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This ten-minute film is based on a complicated dialogue between a director and an actress, who are trying to work out some crucial issues in their working relationship. Their conversation turns out to be a study of the boundaries between cinema and reality. Having trust in each other does not negate the need to problematize several key points in filmmaking.
Through the alchemical materialization of hand-processed 16mm film, ’Fossil Falls’ uncovers a charge and vibration in the natural world. The camera traverses the desert in an embodied relationship with non-human life forms, exposing a sense of desire, narrative, and point of view in the non-human. Thus, there is a kind of crisis in trying to hold onto, know, or truly become that which is unknown, or outside of the human.
The plot is the movement of Artemis towards her brother Apollo, who is returning from Space with an inspection to Central Russia. Based on the ancient Slavic division of the universe into Nav, Yav, and Prav, Apollo arrives at the center of YAV. Artemis, in the guise of the Bear, leaves her den - the sanctuary and goes to the place of the Meeting. Landing somewhere in the South Ural steppes, Apollo, in the form of the Five-Legged Wolf, walks reviving spring fields and birch farms towards his sanctuary - to the Apollo colonnade in the Moscow region.
Harry is expelled, recruited by a chaotic underground Order, and forced to face a dark force called “the Cook” in a battle for the fate of wizardkind.
Film about Russian weightlifters, participants of the Russian Weightlifting Championship 2019 in Novosibirsk. On the cleansing of Russian sports from doping.
I've filmed my brother for his whole life and here's what came out.
What is inevitability? To observe with our own eyes a process that we cannot stop. A process that is already running and no one can stop it.
In an old town on the banks of the Ural River Neiva, the action of the film unfolds, a dialogue is started between the older and younger generations about the meaning of life. Which way to go? How to deal with alcoholism and drug addiction? Adults instruct the young not only by their example, but also by bitter mistakes.
About the first childhood emotional experiences that arise from misunderstanding and callousness of adults. About the moral choice that sooner or later occurs in children's souls, sometimes unnoticed by parents.
During the Great Patriotic War, there were legends about the submarine "Shch-406", which fought in the Baltic Sea. 39 sailors of the crew, led by commander Yevgeny Osipov, could attack the enemy at depth or engage in battle on the surface, which others did not dare to do. And then the boat disappeared…
For the first time, a team from the Soviet Union came to the Olympics in Finland in 1952. Abroad, no one believed in the victory of Soviet athletes. But they did not know that the backbone of the USSR team consisted of front-line soldiers, blockade survivors, and prisoners of concentration camps.
The events take place at the beginning of the 20th century. A spoiled girl is passionate about the dream of beautiful shoes. But gradually, events and a meeting with new characters develop in such a way that little Anyuta's heart begins to empathize and feel the pain of another person.
From Antarctica to Afghanistan. Heroes of real human destinies, military doctors on the line of fire and cold. About what was a feat yesterday, and today it becomes an epic for young polar explorers. Ballad about the struggle for life.
When Alexander Romanov was a student at the Faculty of History at Saratov University and was fond of the works of Vladimir Lenin, he came to the conclusion that the idea of socialism was distorted in the Soviet Union. An attempt to convey this idea to others led him to the Mordovian camps.
Three young people who grew up in large cities come to the remote village of Glazok to work as teachers. Will the guys manage to change the traditional village way of life or will the new life force them to change themselves?
The legendary Sedin plant was founded in 1911 in Russian Empire, in the city of Krasnodar (Ekaterinodar). The film shows the struggle of workers (rallies, pickets, strikes) for the future of the Sedin Plant and for their rights.
The young Moscow group "Patience!", led by Sergey Dmitriev, reveals the thoughts of a police officer who participates in the dispersal of a rally, and at this moment dreams of a completely different life.
The "Mountain Peaks" camp, which is closed to outsiders, is the highest training base for MMA fighters. It is located in the Tsumadinsky region - the birthplace of Khabib Nurmagomedov - at an altitude of 2 thousand meters above sea level. The most elite successful and promising young fighters of Russia train on it.
An elderly man, completely blind, lives in an abandoned village lost among the forests of the Arkhangelsk region. Despite all the misfortunes, he continues to believe in good and does not lose his heart.
Dasha decided to fulfill the most cherished dream in her life – to visit St. Petersburg… Perm Director Kapitolina Dolgikh presents a picture about a girl whose fate United thousands of people.
One of the worst problems in the Russian correctional system is medicine. Cancer is not so much diagnosed as stated, because in prison a person goes to the doctor too late. And for the last right - to die at home, with your family - you also have to fight. Human rights activists, officials, doctors and the main character of the film talk about how this happens.
Sasha Soldatova, a four-time world champion in rhythmic gymnastics, a leading sportswoman of the planet, reveals to us the other side of bright sports.
