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My wife, kids and I travelled 6417 kilometers from Moscow to Vladivostok to meet our relatives, living there. 6417 kilometers is a straight-line distance. But paths are never straight…

A documentary study that comprehends the largest theater project of 2017 - "Rodina" performance by Andrey Stadnikov at Meyerhold Center. How Joseph Stalin and the legacy of totalitarianism resonate in each of us.

In the Absheron region of the Krasnodar Territory, among the majestic Caucasus Mountains and impenetrable forests, small villages were lost. They are connected to the rest of the world only by a thin thread of a narrow gauge railway winding through the gorges - and this is the only way from there and the only way there. A small old trolley - a motor-car, nicknamed by the locals "Matrix", delivers food, fuel and other benefits of civilization every day. People who, for one reason or another, prefer loneliness and unity with nature to noisy city life, make their journey on it.

Julia is seven years.old. She was born in prison and had a different mother at three different periods of time. All of these women attempt to mother her now. They want what’s best for the child, but their actions threaten the future of the girl. The director Natalia Kadyrova met the film’s protagonist when she was shooting her previous film. It dealt with an experiment – the children lived together with their sentenced parents in jail.

The young history teacher organizes the revolutionary communist movement which is fighting to preserve the monument to Dzerzhinsky. However, public mistrust, mockery, and alcohol block his path to the goal.

A documentary about the life of a children’s resuscitator. For ten years he has been with children between life and death. Once his world collapsed, and he was left alone with the empty ceiling of a rented apartment. Then he covered his whole body with tattoos. Then he was in the center of two tragedies, to which the attention of the whole world was drawn.

Working as a chiropractor in a provincial town, Boris daily receives a wide variety of visitors, from small to large. Individuals are replaced in a never-ending flow, merging into an endless fabulous whirlpool against the background of a birch grove on the wall of the massage room, and there are already miracles and the devil wandering.

A young man goes to India in search of spiritual freedom. Walking along the narrow streets of the city Varanasi, he communicates with local enlightened, looks at funeral bonfires, floats on boat on the Ganges and waiting for him to from his future wife.

In the provincial theater there is a rehearsal of the staging of “Decameron” by Boccaccio. The actress can not cope with the role. The director is going to a risky experiment, which inflicts a deep psychological trauma on the actress, but, in the end, achieves the desired result.

Masha wants to get a champion's cup in a bikini fitness competition. For many years she has been going to her goal and regularly trains under the guidance of her husband Sergei, who knows exactly what his wife should look like. For the sake of victory, the heroine resorts to extremes: she lies under the knife of a plastic surgeon to enlarge her breasts. New forms should lead Masha to victory, if everything goes as planned ...

Vera and Ilya Chizhiki lived together for 59 years. They live together in an apartment in the center of Moscow. The film tells the story of the last days of Vera and Ilia's life together.

A documentary film about the service and exploits of the soldiers of the 126th Guards Brigade

The film tells about the Nazino tragedy — the events of 1933 in the north of Tomsk Oblast, during which about 6,000 people were exiled to an uninhabited island, most of whom died within a few days. The incident was the result of an inhumane policy of "cleansing large cities of so-called declassed elements", people were deported without any charges. There have been many documented cases of cannibalism among prisoners and abuse of power among executive branch representatives.

The film is dedicated to the journey of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and Louis Andreas Salome to Russia in 1900,

The brilliant film director and writer Alexander Dovzhenko believed that it was possible to create an outstanding work of art only in an environment of beauty. Until now, the gardens planted by Dovzhenko are blooming at the Kyiv Film Studio and Mosfilm. In the film by Ekaterina Tyutina, the story is based on the diaries of the director and the unpublished memoirs of his wife and muse Yulia Solntseva.

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.

Alaska's rich history and fusion of diverse cultures contribute to its unparalleled uniqueness. Lauren Liman's weekends unfold far beyond routine TV viewing or book reading. Instead, he retreats to a dacha by the seashore, finding solace with his family and eight grandchildren. This weekend, Lauren plans to fish with nets, following a tradition dating back 110 years and passed down from his father and grandfather.

The era of "agitpropfilm" is coming in the domestic cinema. The private life of an individual is declared a fiction. He is either expelled or dissolves into the orderly ranks of the working masses. Modern reality is presented on the screen as a field of incessant class battles. And only the arrival of sound in the early 30s gradually returns Soviet cinema to simple human values.

In 1984, Andrei Tarkovsky, under the influence of circumstances, was forced to stay in the West. In his homeland, the director's paintings were banned, but he said: Russian Russian artist, I believe, without any doubt, and I will always remain Russian." The authors of the film talk about the circumstances surrounding this decision, exploring the human drama of Tarkovsky, the director.

