, in Soviet times he swore allegiance to the atheists, in the 90s he welcomed money changers in the church, and in the 2000s he turned the church into an ideological department serving the authorities, and all in order to achieve the main goal - the creation of a Russian Vatican, powerful and independent of Caesar's corporation. Like Vladimir Putin, he came as a Westerner and a modernist, and will leave as a guardian and reactionary. A film about the life and ministry of the sixteenth Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill.

“Drawing on archival footage, fragments of interviews, and scenes from his films, this newly constructed portrait of Sergey Paradjanov was composed by the highly accomplished Armenian director Don Askarian (Komitas, Avetik). According to the director's synopsis: "The year is 1989. The place is the film festival in Rotterdam. Farewell at the Hilton Hotel. And Paradjanov says, ‘Help me make Confession’. I answer, ‘As a child of two fathers, the film will be born a bastard’."

Russia's most skilled streetball players unleash a whole arsenal of unique tricks, incredible dunks, and defenders-destroying dribbling moves. Spotlighting the burgeoning streetball culture of the largest country in the World, documents first streetball challenges and tournaments including performances from the biggest names in hip-hop industry.

Documentary following a group of naturists at a castle.

In the 1980s a middle class German boy falls in love with a travelling circus woman named Carmen, only to have his heart broken when she disappears. Trying to mend his broken heart, Hanspeter set up an amateur circus school in the backyard of his home, which became a refuge for the struggling kids. Nearly 40 years later journalist Yulia Vishnevetskaya crosses Germany in search of this fleeting woman who unknowingly created a powerful impact of a lasting legacy. A road movie with a flair of comedy and drama, this film is a tender reflection on the circus of life, love and the dying trade.

Anything can happen on Russian roads and is precisely shot by the dashboard camera. Super-objective video registration grows into the strong image of Russian national character – with its permanent awaiting for the miracle and habitual approach to real dramas. A forest on fire as a symbol of Russian hell, a military tank at a car wash and car chase in the vicinity of Kremlin shot with a dashboard cam at the same time when Boris Nemtsov, the leader of political opposition, was shot dead near Kremlin. Dashboard cam depicts life in it’s purity as an unbiased observer.

Mikhail Tal. From a Far is a documentary exploring the unpredictable and tragic life of the genius world chess champion Mikhail Tal, Riga's native son. Mikhail Tal becomes the youngest world chess champion at 23. The same year, he was diagnosed with incurable kidney disease and given only one year to live. Through sheer will and reckless abandon he managed to live another 40 years, filling them with a string of remarkable chess successes, unexplainable failures, amorous conquests and a life-threatening game of cat and mouse with the KGB.

Young Nika, a daughter in a Yamal nomadic family, is about to start school for the first time. She’ll soon be taken to a boarding school, separating her from her family and homeland for an extended period. In preparation, a nomadic teacher guides her through the transition.

The film tells the story of the Russian Paralympic Blind Football team which is preparing for the most important event in their lives - the European Championship. The team has only one goal - to win the gold medal at any cost!

A documentary about cosmonaut Pavel Popovich.

Cardio surgeon Sergey Sukhanov, who has performed more than 20000 operations on the open heart during his career, has always believed that the only values in this world are human life and health. He managed to convince the authorities that the Perm region needed its own cardiological industry and by mid-20000s a huge modern Cardiac Center was to have been built. The government allocated substantial funds for the construction of the Center, but its completion deadline was constantly postponed. Tired of fighting with regional officials, Professor Sukhanov sent on to work in the 200-year-old mansion, housing the old clinic. In late 2011, Sukhanov got an unexpected offer from the Kremlin to head Vladimir Putin's election headquarters.

Definitively proving that all the "B" Science Fiction of the 1950s and 1960s do not hold a candle to the 'real thing,' Pavel Medvedev's surreal 45 minute documentary Ascension is certainly one to look for. Composed entirely out of archival footage, much of it from the Soviet science and space archives, delicately scored and building to an undeniable mood of surreal (perhaps even ominous) energy, it charts (and re-purposed) the progress of man into to the unknown area of space exploration with a flair for creating art out film that was shot by scientists and engineers as a mundane record.

In the yard of the XXI century. But even today, people continue to face the bureaucratic system at various levels. From birth to death, he devotes his precious time to walking through the authorities and communicating with representatives of different levels of government. In St. Petersburg, in the Reception of citizens, an official conducts a reception on housing issues. For many who are desperate to achieve a solution to their problem, he is the last hope. All questions are difficult, there are a lot of dissatisfied people, but we need to find a common language with everyone and help solve the problem.

The film is dedicated to the history of the execution of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.

