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The idealistic intentions with which the Kola peninsula has been explored since the beginning of the Russian revolution have left deep traces in the landscape and in the minds of people.

A few minutes from the life of a happy child. A few minutes of joy, discovery, knowledge of new things for themselves. A few minutes of children's tales. Fairy tales are crumbling. Will there be a feeling of happiness?

At the heart of happiness lies the desire for love. Each hero, a resident of the village of Nedelnoye, seeks a specific form of this feeling: romantic love, love for a neighbor, a mother, a homeland, or their village. Will they find happiness?

The film is about street children who live permanently at Moscow railway stations. Bums, as they are called in the militia. You don't have to study, you don't have to clean up after yourself, you don't have to report to anyone. They don't want to go to school, to an orphanage, or to their parents. They walk, beg, steal, and swear. With the money they collect, they buy tubes of glue, squeeze the glue out of them into plastic bags and sniff its contents for days. They hold such an "inflatable balloon" in their mouth, breathe into it, and poisoning their brains, they catch "glitches".

Their houses will soon go under water, and the officials do not care! How does Siberia turn into a new Atlantis? Quiet whirlpools of loud construction projects and extra people of a big country.

Wise men of different faiths called the same bird by different names, says Grigory Pomerants, a unique thinker of our era. This bird flew to him at the time of the death of his beloved woman.

A group of runners from the Anadyr running community are planning to run 20 kilometers one Sunday in June. In the end, I run 10 km to the 15th fishing area, where after a short break they run back to the city.

Since 2014, many churches have been damaged in Donbass, as well as in the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, some have been completely destroyed. But despite the damage and the danger of shelling, services are still being held in some churches today. The documentary by Ekaterina Arkalova tells the story of the restoration of damaged churches, the invincible spirit of Orthodoxy, and the power of human faith and the desire to revive life. The film is based on the stories of churches and people from Avdiivka, Severodonetsk, shelled areas of Donetsk, Svetlodarsk, the village of Kirovo, Belaya Gora, Nikolsky Monastery near Ugledar, as well as stories from soldiers, civilian priests and volunteers of the Maksym Krivonos detachment.

What is it like to be HIV-positive in Russia? The authors of the film spent several days with the HIV-infected characters Alexandra and Olesem and made a film about how they live. This is a kind of chronicle - the characters in the frame live their lives. Moments of sadness, moments of joy. They live as they know how and as they really live.

An intimate voyage, an ode to daily routine and an evocative litany to clarify our perception of unknown everyday lives of 30 Siberian people and their issues.

Siberia. The sparsely populated village of Krotov. The farmer Vasily Dmitrievich Abramov lives in the village completely alone, since in 2005 his sons were convicted of murder and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment ... The film, shot for 10 years, is the last work of the classic of the national documentary film Valery Solomin. It was completed by his sons Eugene and Viktor Solomin.

Although set in the southern Netherlands and Belgium, the story draws from murders that began in Moscow Oblast, Russia, in 2014. Fedorov, a young man of Russian descent orphaned and raised by his uncle, graduated from a technical university near The Hague but, afflicted by worsening somatic symptoms, failed to secure work. Returning to Russia under sanctions seemed impossible. He wandered the streets, smoking cannabis and throwing stones at drunks. Within this self-made prison he met Helena, a Flemish girl, on an online forum. She lured him into smuggling soap and chemicals to the black market in Liège. The next month he met Helena and two female accomplices at Liège-Guillemins Station. Yet at their suburban hideout—an abandoned factory—he was forced into his first murder and dismemberment. Only then did he realise he had entered their abyss of crime, irrevocably damned. Where will their fates turn in the next manipulative, large-scale ensemble sequence?

With songs like This World Is Sick and Sad Bitch, IC3PEAK had acquired a reputation for laying bare the malaise of many Russian millennials. By the time they reached Voronezh, the group already had been briefly detained in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk for unclear reasons and had seen a string of performances canceled. Now, a December 6, 2018 police investigation into alleged food poisoning at the Voronezh billiards club where IC3PEAK was scheduled to perform looked like it might lead to the same. In Let It All Burn, Russian filmmaker and TV journalist Andrey Loshak went behind the scenes to document the club and band’s struggle with local police and officials over the right to perform.

About volunteers and volunteers, as well as their examples of civic patriotism and military valor.

Six months ago, 46-year-old Julia divorced her husband and now lives alone in a three-room apartment. The children parted. In anticipation of a new love, every evening after work, she goes to sing karaoke. But the past is in no hurry to leave: the fate of jointly acquired property in the marriage remains unresolved. An ex-husband returns to the city.

The film is about the life of Russian paramedics in rural areas.

On May 13, 1905, the corpse of one of the richest people in Russia, the manufacturer and philanthropist Savva Morozov, was found. For more than a hundred years, the official version has dominated that the millionaire committed suicide. However, how did the relatives manage to bury the suicide at the Rogozhsky cemetery? It is clear that even such a respected family of Old Believers, to which the Morozovs belonged, would have been completely impossible to do this. So, maybe the elders of the Rogozh community knew something unknown to Russian historians? The authors of the picture question the official version, and conduct their own thorough detective investigation in France and Russia. And they conclude that the fatal love of Savva Morozov was to blame for everything.