The director's childhood was always full of secrets and omissions. His parents separated and after the divorce they preferred not to see or speak to each other. "To the Lighthouse" is a big dream of a little child that simply had to come true.

A collective image of one day of life in the "red zone" of a covid hospital, where doctors and patients are fighting COVID-19.

Viktor Valerevich Mumikhotkak also known as „Mukha“, Yupik Eskimo from the hamlet New Chaplino (Chukotka, Russia), died tragically in 2012. Somebody stabbed him in his abdomen and cut off his fingers. In 2014, when young Alla Ukuma gave birth to her first son, her mother told her: „Last night I saw Mukha in my dream. He had come back in your boy. Let us name your baby Viktor.“ According to the local people, the dead can return to the realm of the living up to five times. This film essay on life, death and possible return poses the universal question: how do you confront your own end?

In "normal" life, the heroine of the film works as a saleswoman in a fur coat store. But every Wednesday night, she changes her profession - and gives yoga and meditation classes to local sex workers. Without judging, without accusing, she tries to help them understand and overcome their fears, to feel like worthy women again.

Artemy Ulyanov works as a nurse in the morgue. And writes books. Which are published by the largest publishers.

The film is about the combat path and the fate of front-line cameramen of the Great Patriotic War. There were 258 of them: almost every one was wounded, every second was seriously injured, and every fifth died on the front line during filming. They did not just have to face the horrors of war, they were able to find the strength to learn how to work in this new cruel reality. They were able, at the cost of their own lives, to capture on film and pass on to the future generation the heroic feat of the entire Soviet people.

The best teams in the world gathered in Dubai for the final CS2 LAN tournament of the year - they came to meet with old rivals, declare themselves or remain in the status of a leader. The champions of the majors FalleN and Snax, as well as nafany, KaiR0N- and chopper talk about why they love the game, how they cope with defeats and what makes them go to a new round from time to time. Until recently, the esports industry was a community of enthusiasts, but today it is full of betting money and serious contracts. In Egor Ivanov's film, shot for BetBoom, both the young champions and the tournament organizers who caught this meteoric rise got into the shots; and everyone's eyes are equally burning from the opportunities that open up before them right now.

Is there a life without a bottle? The director of the film decides to put an experiment on himself: completely give up alcohol for a year and show the audience what the first 365 days of sober life look like.

Alexey Gruk is the only Russian and the rarest master in the world who restores ancient steam locomotives. His unique cars are the constant heroes of films: "The Siberian Barber", "State Councilor", "Edge", "Corridor of Immortality" and many others.

What happened to the children of famous Nazi criminals? What does it mean to be "captured by one's own names"? And what is it like to live, knowing that on the hands of your fathers and grandfathers the blood of thousands, and in some cases millions of innocent lives? It took many months to find the heroes of this film. People who had been in hiding for years did not dare to speak for a long time. Many suffer to this day, trying to get out of the shadows of the past. From the shadow of their fathers.

Valka cannot keep his balance. He needs crutches to stand and walk, and a bicycle to run. For him, the world is full of perils and mishaps. How can one face life at nine years old, when a wrong step or the slightest push sends you tumbling? To steady himself, Valka has invented a mantra: “I’m a real samurai!” Armed with it, he takes his first independent and courageous steps toward the world.

Documentary short film about weirdest legends from Northern Russia villages and forests. Journey to ethnics and folklore of Komi people. Feel the energy of sacred Parma forest. We made expedition to 8 distant villages and collected this stories by local people.

A film about Sergei Alexandrovich.

The story of 36-year-old Albert, an experienced tire changer, who once sang in a dusty hangar on camera and suddenly became famous in Tik Tok. The film reveals the issue of illusory happiness by the example of the character’s fate. False and genuine values ​​is the main theme and motivation for the plot development and the plot includes an unhappy family and a dubious career, a son missing his father, and a father who is busy with his own affairs and has no time for the family.

A portrait of a generation that grew up in the era of the Internet and social networks. “Selfie Generation” are people who do not part with their smartphones and count likes on Instagram every day. Selfies for them are not only a way of life, but also a whole philosophy. The 12 characters in the film reflect on the present and the future. Among them are the famous Internet influencers and bloggers-millionaire "Instagram", representatives of art and show business, as well as promising students and lyceum students.

Once upon a time In Vladivostok, Russia there lived an old woman. She lived all her life with her old man. They lived like two dogs. Biting each other all time. He told her: “Do not smoke, Olya!” She said to him: “Fuck U”. So they lived happily they had children and grandchildren too. They celebrated the New Year together, until one day the old woman died. And the fairy tale here is not the end. That’s where all the fun begins. How to live further?

