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One day in the life of Kukushka village in Kochyovsky District of Perm Krai. This day marks the ritual holiday of Strocha, the Komi-Permyak Trinity. The rituals and traditions that the Komi-Permyaks follow on this day – from gathering special food for deceased relatives and visiting the cemetery to round dances, kissing games, and rituals with birch twigs – immerse you in the authentic culture of this small village in the northern part of the region.

The protagonist of the film decided to create his own "City of the Sun", based on the ideological platform of the philosopher Tomaso Campanella, in which former alcoholics and parasites would live in equality, justice and Christian brotherhood.

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.

The documentary film "Cinematic Language of the Era: Marlen Khutsiev" is timed to coincide with the upcoming centenary of the master. In our film, talking about the life, work and dreams of Marlen Khutsiev, we focus the viewer's attention on the master's unique film language. And through cinematic language we reveal the director's personality.

Two generations of cinematographers — fathers and children — in search of a new common language: in life, on the screen, on the set...

Gosha is a thirty–year-old child. He is an artist and his paintings are amazing.

Three thousand Spanish children were taken in by the Soviet Union in the late 1930s. Then it was thought to be a temporary measure that would allow the children to wait out the horrors of the Civil War that raged in Spain. Fate had other plans...

A film about young hockey players who, under the guidance of coach Alexander Savchenko, won gold medals at the World Bandy Championship among youth under 18 in Sweden.

About an amazing lake in the north of the Nizhny Novgorod region. They say that in the waters of Svetloyar, the legendary city of Kitezh disappeared from human eyes. Thus he preserved his pristine purity... This legend has been around for many centuries, but it still attracts people. They are looking for something on Svetloyar that has been lost over the years — the original simplicity and righteousness. The documentary is a fairy tale.

Kamancha could die in the Chechen war, could die from wounds or drugs. But he survived and saw the light. He says about himself, "I was a creature, but I want to become God's creation."

Forty-year-old Olya is a doctor with an ambulance crew. For a long time her life has been lacking in drama. But then comes the pandemic. It brings new anxiety, new risks, new worries about her sick colleagues, and it also brings… love.

Who can say about Nabokov — "mine"? Of course, relatives, admirers, researchers — those who love, remember, study. And who is he to others? Is it a famous American writer, the author of the scandalous Lolita, or a Russian refugee — a victim of revolutionary redistribution, an exile who fought for survival and creative realization, whose life circumstances and overcoming were lined up in the patterns of an exceptional writer's fate? How to get to know Nabokov better and get closer to him?

Do you believe in ghosts? An incantation becomes a refrain in this two-channel projection of sequences from an old film, recaptured on a Lomo lens. It’s all in her* hands shaping his form, her* labour questioning his authority.

The 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine was a massive civil demonstration for democracy and against electoral fraud. Millions of empassioned citizens braved freezing weather conditions to fight against stolen elections and to protest the poisoning of their candidate, Victor Yushchenko. From Kyiv to Donetsk, from Odessa, to Lviv, the filmmaker personally engaged with Ukrainians on all sides of the debate to compile "The Orange Chronicles", a personal account of three months spent.

The hero of the film is a tenth-grader who is fond of tattoos, a typical representative of a certain stratum of modern youth, a representative of the younger generation of the millennium. Not a street boy, but quite homely, he is not going to give up his comfort, but he is not keen on anything more than he has.

Cheerful old women with sad eyes tell about a difficult life - about children, illnesses, grooms and favorite songs. The film, built on extremely large plans, draws portraits of four songwriters from a remote Komi-Perm village.

The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, which opened the way through the Resurrection Gate to Red Square, has long been revered by Orthodox and even non-Orthodox Muscovites. In 1929-1931, the wooden chapel where the miraculous icon was venerated was destroyed by the godless authorities, the icon was confiscated, and the Resurrection Gate was demolished. In 1994-1995, the chapel and gate were restored, and a new list of the Iveron icon was made on Mount Athos.

15 years ago, our colleague, journalist Anna Politkovskaya, was killed. Today, for the first time, we are telling the whole story of the investigation that we have been conducting all these years.

What happens in an environment where a 12-year-old boy decides whether to go home to sleep or not.

"Good Boys.." takes us on a candid tour of Russian youth culture...their dreams, their reality and the many surprising misconceptions of life in Tomsk, the cultural Athens of Siberia, in the 21st century, where a veritable renaissance is taking place.

The film is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the ruling bishop of the Lipetsk diocese - Metropolitan Nikon "Vasin", as well as the 20th anniversary of his episcopal consecration. The hero of the film, overcoming difficulties in the path of pastoral service, gathers around him a faithful flock, serving as an example of love for all.