Andrey Konchalovsky's project "the Burden of power" is about unpopular decisions of heads of state and political figures in power. The heroes of the cycle "Burden of power" can not be called fighters for liberal ideas, but they paradoxically had a huge impact on the fate and development of their countries. The film about Heydar Aliyev is part of Andrey Konchalovsky's cycle "the Burden of power" about the great politicians of the twentieth century. This cycle began with a film about Yuri Andropov. It was Andropov who promoted Heydar Aliyev as a politician, because he saw him as a close associate in the upcoming reform of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, the story followed a different scenario: the USSR collapsed, and Heydar Aliyev was thrown out of politics. But he managed to return to it as a winner, overcome the turmoil, become the President of Azerbaijan, and give his people confident guidelines for moving into the future.

Mila got diagnosed with tongue cancer. Instead of operation and chemotherapy she decides to try an unconventional treatment in the Amazon jungle of Peru and to make a film about her healing process.

When I first came to you - it was scary. You too, probably. And I still do not know what is happening. And never know. But. I really wanted to meet someone. I saw that you had some kind of hunger. Life is always engaged in its business - continues itself. We are gas stations. You are a gas station. And I am a gas station. And I found you. And you found me. And I refueled, and you refueled. And bang! Energy has arisen in us.

Ilya Kabakov is considered one of the most important contemporary artists worldwide. Born and raised in the Ukraine in the period between Stalin and Gorbatschow he left the country in the 80s. In his Installations and his numerous paintings Kabakov creates a world of its own, which leaves the heaviness of socialist and post-socialist life far behind. The film links Ilya Kabakovs artistic spaces with insights into Russian everyday life, which itself sometimes appears like an installation by the artist.

Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present. While often described as ringing, it may also sound like a clicking, hiss or roaring. The film is supposed to be the first one dedicated to music as an instrument for death exploration.

Pavel Pepperstein is one of the iconic artists of his generation and an active participant in the international art scene. The film "Pepperstein, surreal show" explores the origins and turning points in the life and work of the creator of the direction of "psychedelic realism". Pepperstein talks about his childhood in the circle of Moscow conceptualists, friends of his father Viktor Pivovarov and the raves of the 90s, and his whimsical graphics come to life thanks to animation, complementing the kaleidoscope of the artist's life.

Ilya is 13 years old. This is his first time on the tour as part of the Orthodox center team. The weather turned bad, the tourists hid in tents, and Ilya went in search of adventures and cigarettes.

Two days before the inauguration of Vladimir Putin, a protest action "Down with the tsar" took place in Moscow. The organizer of the rally, Alexei Navalny, was detained, the demonstrators were attacked by Cossacks, they were beaten by the police.

For thirty years, he lived as a villager, fisherman, and hunter. He considered male friendship the most precious thing in his life, and among his friends were Andrei Tarkovsky, Vasily Shukshin, and Vladimir Vysotsky. Artur Sergeevich Makarov was murdered in the fall of 1995 under mysterious circumstances in his Moscow apartment.

The film tells the story of ancient Ingush lullabies - Ingush women and men tell the lullabies of their families and the stories associated with them: love, friendship, blood feud.

After the war began, memorial plaques bearing the names of victims of repression started being torn down far more often than before. The Last Address project didn’t have the resources to keep up with the vandalism. A group of activists stepped in: they began making temporary cardboard plaques and set out to track down those responsible.

«I often have dreams. Careless dreams. When the sun was shining. It was calm and quiet. And a peaceful sky overhead.» An experimental musical film on the theme of love. Memories of the past excite the imagination and make you evaluate what is happening in the present in a new way.

The Solo documentary reveals six unique stories of individuals who use the art of dancing as their own tool in fighting back difficulties, dealing with pain, incomprehension, and obstacles standing in their way to happiness through creative self-expression. Six young performers who belong to completely different styles - classical ballet, contemporary dance, krump, vogue, experimental hip-hop, pole dance - represent the new generation of Russian artists, free from preconceptions, clichés, and ready to be part of the dance revolution. The documentary format of the project looks at real people in an intimate setting and the behind-the-scenes routine of professional dancers.

Father Alexander, a priest from Demidov in the Smolensk region, has a surprising secular passion: he never misses a ballet premiere at the Bolshoi or the Mariinsky. Although the Church doesn’t forbid such interests, his dual life raises the question of how an Orthodox spiritual life intersects with contemporary art.

From 2017–2019, hundreds of Russian-speaking citizens living adjacent to and inside Russia sent anonymous recordings of what they really think about the country, what it was, is, and will be. The composer Eugene Birman, working with librettist Scott Diel set their words verbatim to music.

The history of the Aniva biological station, when it was just being assembled from people, ideas, tents, drawings, and other things.

A story of the Siberian province. Girls passed directly on from orphanage to neuropsychiatric institutions are deprived of their rights as citizens: no freedom, no work, and no family. The path to reconquer these rights, in the face of fearsome Russian institutional bureaucracy, is long and difficult. At times, someone succeeds, but the new freedom is then a leap into the unknown.