A film about curses sent by ancestors and the Komi-Permyak people, for whom these are still very real, perhaps even more so than material things.

The Underwater Pixelguide is an unparalleled documentary manual on underwater photography and video.

A study of the photographic memory of many generations of Soviet people, drawn from personal archives, speaks through a poetic dialogue between a mother and son who never saw each other.

Soviet film reels were found in an abandoned cinema and decided to be projected onto a white screen like a slide film.

In the summer of 2024, the educational travel project for bartenders Simple Spirits Academy gathered brand ambassadors of Simple on a grand tour of Russian bars. 11 cities, iconic establishments, exchange of experience, lectures, and, of course, the drinks themselves, which were approached as a separate art form.

The story of a grandson and grandmother's relationship, in which they help each other overcome loneliness and enjoy their warm days together.

The film explores man's desire for spiritual elevation and unity with the divine against the backdrop of the influence of modernity and digitalization on the traditional monastic way of life.

A closer look into the private life of the famous Kazakh singer, former soloist of the first female vocal instrumental ensemble in the USSR "Aigul". The name of the heroine is Karlygash, translated into Russian as “swallow”. The fate of this woman is accompanied by constant luck and success, and is comparable to the swift flight and serene singing of a small bird in the sky. But this is only at first glance. A deep drama, where personal pain is connected with the difficult history of her family and the Kazakh people, often drives the actions of this bright and exceptionally gifted woman. And at one of the critical moments of her life she will have to remain silent... After a long, harsh winter, will we hear the Swallow singing again?

The short documentary film “Lenin Square. Elista” is dedicated to the history of the main square of the capital of Kalmykia. Over the past 50 years, the square has undergone several significant transformations, each one symbolizing a new turn in history.

In 2021, for the fourth year in a row, the Omsk region became the first in Russia in terms of population decline, and the song of the Volgograd rock band “Your friend will also go to St. Petersburg” is the anthem of half of those who left. The heroes of "Omsk Bird" do not listen to modern rock and do not read Palahniuk at night, but they also have a desire to leave Omsk. Should they try or does this family have their own way?

A documentary study of the relationship between an adult daughter and her mother with dementia, in which the author seeks answers to eternal questions about the inevitability of old age and loneliness along the way.

The film is about the screenwriter Yuri Arabov and his first experience as a director: the filming of the film "Gjirokastra" in Albania, which tells about state terror and Soviet-Albanian friendship. For the first time, Arabov performs in an unfamiliar role, as if he himself is playing the role (of the director), building relationships with the actors and the film crew, while giving himself grades. According to Arabov himself, the shooting of the picture turned out to be an unexpected way for him, launching implicit cause-and-effect relationships in his fate.

Once upon a time, photographer Yevgeny Burak was a photojournalist, published in large, "central" publications. And although most of his works were not published, he was a photo chronicler of the Smolensk region. Now all this is in the past, in the one that remained in the USSR. Now he is just a photographer. A photographer who decided to go back in time, to take a trip around his native region in search of the heroes of his old photographs of thirty or forty years ago. How are they now?

The film tells about the fate of one of the brightest political adventurers in the history of Russia, the priest Gapon. Paid agent of the Security Department and at the same time the real leader of the working people, Georgy Gapon turned out to be a provocateur of History. It was "Bloody Sunday" that became the turning point, which was inevitably followed by the collapse of the Romanov dynasty and the revolution. On the basis of previously unused documents, the inseparable connection between the fate of one person and the fate of Russia is recreated.

The hero of the film Dimon Saprykin, having heard that Las Vegas will soon be built in Altai, buys a slot machine and decides to be the first to drive through the Altai villages and villages in order to accustom the locals to the game and be the first to earn money on them.

All foreign encyclopedias speak of him as an outstanding American physicist. A memorial plaque adorns the wall of the prestigious George Washington University in the US capital; astronauts have named a large crater on the Moon after him. But the physicist George Gammow was the Russian Georgy Antonovich Gamow. Before perestroika, his name was banned in Russia. Only in 1990, Gamow was posthumously returned the title of Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which he received in 1928, becoming the youngest chosen one in the history of Russian science.

An elderly couple retires and they are alone with each other in their large and very quiet Moscow apartment. Talking out loud about approaching old age, about loneliness and love is too awkward. They have been together for so long that they understand each other without words. But sometimes this silence becomes unbearable.

A human story about a man stuck between worlds. Boring observations of the everyday life of an old woman.

Two family at the table decide should love, whom and how.

Four artistic worlds, four composers; can they find harmony in music and in life?