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There is no idle glorification and unnecessary chanting in this film. This is a clean, open, clear and truthful picture of the LDPR. The film reflects all the strength, power and energy of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. The film was shot all over the country — from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The film was created by the famous journalist Alexander Gordon. "20 years is already a biography," LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky said at the presentation. — The film is a memory of those 20 years that our party passed. During this time, hundreds of thousands of LDPR members and millions of supporters have joined our ranks." The film "20 years facing Russia" was created on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the LDPR.

The water flows on the surface of the Earth and in the underworld, this substance connects both sides of the river as margins of life. The narration is holding out the silhouette from the sketch of an artist to the symbolism of the ancient world reading small gestures. This film accommodates artist’s works by giving them a role of an oracle.

In the stands of stadiums during football matches the serious passions are boiling - so the fans support their teams. It is about them and the film - about what is happening around football, about football fans of one of the leading teams - CSKA. About the special, so-called "Russian style" of our "Tiffozy" tells the hero of the film, a fan with a long record and a nickname Yauza.

Lolita is a bearer of two cultures, her mother is Russian, and her father is Azerbaijani. This is a subtle and piercing story about how a ten-year-old girl first travels to Azerbaijan to get acquainted with her father's parents. She wants to learn as much as possible about the traditions, culture and customs of her Azerbaijani relatives. Her first acquaintance with Azerbaijan is the subject of this documentary.

This is a film made by Andriy Zagdansky about his father, the screenwriter Yevgeni Zagdansky, who was the editor-in-chief of the Kyivnaukfilm studio for almost 20 years. The story is interspersed with fragments of popular science films and letters from Yevgeni Zagdansky to his son in New York in the 1990s, creating a portrait of both the person himself and the whole era. My Father Evgeni is a film not just about the inevitable generational conflict and the pain of a father’s separation from his son, but also about the events of the 20th century, about people who read banned books, and about the Kyiv that shaped the Zagdanskys.

The authors of the project tried to understand the transformations that the image of the ship underwent in the human mind: a pirate ship of threat was replaced by a romantic ship of love, and a heroic warship turned into a deadly ghost ship. The "lecture" by art historian Arkady Ippolitov is accompanied by fragments from one hundred and thirty films. The original footage of the film was shot by cameraman and documentary film director Pavel Kostomarov. The composer of the painting is Leonid Desyatnikov. The film opens a series of documentaries of the studio "Workshop Session".

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: International Youth Day and demonstrations / All-Russian Olympiad / Streetcar collision / Construction of automobiles in a Petrograd factory.

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

The film can be called Andrei Tarkovsky's prayer to the Creator. The picture tells about the spiritual, religious essence of the creative ministry of the master, each film of which is a confession before the Lord and people. The basis of the film is the confessional diaries of Andrei Tarkovsky and Nikolai Burlyaev, who played the main roles in the films Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev.

This documentary investigates the financial fraud of persons close to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika.

A film about a unique woman, Zoya Borisovna Boguslavskaya - a writer, playwright, public figure and the wife of the Soviet poet Andrei Voznesensky, who celebrates her 100th birthday this year.

The main characters of the film are a husband and wife, doctors of a rural hospital on the shores of Lake Onega. Observation of their life and the life of their fellow villagers causes a variety of thoughts about what is happening to the Russian intelligentsia in post-perestroika times, about the indifference of the authorities to “ordinary” people and the problem of preserving the spiritual and historical heritage, about how not to lose a sense of the meaning of life.

What binds a person to a certain place on Earth? What lets him say, “I'm from here, and this is my land?” What’s setting the boundaries of our existence? The film immerses us in the daily life of a village near Moscow, where local old-timers live side by side with immigrants from Tajikistan. How do the fences arise, then are destroyed and arise once again between cultures and people?

Furry is a subculture that unites people interested in anthropomorphic animals in the visual arts, animation, literature, and cinema. Participants strive to embody their chosen animal in creative or literal ways.

This film was conceived as a continuation of the work of Igor Grigoriev "Holidays of the Revolution", filmed in 1972. The image of the future is the most important theme of the holidays a hundred years ago. Today, in the coming “future,” we are more likely to celebrate the events of the past or the present. Each other is followed by Lenin's birthday, a rock festival, a bow day, New Year, private celebrations. All these days merge into one - “red day”.