From idea to implementation, from the first rehearsals to a large-scale musical, from sketches to costumes, from sketches to the most complex interactive scenery: the film about the film "Alice in Wonderland" tells the story of the creation of a musical adventure. The creators and performers of the main roles will guide the audience through the universe of the new "Alice in Wonderland" to immerse them in a fabulous world that was created by a huge team with love for every detail.

The film shows the formation of the diamond industry in the USSR and Russia using the example of human destinies. It took willpower and sometimes superhuman courage for diamond miners to go from discovering the first diamond deposits in the wild endless taiga to becoming one of the world leaders in half a century. The film is dedicated to wonderful people who are capable of such a feat.

The film narrates about the Pomors of the past and present. Over ten years of expeditions, the Solovetsky Maritime Museum and the Northern Seafaring Association have sent the yacht St. Peter to dozens of coastal villages and fishing grounds of the Pomor communities. Using as narrator an old Pomor man, the film reflects on past memories and present realia onboard the naval expedition. This is a journey into the past and present of the Pomors, designed to tell more about the indigenous communities along the White Sea coast and the philosophy of the contemporary Russians living off the sea.

On the very shore of the sea there once lived an old man and his wife, and the old man had three sons. The eldest son loved the sea, but it punished him for his insolence. The middle son used to talk to the sea, but it stopped answering him. The younger son was swallowed up by the sea, which took him with it. After many long years of wandering, the three brothers reunite on their native island of Sakhalin to restore the connections they lost and finally say farewell to their sea.

Montage film by Vyacheslav Ivanov.

This is a heart-opening story. It's about how another sunny daughter, the ninth baby with Down syndrome, is about to appear in Ekaterina's large and close-knit family. And it will be very difficult, but the decision has already been made. Next is the way home, the way to the heart.

The film, based on archival travel notes by the foreman of the Soviet reindeer husbandry and the video diary of a modern reindeer herder, tells about cultural traditions and innovations among the Kamchatka Evens, a small ethnic group of the Russian Far East.

The perception of moral values by modern Russian youth on the example of the meanings, plots and themes of two main "Moscow" paintings by the classic of Russian cinema Marlene Khutsiev "Zastava Ilyicha" ("I am 20 years old") and "July Rain". There are three chapters in the film: "Love and Character", "Generations and Epoch" and "Delusions and Hopes". The peers of the heroes of these films talk about the importance for them and the current relevance of the problems and issues raised by Khutsiev.

An experimental documentary film that delves into the intricate facets of the issue of human dignity humiliation in Russia. The directors provide audiences with an unconventional perspective on situations where individuals are compelled to issue on-camera apologies for their words or actions. Through this experimental narrative approach, viewers will witness how it has become commonplace in modern Russia to extract apologies on camera. Some instances will evoke genuine sympathy as people grapple with public scrutiny. Simultaneously, other scenes will unveil the darker side of this trend, where apologies devolve into mere puppetry, extracted under the threat of personal and professional repercussions. The film incorporates a range of videos capturing moments of sincere apologies driven by a genuine acknowledgment of one's mistakes.

In the summer of 2007, a group of four volcanologists landed in Medvezhya Bay on Iturup Island in the Great Kuril Ridge. The purpose of the expedition is to study the Kudryavy volcano, the hottest on the planet. Volcanologists will have to live on the island for 2 months. And this part of their life will pass away from stuffy cities, from demanding civilization, from endless fuss. It is believed that 7515 years have passed since the creation of the world, but it seems that nothing has changed on Iturup since then.

She is only 9 years old, and she already knows a lot about life.

Is it possible to transfer the smells that surround us into the future? Music that you listened to? Stories that were laughed at?

Bath Saturday. All actions are polished to automatism to choose a broom, apply water, chop wood, heat a small bathhouse. There were many hundreds of such days in the life of our heroes, because they lived together for 75 years.. .Konstantin and Maria are Heroes of our country, who had to pay for the mistakes of the state with the lives of their children.

In this experimental film, satellite photos are intertwined with photos and videos on a familiar scale. The result is complex patterns that complement each other, regardless of whether they were shot at a distance of one meter or 35 thousand kilometers. These patterns bloom naturally or thanks to a person, they can argue and compete in beauty, freeze or change every second, be objective or dissolve in imaginary abstraction.

A short funny film about Alexey Palkin, a charming employee of one of the best theater scenes in Moscow, a former driver and security guard who was "brought up by his mother and the street" and who found not only work in the theater, but also friends, inspiration and even his first acting roles.

Experimental audiovisual portrait of the village of Teriberka in the Murmansk region.

The film "Freedom" is a pure motivation to create and live without boundaries that suppress the will. This is a movie about everyone, a movie reflecting the love of life and all living things on the planet. The heroes of the film are young people who have gone beyond the limits and boundaries of social attitudes. They live their lives without losing their individuality, creating unique projects and benefiting the world. Free young people who inspire with experience, creativity and travel will prove by their example that you do not need to be afraid to realize yourself in what you are interested in. Nature is a symbol of freedom and a source of true human strength.

