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One of the last conversations with a popular director, excerpts from printed interviews over the years and, most importantly, Balabanov's personal diaries.

A little something for all the worried souls.

Mr. Kora, the serial killer, was screwed from birth as his face was filled with tumors.

A parable about the eternal movement of life. A person appears from love and leaves when love ends.

The young serf Eremey Mizgir is surrendered as a soldier by his mistress for his mischievous tricks. Mizgir ends up in St. Petersburg in the guards regiment. Resourceful, quick-witted, cheerful, he easily copes with his official duties and, although he often gets punished by the sergeant-major for his pranks, he never loses heart. But then sad news came from the village: the old people’s cow had died, and Eremey’s bride Dunya was being relentlessly pursued by the clerk. The soldier felt sad. Standing on guard at the rich, diamond-studded icon of the Kazan Mother of God and thinking about how to help the elderly and the bride, Mizgir decides to take a desperate step. He breaks the glass of the icon and picks out a large gemstone from the aureole of the Mother of God. When the loss is discovered, Mizgir, without blinking an eye, announces that the Mother of God herself gave him the stone.

The characters will share stories from their personal life and career, immerse the viewer in nostalgic memories of their home, first tours, and relationships with girls. Thoughts about Nord-OST, memories of Mike Tyson's arrival in Odessa, arguments about large fees – these and many other first-person sketches will be told by the members of the creative group "Quartet I".

In St. Petersburg, in a house near the Neva, a father and son live. The father does not let go of the video camera. With her help, he keeps his "diaries", taking pictures at home and away, on the streets of the city and while traveling. Among the protagonists of his film are random passers-by, lonely old people, St. Petersburg bohemia, young people, friends and acquaintances of his son, former prisoners of the Mordovian camps. One day, not finding answers to important questions, the father decides to go to Jerusalem. For some time he and his son travel together, then part. In the life of the father, meanwhile, a serious change is coming.

Courier goes to give the order to a married couple and becomes a witness to a chain of random deaths.

Maxim Ilyin, an expert in the field of painting, a consultant for fashion magazines, a loner and a misanthrope, agrees to pose for the young artist. They make an appointment, but on the appointed day the girl does not come.

Events take us to the beginning of World War II in the small town of Stavrovo. Its unique location, a passing railway and a fork in several roads, proximity to the front line, made it attractive to German troops. They placed a rather large garrison in the city. In the city and in its outskirts, an underground was organized. Most of which were recent graduates of the school. This is a story about two fates, two former schoolchildren - Alexei and Dmitry. The first went underground and tried in every possible way to prevent the invaders, giving his life for his homeland. The second sided with the enemy and became an executioner for his own compatriots.

She is 40, he is 30. She is trying to adopt a child. He recently got out of prison and wants to start a new life. They accidentally meet on the day when he gets a job, and spend the whole night together, drink and eat at her expense. It requires understanding and intimacy. He wants peace.

A mother and her son Egor live in a certain city. They have a Secret: Egor's father is an alien. Egor inherited strange, literally inhuman abilities from his father. They manifest themselves only when the boy is next to the person he truly loves. No one, except his Mother, knew about these abilities until the grown-up Egor met Angela..

Young guys ride a skateboard. Each of them is trying to build relationships: someone succeeds, someone does not. But what if happiness is much closer than it seems to them, and they only need to make out a loved one - right under their noses.

The film is about a man whose works and the name itself have been under a strict ban for a long time. Ivan Solonevich is a Russian thinker, politician, writer, publicist and at the same time an outstanding athlete, vice-champion of the Russian Empire, one of the creators of the Sambo wrestling. All the activities of Solonevich, all his energy were directed to the fight against the inhuman system of power that arose in Russia after 1917.

The idea to make a film about geek-culture took root when Alexandra Pustynnova attended Comic Con Russia. Filmed on the outskirts of Moscow, the role-playing game “Deadland” takes place in a Wild West-like world with elements of alternative history, steampunk, and horror.

The cycle consists of four short stories ("Record", "Havana", "Close Embrace", "Uncle from Chicago") connected by a common idea - to present different portraits of a modern Russian woman. It is planned to add some more interesting stories. All the short stories are shot by different directors, and each of them shows the viewer His Own Woman.

The girl meets another lady at the disco, who has gone too much. Calling her a taxi, the main character finds herself at her house and learns that a fashionable stranger recently broke up with a young man.

Sasha and Ira have been married for a long time. During the years of marriage their passions subsided, the romance went away, and even the celebration of the thirteenth anniversary of married life turned into a very ordinary event with ridiculous gifts. Iraq meets Gosha - his student love. Unlike Sasha, Gosh pulled himself up. Feelings flare up with a new force.