A young soldier returns from the front line with a serious wound. How will he build his new life?

The long flights of spacecraft have been in the past, as well as the chronicle of accomplishments. Snatches of memory bring to us the fragments of those memories that are confused and do not leave a coherent and consistent trace. All in the past. But was it really ?!

A film about the work and life of the Nobel Prize in Literature Alexander Solzhenitsyn and some people from his closest circle. The film is dedicated to the centenary of the writer.

He was the most popular guy in town: a troublemaker, a jokester, with connections in the criminal world. She was an excellent student, the beloved daughter of the police chief. A tumultuous romance followed. Then he tried heroin. She spent the first year fighting, the second year praying, and then she simply vanished. Ten years later, they suddenly reconnect.

Anatoly Grebnev is one of the iconic screenwriters of our cinema. In 2023 he would have turned one hundred years old. He died before reaching eighty. His screenwriting works include “July Rain” by Marlen Khutsiev and “St. Petersburg Secrets,” one of the first Russian television series; “Success” with Leonid Filatov, “Prokhindiada, or Running in Place” with Alexander Kalyagin, “Diary of a School Principal” with Oleg Borisov. He worked with Yuliy Raizman and Anatoly Efros, and left our time with a living and relevant “Diary of the Last Screenwriter.” The peculiarity of Grebnev’s fate is that he came to cinema only in the middle of his life - as an adult, mature person. His childhood, youth and youth were full of hopes and failures, love and loss. The film will tell not only about Grebnev’s film biography, but also about that first life that he left for the sake of cinema.

This is the story of the poet Osip Mandelstam, recreated at the intersection of the arts and genres: puppet theater, design, computer graphics, documentary. The rebellious spirit of Mandelstam's poetry sounded a challenge to the authorities, and their author was destroyed by a state machine - he died in a transit camp. Much of what he wrote could not have been preserved had it not been for her husband Nadezhda, who taught his works by heart, copied manually-in anticipation of times when they could be published.

This is a story about an amazing person who devotes his life to his students. Vladimir Fenchenko lit the hearts of hundreds of young filmmakers with love for cinema.

The film is based on a dialogue between young and older generations about life, profession, fame, love, the mission of art, the destiny of man, heroism and the ideals of our time. Conversations of outstanding figures of Russian culture with actors who have recently started their professional path and have already clearly declared themselves in art.

In 2008, the Russian national football team led by Dutchman Guus Hiddink sensationally won bronze medals at the European Championship. In the quarterfinals, Russia defeated the main favorites of the tournament - the Netherlands, giving a sleepless night of happiness to the whole country. In the documentary Andrei Arshavin, Sergei Semak, Sergei Ignashevich, Konstantin Zyryanov, Dmitry Sychev and many others recall Euro 2008 and talk about how Guus Hiddink changed Russian football.

This is a large-scale canvass depicting life in the Solovetsky monastery. What does the spiritual life of man signify? what is religious tradition and how does it relate to the modern world? how does faith influence human life? the solovetsky islands are a milestone in the spiritual geography of russia. they are marked by spiritual, historical, cultural events which have a profound bearing on the national memory. located on the outskirts of russia, the archipelago was destined to become one of the powerful symbols of the russian spirit. the movie looks at the deeper meaning of existence, faith, hope and love.

This movie is about a day in life of the settlement for people with mental problems. Located in a peaceful countryside, it conveys an image of a pure, happy place, where people live and work together, in complete harmony. But there is a growing unexplainable feeling of anxiety and hopelessness.

Maybe you've seen or heard these phrases on Instagram, in a coffee shop, at an event, from friends, maybe you even use the app and already provide your grandparents with food baskets every month. Just six months ago, no one knew about "Help" and how easy it really is to help. But thanks to a group of people who have decided that they will talk about helping others in the language of technology and modern media, we are increasingly seeing a circle held by two brackets in different cities of the country. This film contains a brief history of "Help" for those who do not know anything about it, an introduction to the team that is mad in its bravery, as well as the cycle of events that is happening with "Help" now. A trip to Sasha Gudkov's hometown, a trip and a performance of the team at the Avaz festival in Kazan, where they work in a car, on a boat, walking around the city, coming to concerts and talk a lot about "Help".

