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Russian life in 1917 was not limited to civil confrontations, shootouts, demonstrations and rallies. Many people lived, or at least tried to live peacefully and constructively. The great Fyodor Shalyapin sang and staged opera performances in Moscow and Petrograd; director Vsevolod Meyerhold played the Lermontov Masquerade on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater, and Anna Akhmatova and Sergey Eisenstein applauded him. The future writer Konstantin Paustovsky eagerly absorbed impressions about the life of summer and autumn Moscow. And in the Moscow region estate Lopasnya-Zachatievskoe a happy accident led to the discovery of the longest manuscript by A.S. Pushkin, who was considered lost. The film is built on cinema and photo chronicles of a century ago.

The Crimea in the films is a miniature copy of the planet, a “vibrant heart” of the Earth. This place conceals the power of the four elements, there you’ll find everything: mountains, the sea, forests, the tropics, the savannah, sand deserts, swamps, a dormant volcano, salt lakes, cosmic landscapes which look alien on our planet. Space photography emphasizes the cosmic scale of narration. New technologies permit us to see unique natural phenomena which are inaccessible to the human eye.

The story of figure skater Tatiana Navka's life and athletic achievements: from her first steps on the ice to her Olympic gold medal, from difficult decisions and challenges to the triumphs that changed her life.

This is a documentary about the similarities of old people and children and, for different reasons, how they see the world in the same way and believe in miracles. Each of these "children" needs love and attention.

Denis Lisov was able to defend the right to raise his own children and went to Sweden to pick them up from a foster family and return to his native Khabarovsk.

The film is about the life of a "cheerful milkman", a Native American living and working in Siberia.

The documentary is an investigation into why disputes and passions around the personality of Alexander Kolchak are still boiling, as a generalization – questions of historical truth, rewriting history, new views from a new time.

Historical and biographical narration about A. And Solzhenitsyn in 3 films: The first film is "The Embedded Goal"; the second film is "The Mathematician"; the third film is "Autumn of the Patriarch". The film is set for the 80th anniversary of the writer. At the request of the Solzhenitsyn Foundation and the wife of the writer Natalia Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyna, the film is prohibited from demonstration.

A poetic documentary about life in a war-torn Chechen village, with the cemetery as its symbolic focal point. The village lives and breathes in unison. The Chechen gravediggers are always busy. Death is an everyday visitor. It does not even matter that yet another war has ended. The people live stuck in a circle of vengeance. They also gather into circles to chant prayers to God. Only the cows are grazing calmly next to the cemetery and the children are happily going about their business. The Chechens' parting words to one another are, "May you come back free!"

Margot is an unusual girl. Despite being 21 years old, she thinks and perceives the world as a child. People call this phenomenon "disease" or "disability", but is it really so? And what if she from the few is really happy person? What if we have something to learn from her? Perhaps we should wake the children sleeping inside us?

Pavel Lukyanenko lives in the town of Noyabrsk in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. For many years he has been recording the voices of migratory birds in the Yamal tundra. Waders, a mosquito net, sound recording equipment — and now his hunt begins. He shares his "loot" online, including on music streaming. These recordings add to the base of scientific knowledge about birds and their migration routes, helping ecologists to study and protect nature, and also enable people anywhere in the world to hear the voice of Pavel's native land.

The film is based on the real love story of a girl named Vera. Vera is 20 years old and has Down syndrome. She lives with her grandmother and works as a waitress at the Carlson cafe, where people with disabilities work. There she meets her future boyfriend, Sergei Dementyev. There is great serious love between Vera and Dementyev and even physical intimacy, but no one around them takes their relationship seriously.

Cinematographers of the silent film period were the first to figure out how to shoot a moving image. In the early years of cinema, the reputation of such people, both inside the industry and outside it, was curious, paradoxical. On the one hand, as masters of the mysterious mechanisms of cinema, they enjoyed a reputation as wizards. But more often they were perceived as adventurers. However, the first generation of Russian cameramen made many artistic discoveries.

Lyrical sketch about Odessa. Its heroes are the original city itself and its ordinary inhabitants.

“Oh, it’s heavy, The stony grip of his right hand!” Alexander Pushkin “The Little Tragedies” * The key figure of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 in Russia was Lenin. After his death in 1924 Lenin’s image was immortalized in countless numbers of monuments in the Soviet Union and in the Soviet bloc’s countries. In her film, the artist refers to depicted in stone image of the Revolution leader based on archival materials and found footage. There is neither living nor dead Lenin in the film; only “the stone guest” become ingrained in Soviet people lives after his death.