Newlyweds purchase a small house in a countryside area and gradually settle into their new surroundings. Each morning, the husband leaves for work, leaving his young wife alone with the unfamiliar house. Step by step, she finds herself uncovering the secrets hidden within the old home.

Ivan, a cynical journalist, is assigned to investigate mysterious events in a small town. During his first night, he is seduced by a strange and mysterious girl. As they embrace, she transforms into a hideous demon. Ivan fights the creature, managing to strangle it. But it is too late, Evil has been unleashed. When Ivan is charged for the brutal murder, he feels his last hope disappear. As he is overcome by the dark forces trying to pose as his soul, Ivan comes to realize that his only hope lies in his power to find the faith that he once lost

New project by Vincent Cespedes

The whole life of the recent provincials, and now Muscovite Katie - one continuous selfie with a series of celebrities. Any intrigues for the sake of likes, any exploits in the name of “star instagram” status. But, the number of subscribers is still not enough and for the sake of the cherished goal, she goes to St. Petersburg to take a selfie with a mysterious artist who hides her identity, and thereby blow up the Internet. And at this time at the airport, a respectable stranger asks Katya to hand over the usual envelope to an unknown recipient ...

A sensuous anthology of five short stories directed by young female directors with their own unique vision. Each of the stories in its own way examines different aspects of the life of modern women, plunging into their problems and experiences. The novel "Kindred Spirit" tells about a prostitute's love date with a major, and in "Marjanja" the sisters are looking for ways to come to an understanding. The heroes of the novel "Schrodinger's Paradise" are desperately searching for their Self, and the will of chance comes to their aid. In the "Issue", the main character realizes the falsity of her relationship with her best friend and keenly anticipates the passing of youth, and in the "Observer", the characters meet a real soul mate and find true happiness.

Actor Vasili Lanovoy, talks about his early encounters with Tolstoy and Russian literature, landing the role of Anatole Kuragin in the film War and Peace, the reaction to the film on its release, and even recalls a couple of anecdotes about the filming.

A bright hockey confrontation through the eyes of very young players. Doc about those for whom sport is the main chance in life

The artists of the front acting brigade are so easy to take. On their side is a creative approach, courage, beauty, dexterity and ... a cello case full of explosives. They are ready for anything to help the front, even sacrifice themselves. The only thing the young playwright Leonid Kruchinin is not ready to give up is his love for the unearthly Lara Vishnevskaya, the star of the Soviet screen. To save her life, he is ready to rewrite his best novel over and over again. A novel about love, war, a front-line acting brigade, and sabotage inconceivable by the audacity of sabotage.

This is a story about the Russian Munchausen, who builds a windmill in his yard and raises beehives with bees on the roof, because in nature bees live in hollows of trees. The wife then argues, then agrees, is engaged in children and economy and assures that he lives in paradise. And sometimes she plays the piano - with her eyes closed. The village around is empty - almost all residents have moved to cities or died - our heroes live like on an island. And the children clean the sewers, learn English and German and are growing up before our eyes ...

A black comedy rhyming harsh allusions to the "Russian spring" with a private wedding story.

The main characters of the film are Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi, participants in the most scandalous episode in the history of football. During extra time of the final match of the 2006 World Cup, pitting France against Italy, the French leader, superstar Zidane, for some unknown reason took a running start and head-butted Materazzi in the chest. Zidane was sent off the field and, as a result, the French lost the match on penalties. This head-butt and the unexpected loss were now bound together in the minds of sports fans forever. But the burning question - why did it happen? – has never been properly answered. After thoroughly studying the lives of the participants in this match, the filmmakers reveal an amazing story: The 2006 World Cup appears to us in the form of a play “directed by the Creator”.

Moscow banker Denis receives a mysterious call from his old friend Charles, an employee of the Unclaimed Deposits Department at the world's oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, where an unclaimed 18th-century deposit of 20,000 gold louis d'or, made by the Maltese knight Blaise Marie de Aydi, was discovered. Today, this sum is worth over 10 million euros, and according to the will, the heirs of the princes Cherkassky can receive it. Denis and Charles decide to find the descendants and receive two million euros for their services, but soon discover they are not the only ones hunting for this deposit.