What is culture? Does the culture of its roots in ancient traditions? What role do geographical features of a country play in the history of its culture?

The «Eye of God» is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum. It shows how progressive and pro-West Russians can be, when it comes to comprehending the essence of beauty. Ivan Tsvetayev, a village priest's son, the founder of the museum, wanted the new generation of "Ivans" to understand that we are Europe, while Antiquity is our mutual cradle.

The action in the film takes place in the Far East, on an uninhabited island called Rikord in the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan. The lead character, called Fatei after his father, and his family have their own marine farm where they harvest delicacies from the sea. In amazing images of the underwater world and land-scapes of the Primorsky (Maritime) Territory of the Russian Far East, the film Fatei and the Sea tells the story of a little man whose life is inseparable from the big world around him.

After 20 years of living in Berlin, the director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian village, where she is confronted with traditional views of relationships, life and love. The man is the master in the home; the woman’s task is to beget children and take care of the household (and everything else, too). Siberian Love provides unrivaled insights into the (love) life of a Siberian village and seeks the truth around the universal value of traditional relationships.

The Caspian Sea washes the shores of five countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenia, Iran and Azerbaijan. So the history of this largest lake in the world has always been intertwined with the history of the people living on its shores. These days, there is a ferry crossing the sea, which is the main setting for Denis Shabanov's documentary Caspian Hub. It is on this ferry that we meet our protagonists, learn their stories and dreams. The camera follows what is going on in their personal lives, their search for happiness against a backdrop of the primordial elements, combining narrative film and documentary elements to show the internal polyphony of individual human stories, with the powerful forces of nature as the backdrop. After all, it is this primordial power that contrasts so aptly with the transience of human life.

"Tanks is a household name for most Russian—speaking people. This is no longer just a game, but a special way of life and view of the world, which after August 12, 2010 was divided into before and after. Andrey Loshak's documentary explores why World of Tanks has become not just a popular "shooting game", but a real cult for millions."

Refugees from the Caucasian republics, Armenians, Azerbaijanis and Russians, meet on the shore of the Black Sea: they work as shop keepers, life guards, karaoke singers, or just enjoy their holidays. It all happens at a place called Broadway, which is no-where to be found on a map, not even the most detailed ones. The temporary inhabitants of Broadway construct a whole world en miniature, consisting of small carts, tents or booths parked in close, haphazard rows. The scenery, which is put up for a few weeks during the summer, bubbles with life – and in no way corresponds with ordinary daily life in Russia.

The history of Russian animated films.

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Starving children / Requisitioning of valuables possessed by the Russian Orthodox Church / Fundraising flights in support of the hungry / Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries.

Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign oppressors, demands absolute obedience and loyalty in order to radically modernise Russia? Ivan IV, Grand Duke of Moscow, first Tsar of Russia by the grace of God. A madman? A sadist?

Famous actors and ordinary people from all walks of life read stories from a book describing the 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II.

What do you give the youth of Moscow for standing down the coup and ending the reign of Communism in Russia? 700,000 Watts of Head-banging Power. With Exclusive live performances and behind-the-scenes footage, FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK captures five heavy metal bands and 500,000 fans in historic celebration of freedom at the concert that almost didn't happen.

Born in the USSR: 21 Up follows the lives of people who grew up in the Soviet Union. They give an insight into Russian life today, aged 21.

Olga is believed to be a mentally disabled, orphan girl who is following reindeer herder along the hiking trails in Russia. But she is a very smart teenager and an excellent storyteller.

Depicts a community of pensioners living in near isolation outside of St. Petersberg as it enacts the weekly ritual of bringing a delivery of bread—left at a rail junction two hours away—into the village for distribution.

Meet A 105-year-old Olga Markovna Kolyadenko, a former Bolshoi theater opera singer and the only remaining student of director Konstantin Stanislavsky. She still teaches vocals in her Moscow apartment. Konstantin Stanislavsky, who taught Olga Kolyadenko, created the famous acting system that was later adapted in the USA by Lee Strasberg.

Short movie shows us a life in the Moscow Headquarter of the National Bolshevik Party and contains several interviews with a party members.