A small radio can disrupt family life and lead to the disappearance of folk culture.

Possibly the strangest prison movie ever. It's not about the Gulag, it's not about human rights, it's not even about crime. It’s more than that. This is a philosophical film about the mystery of a man. About the inseparable connection between the sinners and the righteous: the murderer, the former prosecutor Vyacheslav Sharaevsky, and his intercessor, the rector of the church of Cosmas and Damian in Moscow, father Alexandr Borisov.

A documentary about whether there is a happy old age in Russia. The hero of the film is old in body, but not old in spirit. He grows old so as not to lose the joy of life and clarity of vision. Is this an oddity or an example for others? The film talks about the key issues of life and death. The film will allow us to come closer to accepting the immutable fact that one day everyone will have to ask themselves "Do I have a life after retirement?"

Documentary by Dmitry Davydov

A short documentary about the life and career of cinematographer Georgy Rerberg.

How do tech companies run our lives? Is artificial intelligence an assistant or a rival? Would you like to have a chip implanted in you? Why is now the best time to make a career? And also - how much does our life today depend on ourselves and what can we expect tomorrow?

"How thin is the human skin? What does it hide behind? The leather bag of apocalypse." Bile is an introspective essay on the notion of the human body as a political metaphor. Layer-by-layer the film digs down in order to reach answers to the proposed questions: what is body, what is illness and finally what is death. A journey through the history of medical imaging and a reflection on the recent death of the director's mother in the decorations of post-Soviet Russia. Getting under the skin of the viewer, the film attempts to comprehend the complex subject of corporeality. The title Bile refers to the physical and mental conditions of the human being. In fact, black bile comes from the old Greek for melancholy: melas cholè.

Vasily, a militia member of the Donetsk People's Republic, goes to his family and comes under fire. Will he make it home?

There are different ways of casting away stones and gathering stones together. The artist Felix Buch puts up his sculptures of stones in Moscow streets. Their outlines suggest human figures tensely walking somewhere and at the same time waiting for some revelation. To him this is the essence of Exodus. Once a biblical legend, the image of the Hebrew people who escaped Egyptian captivity for an uncertain future has long become a universal metaphor. The writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya believes that the Exodus theme is very important in Russia today because “the seventy years of Soviet rule were a stunning exodus from one country that had gone out of control (the Russian Empire) on to a new country that failed (the Soviet Union)”. That “exodus” remained incomplete. Felix Buch is an artist, not a philosopher. Arranging stone figures in Moscow streets becomes a sort of happening, and this film gives viewers an opportunity to take part in this artistic improvisation.

Antarctica. The Russian polar station Bellingshausen. For a whole year, in complete isolation from the Big Land, fifteen people live here. They hibernate. Wintering is two or three shielded houses on stilts, only snow and ice around. Cold, wind, dark. Space and a long, slow winter ...

Once upon a time, in the early 2000s, Moscow City was not considered the most promising project. Now it is one of the city's landmarks, a powerful business center that continues to grow. In 2024, another letter M was added to it - two Moscow Towers. The long-term construction was carried out by the famous German architectural bureau Werner Sobek, for whom it is important that everything in the project is technologically advanced and justified.

Trying to find out what has made Che a traveler-vagabond first and then a revolutionary, together with the author you will go to Latin America for an incredible journey that is an exact match with the route of a student from Buenos Aires, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna to create a realistic image of the person who has already turned into a myth.

The film is about the life and philosophy of the hero of the film Kamenskikh Igor Kuzmich, who lives in the village of Pavlovsk, Perm region, founded by the Stroganovs. In the appearance of Kuzmich, the image of Diogenes is recognized. A ramshackle leaning hut with broken windows, a never-heated stove, an old cousin on the next bed. And here, in the house, there is a goat and two horses, which in fact are both a symbol of Kuzmich's life and his stove. The transmigration of souls and the new coming of Christ to Earth, unity with Nature and God - this is his Faith. "When all borders between countries and people are erased," he says at the end of the film, "then the kingdom of God will come."

In October of 2015 Marlen Khutsiev turned 90. The master had no intention of retiring, he was working on his new movie. The crew were lucky to be allowed on the set of this film about the relationship of two Titans of Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov. The shooting process, recorded over the period of almost a year, constitutes the main part of this documentary entitled Khutsiev. Action Starts!. It also includes Khutsiev's reflections on the nature of creative work and his dramatic creative biography.