Hybrid documentary about the Russian-Ossetian rap duo "MiyaGi & Эндшпиль".

The "Good News" is a film dedicated to one of the main holidays of Orthodox Christians: the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos. The main idea of this holiday is the beginning of the liberation of the human race from sins and eternal death, the joyful news about the upcoming birth of Jesus Christ. The film shows how people living in the remote Russian village are preparing for the Annunciation, marking the turning point of winter and the beginning of field work. Everyday details of the parish community life help to feel Russian Orthodox customs that have been formed for centuries.

A dialogue film with Russian entrepreneurs during the spread of the coronavirus. This is the personal experience of those who had to take great responsibility for themselves, their families, employees and clients during this difficult time. The leaders and representatives of VKontakte, Citymobil, hh.ru, Delivery Club, British American Tobacco, Pyaterochka, Dodo Pizza, Gett and many others shared their stories.

This is the most comprehensive guide to surviving the height of the COVID-19 epidemic. How not to get infected. What are the symptoms of coronavirus? What to do and where to call if you suspect that you are infected. Whether the virus is dangerous for children. How the coronavirus tricks the body of old people. What will happen to the epidemic in a month. All the latest news about the fashion industry in Russia.

The subject of this documentary short is Andrei Dolinin, a 56-year-old man with autism.

«BravoStory» is the first feature-length documentary about the Russian band «Bravo», created for its 35th anniversary. In the film directed by Andrey Airapetov, known for the documentary film «Critic» about Artemy Troitsky, there are exclusive interviews with the band members, rare footage, stories, colleagues and fans.

On February 6, 2023, an earthquake on the border of Turkey and Syria claims more than 55,000 lives. On this day, I am in an oncology center, 6 days since having my tumor removed, and in the afternoon my partner ends our relationships. Blending memory and theory, this autofiction documentary unfolds the relationships between love(s) and catastrophes.

The Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev believes that Vladimir Putin is "a product of dark forces," so he went on foot to Moscow to "expel" him. The shaman began his journey alone, but soon his followers began to join him. In Chita, he gathered a large rally. Buryatia was the next region on the path of Gabyshev: mass protests began in Ulan-Ude because of the detention of his supporters. Gabyshev was going to go to Moscow for two years - so as not to rush to communicate along the way with the people. The shaman and his followers moved along the roads, overcame an average of 20 kilometers per day, stayed for the night in tents, sometimes in roadside hotels. Local residents and people passing by went to talk to him, take pictures, help with groceries and money.

The main character overcomes the loss of his spouse trying to maintain the usual way of life. Is it possible?

Train from Moscow to Vladivostok and back to cope with the task. Freshmen of the Moscow Art Theater School are looking for travel companions to be played upon returning in a new performance. And you feel us - say fellow travelers. Harmonists, ZEKs, whalers, sappers, directors of vegetable bases ... Feel! Drink tea and moonshine with us, listen to our truth and bullshit. All the same, there is no edge. There is only an opportunity to find something important. Over these 14 days. For this road.

Henrikh Ivanitsky, the creator of the gas-transport blood substitute, better known as "blue blood", experienced one of the most dramatic stories in Russian science of the XX century. The film is the first part of the "Testament" cycle.

The characters in this film all lived in the same building: the Knights' House, at 35 Arbat Street in Moscow. Built at the beginning of the century for a few privileged families, this sumptuous residence will become after the revolution a collective apartment building. Like millions of Russians, those who lived together in this building were marked by the trials and tragedies of history. Marina Goldovskaya went in search of the former inhabitants, now dispersed. They speak to us with modesty and emotion about their memories, their secret garden and... their neighbors at 35 Arbat Street.

The director, who has always been viewed as the black sheep in her family, sets out to the Belarusian town of Vitebsk to talk with her parents about previous grievances and topics that were considered taboo. The effort to find a common language, which runs into stormy emotions and the inability to voice honest opinions, is captured through both personal moments and detailed shots of the protagonists’ faces.

Russian writer Andrey Bitov and Georgian artist Rezo Gabriadze talk about Pushkin. The picture is made in the synthetic genre of animadoc — at the junction of documentary films and artistic animation.

Film about the work of Ukrainian film director Kira Muratova.

"Star genius", "new Gogol", "winged unearthly creature" and at the same time - "hysterical, clamorous", "vain poseur", "underincarnated phantom"... This is how contemporaries characterized one of the most striking figures of the Silver Age - the poet Andrei Bely. This film, consisting of eight parts, represents fragments of Andrei Bely's biography scattered over time. The main women in the poet's life were Asya Turgeneva, Lyubov Mendeleeva, Nina Petrovskaya, Claudia Vasilyeva - the film is also about them.