Now Siberia is considered to be the heart of Russia. However, many centuries ago it was just another unexplored territory, full of mysteries and danger. Our documentary series explores the most interesting of them. The episode about the discovery of Siberia is ready-made. Another 3 episodes will tell the story of surviving in severe frost, explore the deepest Siberian caves and cover the story of gold-mining in Siberia.

Andrei Proskuryakov's documentary delves into a profound examination and contemplation of the events that transpired on January 31, 1945. On that day, the Nazis perpetrated a large-scale execution of approximately 3,000 prisoners from the Stutthof concentration camp on the shores of the Baltic Sea, near the village of Palmnicken in East Prussia. The film is meticulously structured around three pivotal individuals: Martin Bergau, a former Hitler Youth member who was connected to the tragedy; Gunther Nitsch, a German-American writer whose grandfather was involved in exhuming the victims» bodies; and Simcha Koplowicz, the son of Sheva Koplowicz, a survivor of the massacre. Through these characters, the documentary meticulously examines the historical silence that surrounded this tragedy and endeavors to reveal the unvarnished truth surrounding the event.

Documentary about the events of self-coup by president Boris Yeltsin in September and October of 1993 which led to military attack on parliament building and deaths of civilians in street fights. Fim is based on raw and uncut material shot by crew from St. Petersburg, who originally came to Moscow to cover concert by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.

The film tells about the "devil's layer cake" of the German occupation regime during World War II, about different attitudes towards the occupiers, which forever divided people into two irreconcilable camps.

A film about the history of the Orbelian family against the backdrop of the dramatic events of the 20th century.

Film about the neutrino observatory in the mountains of the Caucasus into Andyrtau mountain. This laboratory is unique in Russia, this observatory is one of the most profound, is located at a depth of 4000 m. The scientists collect information for about 40 years, catch a ghost particle neutrinos which is being emitted by the Sun and stars of galaxy.

The painting tells about the difficult process of rehearsals under the guidance of a conductor.

Leo is a lonely old man. His wife and only son died long ago. He lives a recluse in a quiet, decaying house on a plot of tall grass. But once the peace in the house of Leva is disturbed by the arrival of his old friend ...

Surreal docudrama about a woman from a city on the Russian-Chinese border, and her search for happiness.

Can you enjoy being at a cemetery? Maybe you can - if you are the director of the Jewish cemetery. The main character of the film has held his position for 13 years, and he never loses his optimism and approaches his job with creativity. In the film, the director complains about his life and introduces us to the ins and outs of the funeral business while he smokes and retells national jokes. Along the way, he solves small everyday matters and remembers to share wisdom and moving memories. Viktor Mikhailovich, a manager and a romantic, always knows what could be improved, and why you should never do it. And his dreams go beyond buying a new warm WC for the visitors’ convenience. So what else does he dream about, the man who sends human souls onto their last journeys every day?

The film intertwines two parallel realities. The first one is the rehearsal of the play “The Little Prince”, which is conducted by the actor Alexander Zhdanovich with actors - children from a psycho-neurological boarding school. The second is the different spheres of life in which heroes appear, revealing their inner world, their state of mind in the present moment. Loneliness, love, impossibility to love, a feeling of confusion, mercy, joy of children from the orphanage ...

In one of the most beautiful places in the Urals on the banks of the river Rezh stands the village of Mironovo. Every year graduates of the local school go to the city to study and earn money, with the hope that they will be able to settle there. But in recent years, the mood of the village youth has begun to change.

For 20 years, the United States has invested almost 90 billion dollars in the development of the Afghan army, but left as losers - just as the USSR left. The civil war continues, "democracy" has not taken root, a peaceful life is a distant prospect. The new inhabitants of the presidential palace promise not to commit genocide and assure that they are not the same as in the 90s. But nobody believes their words. Why has Afghanistan turned into a Taliban republic again and how will the lives of ordinary Afghans now change? Why should we be worried about what is happening in this distant country?

The film examines the blurred line between the event and its subsequent interpretations, turning personal memories into a site of uncertainty.

"Almost everyone in our village drinks," "everyone who lives here is drunk and alcoholic," "they steal all sorts of things, then they sell them, they drink everything." This is how the little residents of the Ivanovo region talk about their village. They talk casually, not seeing anything special in it. No one, neither children nor adults, is surprised that two boys, abandoned by an alcoholic mother, live nearby. The children run the farm themselves, keep goats, and repair the roof. Another thing is strange to the villagers — the boys do not drink or smoke. This is really rare in the Russian countryside.

The film tells about a man living with a diagnosis of "Paranoid schizophrenia with an episodic course." Despite everything, he does not give up to this day.