Welcome to the only country in Europe you probably never heard of! Transnistria is a thin strip of land between the Moldovan river Dniestr and the Ukranian border. After claiming independence in 1990, and breaking free from Moldova in 1992, the country is not recognized by the UN, but has its own parliament, government, military, police and currency. In Transnistria, the old Sovietic virtues are still nurtured in full scale. It´s still USSR-time! «Good morning Transnistria» is a portrait of the country through the life of Oxana and Victor. Oxana is a naïve and optimistic teacher, Victor is a tombstone dealer and regime opponent. Through their lives, we discover what everyday life is like in this akward place, right in the nucleus between Europe and Asia.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son. Eternal return home ... Whether parents live or not, we will return to them sooner or later.

How important it is to be able to see the beautiful in life, even if fate has brought into a remote village of Bamov ... A school librarian teaches children to dream, because that is what distinguishes a person from an animal. For the present, children chuckle at her quirks, but, perhaps, when they grow up, they will remember her lessons. Dreams and romance of Henrik opposes the immersion of society in bestiality. It seems that there is no other moral decay to stop ...

A special period - this is what Cuba calls the stage when there is no place to wait for help and you have to survive on your own. What happened to the aged barbudos, who survived the collapse of the USSR, the collapse of Venezuela and the death of the" eternal " Fidel? What inspires the new generation of Cuban revolutionaries to fight? What Cubans sing and dream about on the small Island of freedom in the ocean of capitalism.

The heroine of the film is ill with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Masha can no longer move and speak, only her fingers move a little and make it possible to control a computer mouse. Masha lives in a poor apartment with a small daughter. Alice is a successful musician living in two countries - Russia and America. She comes to Masha as a music therapist. But sometimes she does not really understand how to behave, she is afraid of this meeting ... Women from different worlds – and the contact might not have happened, but something is happening between the heroines very important, which makes them both not so afraid to look into the future…

Nashi "Ours", is a youth movement with ties to the Kremlin, The Federation of Russia grants unprecedented access to international journalists, who travel to the remote youth camp

New Russian experimental film, which combines fiction and documentary scenes in one continuous narration. The shooting of the film took place in Buryatia - a South-Eastern part of Russia that is considered the center of Buddhism in Russia. In the fictional story a Moscow actress comes to faraway Buryatia to find the man she once loved. She is terminally ill and Buryatia gives her a second chance, she does not believe in miracles, but miracle happens. The real actress Julia Aug, like her character, is also in Buryatia for the first time. The documentary, filmed during the shooting of the film, shows the real Julia's feelings and experiences while she discovers the unique atmosphere, nature and culture of Buryatia.

Putin had been preparing his country for the big war long before it started. Since 2012, a series of repressive laws were passed, labelling everyone who publicly disagreed with the official narrative as „foreign agent“. In these circumstances, a group of independent Russian media and activists are trying to resist and continue their work. Right after the invasion their work becomes virtually impossible. Shot during one decisive year, before and after the invasion, the new film by fearless filmmaker Askold Kurov (The Trial - The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov) portrays the last defenders of democracy in Russia and gives a glimpse of hope for another future.

Papa Srapa is the main shaman of the Russian avant-garde sound. Noise musician known for his insane, mind-blowing noise performances. An artist and inventor who creates completely unpredictable synthesizers, each of which is a unique object of art. Surprisingly, it is the USSR that is the birthplace of industrial music. Back in the 1920s, Dziga Vertov recorded musical compositions from the sounds of a sawmill, and Arseny Avraamov created a symphony entirely consisting of the sounds of the city: factory whistles, whistling steam and the sounds of aircraft. With this film, we want to introduce to the world a modern representative of a century-old underground tradition who has dedicated his life to noise, performance and synthesis.

He's been called a 'wonderful troublemaker', 'comet man' and 'the last hippy of the pink city'. Robert Sahakyants was a renowned Soviet and Armenian animator. He was a director, writer and artist who created animated films. Robert Sahakyants used his work to express his particular view of the world around him. His animated films feature constant movement, whirls of colour and myriad wonderful characters inspired by Armenia. Robert Sahakyants was a true patriot to his motherland. The love for his people drove Robert Sahakyants to openly criticise everything and everyone he disagreed with. He boldly spoke his mind about anything he found troubling, from political events to ugly sculptures in nearby houses. The film features recollections from Robert Sahakyants's friends and family.

"Buranovskiye Babushki", a group created in the mid-1980s, became famous for rehashing famous rock hits in their native Udmurt language, in a singing style inherited from their ancestors. None of the experts can give a clear definition in what style and genre they sing. One thing is known for sure, that this ethnic project is of interest not only in Russia, but throughout the world.

