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Cartoon about a friendly family, a kind refrigerator and a beautiful bird Holodryga.

Documentary about Yana Sidorkina — trombone playing, radio enthusiast, blogger from Russia.

The film is about the unknown pages of the siege of Leningrad, about the Holocaust at the walls of the city, where the terrible mass murder of Jews took place. In these terrible days, the community found its leader. They became Abram Ruvimovich Lobanov, who in 1943 officially became a Rabbi of Leningrad. Every year, on January 27, the Great choral synagogue of St. Petersburg holds prayers in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, all the besiegers, all the defenders and liberators of Leningrad. They were first performed on January 27, 1944. The film will also tell about a new date in the Jewish calendar - 26 Iyar, the day of salvation and liberation. It was 26 Iyar, or may 9, that marked a turning point in Jewish history, thanks to which the Jews were not only saved from complete destruction, but also found their national home — the state of Israel.

Artyom and Slava are students of Moscow State University, one is studying at the Faculty of History, the other at the Physics. They have no money, no connections, no relatives, except for grandmothers who regularly send half of their pension, but they have youth, joy in life, a sense of humor and the hope that they will surely “break through” and they will have everything well. In this situation, you can even live on a scholarship. Everything would be fine if the students didn’t have a seemingly simple task in one day: to get 40 thousand rubles in two weeks to participate in the Roscosmos project competition with their own promising development. It would seem ridiculous money for a city like Moscow. But absolutely not funny for poor students - sophomores.

The young detective faces a difficult dilemma, which outcome will determine his future career.

An executioner questions his profession in response to an absurd accusation against a suspect.

Pavel, 28, moved Crimea to a Ukrainian village after the annexation of the peninsula. But it is not easy for him to integrate into the new society. It's easier to be alone.

A documentary animation based on the diary of Tatiana Vnukevich-Bagdasaryan, who lived in a neuropsychiatric boarding school until the age of 35. The film consists of a series of short stories: "Brush", "Medicine", "Walk" and "Tea" and allows the viewer to look behind the PNI fence and see the collisions of the "little man" with the system.

Lisa Rosowsky and Ute Gfrerer are two Boston-based middle-aged women. Both women share their love for art and their sad family histories. Ute’s father was a German soldier and a member of the Nazi Youth, and Lisa’s father of Jewish descent survived Auschwitz. At one point, Lisa and Ute decide to turn their tragic memories into something beautiful and organize an arts evening dedicated to their fathers. Lisa is an artist - she creates pieces that explore her relationship with the Holocaust. Ute is an opera singer, who chooses to perform works of Jewish composers that were once banned. Together they host several events in Boston.

In the small Volga town of Kalinov, the young, married Katerina Kabanova leads a happy life - at first sight. She unexpectedly falls in love with Boris, the young relative of the town's mayor, who loves her back.

The hidden life: Vasya arrives in St. Petersburg in search of his brother, Alec. Picked up by Alec’s girl, carted around the city, but why he doesn’t meet his brother?

The protagonist learns that his friend needs a large sum of money in currency for an operation abroad. In the meantime, the country is in the midst of an economic crisis: currency and commodity shortages, rising prices, and multiple exchange rates. In these conditions, not only the amount of money, but also the currency becomes a problem. To collect and convert the necessary funds, he attracts childhood friends and suggests taking a risk by using a "black" currency scheme. But is everyone ready to sacrifice personal comfort and plans for the sake of saving the life of even a loved one? It turns out that in a crisis you can lose as well as gain, but who and what, it remains to be seen....

Twenty-three-year-old Vitaly Akimov portrays his family in the shrinking Russian provincial town of Arsenyev. Ten-year-old Stepan, his brother’s stepson, acts as a guide to this grim environment, appropriately filmed in black and white. He strums his guitar, fetches water, or plays kindly with his little half-brother. He also witnesses another side of life. Slightly embarrassed, he gingerly walks around his stepfather sleeping off the drink, soaked his own urine on the kitchen floor. Stepan talks cheerfully about the horrific events of his life, or shares his deeper thoughts.

Behind the monitor of the surveillance cameras, the guard detects a red glow in one of the rooms. The inspection of the premises did not reveal the presence of an outsider. The repeated occurrence of the glow forces the hero to figure out the source of the "problem". In parallel with the investigation, he arranges a "private life", trying himself as an actor.