A provincial town. The criminal boss is concerned about a series of minor terrorist attacks that have recently begun to accompany him. Suspecting that someone from his former entourage is behind this, the boss gives the command to attract a cleaner. This cleaner turns out to be a nice woman Vera, who enthusiastically takes up the search for a terrorist. Together with their friend — a cheerful dolt Dima — they will go through fire and water, and come out to Serge, the former partner of the boss, who has good reasons for revenge. Vera will understand and appreciate Serge, and there will be a situation uncontrolled by the boss, for the resolution of which he will be forced to equip a whole squad…

A touching, at the same time funny and sad story of love and separation, which fit into one broadcast of the program "Shop on the couch". What is it – a vivid cross-section of modern trends or an old-as-the-world history of the relationship between a man and a woman? He is not ambitious enough, she is not romantic enough, and, of course, there is someone third between them. A story of one love, sold in the "Shop on the couch" for the price of one sweater.

About the hapless bridegroom Podkolesin, who escaped from the bride through the window, and the picky bride Agafya Tikhonovna, who can not choose the right one, Mark Zakharov saw the story of a man who wants to change something in his life, but is not capable of doing anything.

Fun story about two girls, accidentally encountered on the highway. Each one of them has its own providence problem: a well-known metropolitan Pushkina Anya is in the center of the scandal, for theft in the pharmacy, and granddaughter famous village witches Njura minimizing damage to the defender.

The film unfolds during 30-40-s of last century and follows a story of a pair of women's shoes, from a store's window to the common grave at the Auschwitz concentration camp. There are no dialogues in the film and no faces are shown.

Japanese folk tale about a boy-orphan, that convinces an emperor, that topmost in life is beauty of nature.

No one can know what awaits you ahead when you leave for the country with a four-legged friend...

The story is about an unexpected meeting in the distant taiga of a traveling artist and a charming shrew, Belozubka, the contact of two worlds - the vast world of man and the tiny fairy–tale world of shrews.

St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century. In the well-known comedy magazine "Carousel" there was a stir - the Boss came. This is a chance for the talented writer Kukushkin. He's ready. And for the Editor - Kukushkin, simply, the find is a lot, variegated, “yellow” and the topic “on the verge of a foul”. Suddenly, everything went head over heels - The landlord receives a note and ... the plot spring is released: intrigue, love, betrayal and sparkling humor.

Konstantin Stupin or just Stupa - rock-n-roller from Orel. He is 44 years old, we take him out of the madhouse and start making a film. Stupa in the last years of the existence of the USSR, as a schoolboy, decided to make music. He became the leader of the Oryol group Night cane: performances at school with songs about hell, sex, drugs, with texts like “take the Communist Party forgotten by everyone, drop two letters and get the SS”. Then the big scenes of the city and, as a result, the “Festival of Hopes”, organized by Artemy Troitsky, where the Night Cane, being the only non-Moscow group, receives a prize of audience sympathy. The texts for the festival have already become different, much deeper and more serious, but with constant protest in content and form.

A young artist named Victor arrives in the village to decorate the local club for the New Year. The club owner, Mishka, takes his guest to the house where he will be staying. Victor and the owner's daughter, Tatyana, develop feelings for each other, which Mishka, who is madly in love with the girl, senses.

A young girl wants to rob her mother's bank in order to have her to leave work and come home for a New Year Eve.

A video comic based on a montage of old footage from a Ural factory using computer graphics and flash animation. If the first part is a bit reminiscent of crazy Soviet documentary propaganda, the second part takes us to an alternative reality, populated by revived phantoms of the magazine "Krokodil": freeloaders, alcoholics, abstract artists and other nonconformists. The main character, Barkhatov, is a superman on a mission to fight the enemies of the working class.

Selection of scenes from Nikolay Gogol's comedy of the same name. Lost movie.

Based on the novel of the same name by A.K.Tolstoy. The movie is preserved without inscriptions.

New animated film by Ilya Yudovich.

Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Appreciative of her sensitive, artistic nature, and of her youthful innocence and purity, Dymov is protective of Marianna and shields her from the attentions of his philandering playboy son. Marianna confesses to her fiancé Sergei that, at times, she feels deeply conflicted, drawn by the seductive lure of wealth and luxury. When her protector Dymov dies, his son begins to pursue her. Can Marianna resist her attraction to the opulent lifestyle that Dymov's son offers?

On Valentine's Day, the holiday of all lovers, a "model" husband, having accompanied his wife on a business trip, decides to take a break from family life in the company of a long-legged beauty and invites her to his home. However, in the midst of their lovemaking, his wife unexpectedly returns...

The almanac includes films: "Foundling", "The Most Scary Animal", "Two Lambs", "About the Girl Who Found Her Bear", "Yin and Yana. Family", "The Playmate", "Dangerous Walk", "The Tin Can".