A documentary on the Russian Koreans. The lives of 8 individuals of Korean descent all of whom share the name Victor Tsoy, which is also the name of the biggest Russian rock star of the 1980s, are explored.

"School Number One" is a docudrama based on the terrorist attack that took place 15 years ago on September first, in a school in the small Northern Osetian town of Beslan. The three-day siege and it's horrible aftermath. Who is responsible for the incredibly high death toll among the hostages? What provoked the bloody operation to free the hostages 52 hours into the siege? Who answers for the interrupted negotiations, and how are former hostages and their families coping today? What political ramifications did this act of terror leave in its wake. Who benefited from it the most, and how did it affect the every day lives of Russia as we know it today?

Tanya works as a taxi driver 101 kilometers from Moscow. Tanya, although the fifth for the dispatchers of her taxi fleet, but by nature - is always the first. Kraet workers who badly washed her car, she brings up her children and sells vodka in large batches, at night, after working in a taxi.

On December 23, 2020, the smelting shop in the village of Nickel carried out the last melting and was stopped forever. The workshop began to be built back in the 30s, when this territory belonged to Finland, and the village was then called Kolosjoki. At the end of World War II, when the territory was ceded to the Soviet Union, the destroyed plant was restored, and the village was named Nickel. It is located west of Murmansk, a few kilometers from the border with Norway. In the 80s, the plant emitted about 400 thousand tons of sulfur dioxide into the air per year, and in 1990 an environmental campaign was even launched in Norway “Stop the Soviet clouds of death”" The Norilsk Nickel company, which was transferred to the Nickel mining and metallurgical plant in the 90s, initially agreed with Norway on the modernization of enterprises on the Kola Peninsula, but then abandoned the program.

A documentary about the sculptor Dasha Namdakov and the creation of the main sculpture of his life - "Father Baikal". Dasha's sculptures are famous all over the world, they are bought by Britain, New Zealand, France, Finland, Tai-Kavan, China, Spain, Italy, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. His work is acquired by patrons from all over the world, and exhibitions are held in the best museums in the world.

Three regulars at a village store seek love and understanding in conversations with a dog.

A film about Russian athletes at the Athens Olympics.

How to get rid of loneliness, bring back the unfaithful husband and make a man fall in love with you – women line up to Rezo with problems like these. This Georgian in Moscow who can solve problems in any family…except his own.

Lyudmila Vaulina is a pediatrician. I have worked in the village all my life. This is the first time she has encountered such a child.

About the life of fishermen on the banks of the great river.

In 1970 the director Lyudmila Stanukinas made the documentary film Moving Day, which that same year won one of the biggest prizes at the Krakow Film Festival. The film was a montage of footage shot in the course of a single day, which was a revelation for the documentary cinema of the time. In February 1999, Stanukinas (every one called her Lyalya) left her apartment in Jerusalem following the death of her husband and constant co-author, the director Pavel Kogan. The filmmaker Felix Yacubson, who at the time was living nearby, captured this moment for his video archive. When Lyalya herself passed away in July 2020, he edited the 25 minutes of footage to create a 10-minute film.

The film tells the story of a veteran of military operations in Chechnya. The main character of the film is a two-time recipient of the Order of Courage. A retired colonel. Friends habitually call him "Combat", although he has not commanded anyone for a long time. He has three wars, seven wounds and two concussions behind him. The usual statistics of a simple officer's fate.

A specific picture shot about the rap artist Chipinkos, who in this film his autobiography with various shots and ideas. He immerses you in his rap world, the picture differs from the standard cinema with its unusual shots and eerie black and white style. Voiceover throughout history about the difficulties of his life, about the world and people he met on the way...

Alexander Viktorovich lives near the village of Mokhovoye, on the shore of a pond. This is a fishery site where he breeds fish for sale. Every day fishermen come to him to relax and fish. Alexander Viktorovich is an elderly, sick person, and constant hard physical work is not easy for him.

The film is about people who are already recognized in the world musical culture, about those contemporaries who are called "our new composers" in musical circles. Vladimir Martynov, Sergey Zagniy, Anton Batagov and Pavel Karmanov, despite their creative difference and difference in attitude, communicate closely and, one might say, are friends. These are four completely different people, who, nevertheless, are called “composers of the same blood” by critics.

My grandmother is 96 years old. She dreamed of becoming a ballerina, and became an engineer. I made this film because I wanted to understand who she really is, but instead I understood a little about myself.