A six-year-old deaf-mute girl living with her mother in a rented apartment by chance gets to a ballet performance. Since then, she has been obsessed with the dream of becoming a ballerina. Dreams come true when the heart beats to the beat of the music.

The last days of August: in the early morning a cool fog is felt on the skin, the ranetki in a barrel of water seem to be silver, the rustling of birches is heard everywhere, and in the country house everything is shaking because of the trains passing very close, but it seems to you that these are some kind of huge animals pass by and, perhaps, look in the windows in the evenings, while the lights are on there. You go out on the porch of the house and the movie begins.

A few days from the life of Lida Moniava and her foundation, the children's hospice "House with a lighthouse". About how they are looking for families for terminally ill orphans, so that they can live at home, and not in a boarding school. About how the New Year is arranged for a child in early December — because otherwise he will not have time to celebrate it. About how Lida is looking for sponsors for the foundation, gives several interviews a day, goes to court, where a case of drug trafficking in a hospice is being heard. This film is about Lida and about a 12—year-old palliative care boy, whom Lida took into care. About how they set up his stroller, receive an award at the Moscow City Hall and listen to music at the conservatory.

It’s little Agness’ birthday. Mom introduces her to Vadim, her new “daddy”. But this apartment’s residents – imperious grandma and a mermaid – do not welcome strangers. Both have their own take on “strong sex”. Is there a place for a man in this women’s domain?

Nastya lives in Yekaterinburg and dreams of becoming the most famous comics in the world. But so far she has only one spectator - her mother, on whom Nastya checks her jokes every day. Anarbek quit his job in the market and moved to Moscow to become a successful stand-up comedian, and lives in a rented apartment on the outskirts of the city. Tired parents advise dreamers to find work, while ambitious children continue to build rickety castles in the air.

New movie by Nikita Efimov

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.

A sketch about Muscovites today.

Francesco makes an impression of a man who is in unity with himself and nature. His way of living seems unshakable. But all this can be destroyed after he discovers some girl who hanged herself on the territory of his farm.

Residents of big cities sometimes do not even suspect how much garbage we produce. This film explores the most urgent topic of plastic pollution. From Brussels to Lake Baikal and Indian Dehli, eco-activists invent new ways of recycling to make use of the omnipresent plastic garbage — the film shows their inventions and researches the attitudes towards waste in different countries, leading viewers to the main question: Did you know that some bacteria are able to recycle plastic and decompose it into harmless components? But will our planet be able to cope with the volume of garbage?

The little bear grows up as a mischievous fidget and mother's favorite. One day he stays at home and decides to prove to himself and the audience that he is growing up and ready to take on some of the household chores.

Children's books affect not only the content, but also the design, aesthetics, and often it was in the design of a children's book that an unexpected leap in art took place, in the design of which - some by vocation, some by force – many outstanding artists of the twentieth century left.

How is science done? What is behind the scenes of popular lectures and speeches? The film shows three days in the life of the famous popularizer of science Stanislav Drobyshevsky. The film crew visited together with him on archaeological excavations in the village of Khotylevo, Bryansk region, at the Lomonosov Moscow State University at the Department of Anthropology and at the conference "Scientists against Myths".

Cyber-Eve comes face to face with her fears and gains an inner voice that helps her learn to make independent decisions.

1917, under the pretext of revolutionary ideas, the Chekist performs lynching on civilians in the village. Nowadays. 12-year-old city boy Vasya, together with his parents and older sister, finds himself in the same village in which several courtyards miraculously survived. The remaining few villagers live without light, communications and other benefits of civilization. But this does not prevent them from being happy. Vasya and his sister are destined to correct mistakes made in the past.

The film is based on the Buddhist parable “Four Words for Practice”. This is a story about the difficult fate of two brothers, inseparable and loving each other since childhood.

The fire took away not only the property of Alexander, but also his freedom. He moves to live with his mother, where he begins a new life following the established rules. The main rule: no alcohol in the house. Otherwise there will be a scandal. Alexander begins to look for a suitable group of companions who would have a drink, but everyone he meets has his own problems, and in order to solve them, Alexander is forced to reveal his talent – ability to predict the future.