An ice performance based on the classic novel by Leo Tolstoy, full of love and jealousy, balls and seances, extravagant costumes and unexpected directorial decisions.

A24 movie about compote.

The man is dying. A person is born. Who is next to him at this moment? Almost always today it is a midwife and a nurse. The most feminine profession is often the toughest. Where to draw strength for this work, the essence of which is to be close to a person? How to save yourself and give yourself at the same time?

Nikita is 25 years old and has a rare genetic condition that makes his skin very fragile and untreatable. Such people are usually called "butterflies". Together with his girlfriend Leroy, they are looking for a way to stop the development of the disease and get acquainted with famous scientists Alla and Vadim Zorin, who agree to conduct an experimental treatment.

The Association of DJs of Flammable Beats — these are the people who made soul, funk and hip-hop familiar at Moscow parties: for 20 years, they systematically educated the public, offering an alternative to a straight barrel. "Box of Matches" tells about the times when broken rhythms were not yet mainstream, and immerses us in the current life of each of the characters, interrupted by musical pauses.

Six university professors of math and physics wanted to share the beauty of their research. They organize a competition with the hope of inspiring artists to create ground breaking pieces, based on modern science. A jury of six experts in art, fashion and architecture were invited to judge the results. One may think, that in contrast to mathematical beauty, artistic beauty can be appreciated without a complete understanding. Unexpectedly, mathematical rigor is replaced by artistic rigor; the overconfidence of scientists in the beauty of their research clashes with the modern artists world view.

Several independent observers capture silly and cute nonsense that is going on in homes of disabled voters and in polling stations during presidential election day on March 18, 2018 in Russia.

New technologies come into our lives sometimes in the most unexpected way. A group of developers of intelligent machines led by the hero of the film Sergey Markov creates robots for calling debtors on bank loans. One day they come up with the idea to teach a robot to speak in the voice of a famous artist who died several decades ago...

The filming of this movie – the story of Russia’s oldest homeless charity “Nochlezhka” – began in January 2022. At the beginning of February 2022, work was underway on the script, and then February 24th happened and all ideas and filming, like many other things, lost their meaning. Two years later, it seemed important to to return to that time, look at ourselves and the country back then, and realize how the ideas and meanings that seemed significant to us had completely changed 24 months later. Or simply ceased to exist.

Berlinale DAAD Short film winning documentary.

The film is dedicated to the founder of the world-famous circus "The Alibek Djiguit", Alibek Touzarovich Kantemirov who, 110 years ago, entered the circus track.

The story of one summer of several high school students from an average school of an average town in the heart of Russia. The heroes of the film are classmates of the very girls whose double suicide - a jump from the roof of a high-rise building - shocked the country a couple of years ago and provoked a wave of teenage suicides. Who are they? Which ones? Do you need someone other than yourself? What do we know about their loneliness? And what, in fact, lies behind the statistics of teenage suicides, according to which Russia ranks first in Europe. Six stories that happened in one summer: a house, a dacha, a camp and another amazing place that influenced the life of one of them. Who will be on the edge of that very roof, and who will decide never to climb it again? Why? Starting this movie, none of the crew knew how it would end. Part of the video footage was shot by the heroes of the film themselves.

Commuter passengers are going to their ‘dachas’, homes, or elsewhere, speculating about private matters, dreams, misfortunes, and joy that make up our life.

On September 6, 1991, Leningrad was officially renamed St. Petersburg. In the same year, the Soviet Union collapsed and the modern history of Russia began. This film is a thirty-year history of the city and country, filmed on video.

After a fall on a ski run in Sochi a young skier tries to conquer it once more at the Winter Olympics. However, this is not a simple challenge: fear turns out to be devastating for the athlete, and only the support of his mother helps him to regain belief in himself.

Experimental documentary attempting to create unity by separation with accidental images and music by Joana Sa.

In places remote from the capital, amateur art is the main center of beauty and culture. This is an attempt to understand what is "big" and "small" in relation to the soul and homeland.

A famous Russian documentarist Leonid Parfyonov with deep investigation into the life of Leonid Brezhnev.

The beginning of the domestic feature film is the story of the transformation of a naive fairground splint into a salon mystical melodrama. Having gone under the shadow of glass pavilions-greenhouses, early Russian cinema is trying to hide from the impending historical catastrophe. The revolutionary storms that have broken out drive some of the film visionaries first to the Crimea, and then to emigration. For those who remained, the struggle for survival in the new conditions begins with the development of the genre of agitfilm.

Documentary in the form of a musical tragi-musical on the people who live in the four corners of a very vast country. Valechka is a bearded man of gigantic size. He prepares an old tub to descend the Neva and considers his homeland is the Soviet Union. Ivan Ivanovich likes music, the army and Irina Pavlovna. Nika lives in Yalta and goes to school. She considers that her homeland is Russia and wants to serve at the Ministry of the Interior. Macha has chosen college rather than an actress career and she wants to help people. During the filming, the life of each of them has changed. What is their homeland now and in what role do they want to serve it?