The protests in Belarus had been going on for the 12th day, but many began to think that they began to slip, and Lukashenko came to his senses and slowly began to regain control. Is it so? Will people get tired? And will they go home, giving Old Man another five years in office?

Shelemishevo, a small village in the Ryazan Oblast. Two girls live together with their grandmother as they have lost their parents – the mother is dead, the father has a new family. One of the sisters is very sick, the other, Natasha, will turn 18 soon. She revisits her old diary and comments on the journaled stories with ease.

Two young intellectuals, Katya and Vassya, come to a small industrial town to work as teachers. They want to change the system of scholastic education and the social situation in difficult regions. The school is a closed conservative world, where obedience and discipline are of the highest value. Young teachers discover that nationalism, sexism and homophobia are typical for their new environment. Children see the school as a prison and are completely indifferent to any new ideas. During one school year we observe attempts of our protagonists to bring new practices into the system. Young teachers try to speak with children about feminism, human rights and Russian politics, but the system pushes them out, and a comedy turns into a drama.

The 1972 Super Series is one of the greatest events in hockey history. The first meeting of Canadian professionals and Soviet amateurs was much more than just a series of high-profile international matches. It was an ice battle of two powerful superpowers, the brightest confrontation of characters, mentalities and stereotypes, the rivalry of capitalism and communism, transferred to the sports plane. The film will reveal unique facts, sensational statements, revelations of players and a chronicle of events that have not yet been mentioned in any of the materials.

The B-2 World Tour “Event Horizon” started in the fall of 2017 after the release of the record of the same name. For two years, the band played about 100 concerts in Russia, Belarus, the Baltic States, Europe and Israel. The Moscow concert presentation of the album was named the show of the year at the Chartova Dozen 2018 award ceremony, and the second metropolitan show Horizon of Events was the record holder in terms of the number of spectators, gathering 30,000 fans. In this film, the participants of the "Bi-2" and the organizers of the show will talk about how the "Horizon of Events" was created in the studio and on the stage - they will talk about the album, and the tour in support of it, and about the great Moscow concerts. The film also includes fragments of group performances in different cities and videos for songs from the album.

The main character of the film, Alexander Strizhenova, became famous in talk shows and tabloid media as the daughter of a Soviet actress, Natalya Strizhenova, who grew up without a father - but this is not mentioned in the film by Rastorguev. Sasha, beaten by life, when we meet her, lives in a cluttered and untidy village house somewhere in the Moscow Region with her husband, with whom they swear dirtyly in the presence of their young son Ilya. Sasha smokes, drinks and endlessly suffers from a lack of love and from the fact that no one can understand it. Three years later, the viewer again sees her life - in another place, with another man and with a new child, but in about the same circumstances.

The film is about the pupils of the orphanage, the participants of the Krasnoyarsk football club "Totem", who repeatedly became world champions in football among children from orphanages.

It’s been hundreds of years that water has been attracting people like a magnet. Even in the XXI century, it easily pulls people from busy office life and makes them fall for it forever. The main character is well-known Russian surfer Seva Shulgin, who is preparing for what’s an ultimate dream of every surfer - to catch one of the most dangerous waves in the world - Hawaiian wave Jaws.

Leonid Pavlovich Mozgovoy (born 1941) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater, cinema and literary variety, Honored Artist of Russia (2002), winner of the Nika Prize (2001), winner of the Golden Aries, Petropavlovsk, The Bronze Horseman, Listopad, master of the acting course in SPbGIKiT since 2015.

The images comprise only of material Sergei Loznitsa found in the Moscow film archives about the siege of Leningrad during the World War II. By providing the originally silent images with a meticulously reconstructed soundtrack, the scenes from everyday life under siege seem to be set in the present. By not intervening in the montage but giving the scenes room to tell a story, the scenes transcend the specific historic events and lead a new life. They do not evoke memories of the past, but become a breathtaking reanimation of reality.

For many years Russia has set an example for such western countries as Canada and the USA in developing and running wildlife preserves. Today our scientists are working on contactless ways of studying and saving wild animals; visual contact with humans often causes animals to develop attachment issues. No Attachment Territory is an extensive research documentary asking relevant and complex questions: to save or not to save, to interfere or not. Should one be a victim, a savior, a pursuer, or just an observer?