Modern shamanism in Russia without mystification through the stories of those traditional peoples in whose culture shamanic beliefs still remain.

New movie by Olga Privolnova

Artist Igor Gusev became popular in Europe, but continues to live in his native Odessa, although every day in this city gives him pain. Odessa is barbarously disfigured by the destruction of the historical fund and the construction of a mediocre new building. The artist is looking for a nature for the ordered painting, and this search revives old wounds in his soul, recalling decay, aging and death.

Adults constantly shift responsibility to the child. The girl hides her emotions for a long time and manages with all the burden of responsibilities that lies on her, but then she can't stand it.

The characters of this film are outsider musicians from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Chelyabinsk, not losers, but people with their own position. In the lives of Anton (Mårble), Stas (DJ 1985) and mark (Mississippi Landscapes) there are performances at the Boiler Room and Present Perfect — and urban weekdays with "Pyaterochka" and canteens, strange parties, jams on the roof panels, escapes to the village. In the gap between them, there is a lot of talk about music, creativity, and what allows them to remain themselves and not look for ways into the mainstream.

"Transformation" tells life stories of several transgender people living in Belarus. Hardships they have to deal with, created by society and government, lack of knowledge and understanding.

Coronavirus has become a test for Russian medicine, which has been undergoing reform since 2010. Even officials have repeatedly scolded the reform, but doctors, with rare exceptions, preferred "not to take the trash out of the hut." During the epidemic, when you have to risk your life, the life and health of relatives and friends, the doctors started talking.

Strange noises are coming from the air vent of an old apartment. Whatever it is, at night it comes out...

Zhgon, matras, pimokats - those who rolled (rolled) felt boots all over Russia called themselves differently. They communicated in their secret languages and kept the craft secret. The authors of the film tried to eavesdrop on secret dialects and spy on the secrets of the craftsmanship of the remaining handicraftsmen, who to this day burn and tumble in their little washrooms.

A woman of fabulous proportions sings in the depths of the earth, knowing no worries. One day her peace is threatened.

Philipp Voronin about lucky surnames, prices for haircuts, ratings of passengers and taxi drivers, his own recognition and driving a car.

Sasha fled from Yekaterinburg to Cyprus out of heartache. A formerly successful animated film director, she is trying to find a comfortable position in a new country. Creative ambition is giving way to the desire to make money, live comfortably and "have the freedom to move." However, the winter Cypriot sun is not able to melt the cold in Sasha's heart ...

Sanyok is an ordinary teacher in a school for difficult teenagers. Children study in it, to whom life has left almost no chance. Their parents are most often drug addicts and alcoholics. In their 10-15 years, these children have seen many terrible things. Fighting with a tough bureaucratic system, Sanyok builds special, trusting relationships with them. So close that sometimes it seems like he is one of them. The fates of the guys develop in different ways, but even if they manage to save the life of at least one, Sanya will consider that he did not live his life in vain.

Nick overhears his girlfriend sleep talking about an eerie murder. The next night she adds up more details, and he becomes paranoid.

The girl lives in an apartment with a creepy monster. He constantly violates her personal boundaries and pesters her with his concern. Even in the bathroom, the main character finds no escape from the monster. The girl's patience ends, she decides to run away from home.

A man spies on Anna, he breaks into her house, destroys everything that surrounds Anna, trying to take possession of her.

The film is based on archival footage that captures real events that took place in Chuvashia since 2002 and continue to this day.

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?

Retro video for the song of the Yauza group. Music by Arsen Revazov, poems by Mikhail Gandelev.

In difficult moments of life, the community saves, and when it has saved, it begins to weigh down. This is what happens to the family of our heroes – Eugeny and Elena.

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.

The documentary tells about the feat of Leningrad residents, the work of architects and mountaineers, the masking of the city and the preservation of monuments. Thanks to the unique chronicle, drawings and photographs, eyewitness accounts and analysis of historians, fragments and motives of the play " Hecatomb. Siege diary " the film rediscovers the events of the terrible and Holy days of the siege of Leningrad.

The film tells about the seller at the "Specific Market" in St. Petersburg. This is a film study about how a person born in the USSR lives in modern society.

A super short film of human puppets about the hallucinogenic influence of drugs.