Jacob Janzen was arrested in 1938 and his family never saw him since. 80 years later his great-granddaughter Maria Lotsmanova comes to the Federal Security Service (FSB) archive to find out his fate.

The grandson finds the burial of his grandfather, who went to the front in 1941 and died in a fascist prisoner-of-war camp.

Ludmila is in a difficult place of her life right now. She lost her husband a year ago. Ending up alone she is stuck between past and present where memories are louder than reality.

The pathos of universal unity against the backdrop of the overthrown imperial monuments triumphs on the Russian screen with the arrival of the cinema youth. But the closer we get to the "year of the great turning point", the more palpable this pathos is replaced by the pathos of the class struggle. New monuments appear in place of the dropped ones. And the "little man", not having had time to grow up, finds himself again at the foot of new pedestals. Monumental forms in cinema crowd the living human content of films.

In Soviet Russia the Altaic shepherding family Urmatov were heroes. Father Kara was showered with honours for regularly exceeding expectations. For his son Boris and his daughter Marina, though, those days are just a memory. Unemployment is now rife in the entire region and worries are drowned with vodka. Marina sets up a small private bakery, baking day and night to ensure the family survives. When debris from a Proton M rocket crash-lands on the mountain pasture, narrowly missing the cabin, Boris and Marina demand a large sum of compensation money from the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Their claims remain unanswered and instead of the much-hoped-for improvement in their lives, the family is beset by more disaster.

Seven different stories of world travel. Seven different approaches to travel and life. Nine people who share a passion for exploring the world and finding yourself. Have you already thought about how cool it would be to travel around the world? Heroes will answer the main questions of anyone who has ever thought about the biggest journey in his life.

Yuri Vyacheslavovich Arkhangelsky, a pensioner born in 1938, whose whole life is somehow connected with volleyball. He trains the Sphere team, the same veterans. He treats his wards with tenderness, like children, affectionately calling them boys. Yuri Vyacheslavovich leads them, which is not so easy, because each of them has hundreds of sports competitions behind their backs. This time they are participating in a veteran sports tournament, in which they have not risen above third place before. Will Yuri Vyacheslavovich be able to turn the tide?

The story of Alena Lozovskaya, founder of the footwear and clothing brand Razumno.

A place of power for informals: chronicles of youth parties in Kitay-gorod.

The film chronicles life in a settlement of Kotlyar Roma in Savvatyevo, on the outskirts of Tver—depicting the daily labor of the women, the semi-forgotten crafts of the men, and the celebrations and everyday routines of a large "camp."

Wonders of nature is not necessarily something far and unknown, they may be very close. In Khakassia, there are the lowest located glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere, in the scientific world they are called 'Small forms glaciers', and this is an important part of the ecosystem of the entire region. A group of researchers and enthusiasts go on a journey to find out: are these snow-ice formations really glaciers? What plants and animals live in this area? And what threatens this unique corner of the nature of Khakassia?

The film is dedicated to the memory of Valery Borisovich Agafonov (1941-1984), an outstanding performer of Russian romances.

This is a real story with real people. This is a story about a small nation that was repressed and sent out from Kabardino-Balkaria territory on March 8 of 1944.

Living legends of sailing and surfing cannot imagine themselves without the sea, and they explore the ocean and the limits of their own capabilities through sailing, surfing, and painting.

A trip by SVO soldiers to the village of Uelkal to lay flowers and pay tribute to the WWII pilots who ferried planes along the Alaska-Siberia route.

The film is an immersion into the multifaceted and complex world of biology through selected research by modern Russian scientists.

About modern Sami people who are trying to find a balance between civilization and returning to their roots.

A film about those convicted of terror and extremism — people who betrayed their families, friends, and homeland. the stories are told by the inmates themselves. do they think they're traitors? what made them turn against their own? what kind of childhoods did they have? what did they see in their cities? what did they dream about? shot inside prisons and correctional facilities across russia.

Kamil travels to Kamchatka to work as an assistant to the keeper of the Petropavlovsk lighthouse — a remote outpost where the light has been shining for decades. He spends three days learning the craft and rhythm of life from Evgeny, the keeper who’s been on duty for 21 years. A quiet story about work, solitude, and the people who keep the light burning at the end of the world.

Artist Zhenya Baldina leaves the city for the village of Chupino to start a new life, build a house on a mountain and search for her true self, turning old objects that belonged to her ancestors into sculptures and paintings that resemble messages from the past. Zhenya accepts the challenge of showing her works in the largest exhibition hall of the regional capital. In a year, she will have to not only prepare an exhibition, but also return to herself.