It's been 5 years since Ukrainian Crimea was annexed by Russia. The film is exploring Crimean life in the post-truth era, when the voice of common people is overlaid by governmental propaganda. 5 heroes express their opinion on the situation in Crimea under the Russian flag, talk about their hopes and fears. Real lives of characters are hidden under the official Russian position, full of enthusiasm, bravado and imperial pride. Moreover, propaganda romanticizes militarism and imperial expansion, making it desirable and «sexy» for Russians. While Crimean «homecoming to Russia» as media call it, is considered as the main Russia's achievement of the century, «home-comers» themselves don't feel that confident about their future.
Two thugs, each with a secret agenda to escape their life of crime once and for all, are tasked with picking up a briefcase at a near-border cafe.
Upon learning of her diagnosis, Marina begins to look for answers to her questions. Fearing public disclosure of the diagnosis and condemnation of others, Marina writes down all her thoughts in a diary. But once the secret becomes apparent...
A documentary about the difficult life of the filmmakers, their experiences and disagreements.
Three stories. Three fates. Three women. How to survive a mental crisis? How to love yourself? What does it mean to find your happiness in life? This is discussed by a student, an artist in the image and a children's poet. Girls are eternal children, from college to retirement.
A young woman named Alfinaz, the mother of two children is going to leaving for a long journey. Husband is a life prisoner and the wife is an exemplary muslim woman and submissive to her husband. She is waiting for him and not losing hope for his release. The film tells us about a female power and submissiveness of a wife to her husband and to God. The message of the film also concerns hardships and praise to God, resignation of a woman who is destined to be a Wife.
Every day Alena walks kilometers through snowdrifts and railway tracks to get to training. Fencing is all that she has in her life. A tough and demanding coach sees talent in her and wants to make her a champion. And what does Alena want?
A Russian traveler-photographer, after serving 3 years in captivity in Syria, is returning to his homeland...
Fear and circumstances – that’s what makes us choose. From the moment of awareness to the moment of making a decision, we are like in a dream. This is a story about Alena Zavarzina – snowboarder, Olympic medalist in 2014, World Champion.
Three hours drive from Moscow twenty year old Seryozha spends his free time. It has been a month since he returned from the army.
Left without work, the thirty-two-year-old Dmitry decides to make repairs in the apartment inherited from his father in order to start a new life. Freeing the house from family heirlooms, he will discover an amazing similarity between his and his father’s fate.
New movie by Stepan Rozhansky
Is cycling easy in winter? Bunny like no one knows the answer to this question, because every morning he goes to school a short road through the forest, unlike his friend Hedgehog. The hedgehog does not like anything new and goes to school on a trolley bus, and although this trip is not so exciting, it is safe. Does a bunny like fun or a bunny fun? Unknown It is only clear that he does not care about any forest obstacles!
A film about the first Japanese expedition to Antarctica at the beginning of the last century. This trip involved Sakhalin dogs under the guidance of mushers from the village. Ochikho (now the village of Lesnoye, Korsakovsky District).
The main character of the film is Svetlana Kanitskaya, who was left without work during perestroika. She moved from town to village and, left alone with nature, a new world opened for her, which she tried to show in her paintings.
And for the hundredth time you will pass along this route, as for the first time.
The erotic drama THE WHITE BOOK explores the themes of gender relations and freedom of choice. Lead character Sophie realizes that she is more attracted to women than men and decides to end her marriage.
The film is about an expedition that is looking for the lost biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. “Turning to the biblical story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, we wanted to establish whether these cities really were, and if so, where they were. After all, these cities are mentioned simultaneously in the Bible and the Koran. Nobody seems to doubt that they existed, but where they were, nobody can say for sure today, ”the author writes about the film.
Miron is a young, promising guy with plans for life. On one of his worst days of life, due to the mistake of a local authoritative bandit, he loses everything - his love, hopes and faith in the future. Myron's loved ones are already planning their vendetta and are trying in every possible way to persuade him not to leave everything as it is. Can Myron overcome grief and forgive the culprit or will he take revenge despite the sad consequences?
After another quarrel with a Hare, a lazy Hare in search of an easy life meets a trusting Bear. As a result, the Bear becomes a victim of its decency.
The film "Generation of Bison" is a documentary drama, somewhat similar in plot to the film "Nine Days of One Year" by M. Romm, probably the most famous feature film about Soviet atomic scientists. There are also 9 stories in it, each corresponding to the stage of preparation and construction of the First nuclear power plant, the announcer is just as restrained and laconic, the plot is just as dramatic. At the same time, each story from the film "Generation of Bison" is a short story about the peculiarities of the life of young scientists, their attitude to each other, their interests and feelings. This is told by the participants of the events themselves – living witnesses of the era.
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.
A television documentary dedicated to the anniversary date – the 90th anniversary of the birth of actor, director, screenwriter, writer Vasily Shukshin. "I came to give you Free Rein" is a novel by Shukshin about Stepan Razin, which he dreamed of making into a film. But they didn't give it to him. The film tells in detail about the tragedy of the artist, who for many years fought for his idea, but turned out to be doomed…